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To: bazan who wrote (4790)	1/14/1998 11:31:00 AM
From: Chris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

defintely not right now miguel. on radaf.. this baby broke 14 support and going down further.. keep remininding me to chk up on radaf.. i say it will start moving up in february.. amazing eh? GREAT earnings and radaf tanks. but TA said to get out ....

To: bazan who wrote (4790)	1/14/1998 11:35:00 AM
From: Chris	Respond to of 42787

lesson: never hold during earnings.. you can never be sure how the mkt will react.. even ta sucks during earning releases.. my rule of thumb is always to sell out couple days before earnings and jump back in when reaction from the mkt is good..

To: bazan who wrote (4790)	1/14/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Chris	Respond to of 42787

miguel nothing against jan_mike. but i think if your TA can get "spot it", then there is no reason to call for manipulation or pointing fingers.. the responisibilty is yours.. Subject: The Rational Analyst \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| To: Rainier Trinidad (192 ) From: jan_mike Wednesday, Jan 14 1998 6:43AM EST Reply # of 194 Don't want to rain on your indicators, but Radica got hit by the big time pro shorters. If somebody can predict where Fahnstock etc. will show up every week, they'll make a fortune sharing it. On the other hand, they probably look for the same things us little guys do, so maybe it works after all. Radica had a trailing p/e of 10 and a forward est. p/e of 5 before it got hit, so the Radica faithfull (especially me) are looking to load up. Doug R. is calling it near the bottom now. It might be a good quick bounce for short term traders. If it had gotten to 19 where you guys wanted to to go before shorting, you would have made a whole year in one week! I hope some of the little guys made some money on the process, and make twice as much on the bounce back! Good investing, Mike

To: bazan who wrote (4790)	1/14/1998 11:49:00 AM
From: Chris	Respond to of 42787

radaf and the keys to listening to your indicators. Subject: The Rational Analyst \| Previous \| ------ \| Respond \| To: jan_mike (193 ) From: Rainier Trinidad Wednesday, Jan 14 1998 11:46AM EST Reply # of 195 [ Short Selling and other matters ] Mike, be forewarned that your message is not exactly what I was looking forward to reading first thing in the morning. I am now therefore going to take a critical stance in my response: "Don't want to rain on your indicators, but Radica got hit by the big time pro shorters." Before you attempt to show your proficiency in the field of short selling, I suggest you first gain an understanding of the rules and regulations that govern the process of the short sale: "If the short sale is made on the NYSE, the AMEX, or NADAQ , the trade can be executed only on an uptick or on a zero-plus tick--the stock price must move up before a short sale can be made" That is a direct quote from Kathryn F. Staley's book, The Art of Short Selling. So you must understand that it is impossible for short selling to cause a stock to decline in price, as your previous previous comment seems to imply. If you disagree with this observation, I challenge you to provide your own resources that prove the above statement and authority to be false. Next: "If somebody can predict where Fahnstock etc. will show up every week, they'll make a fortune sharing it." I don't claim to be able to predict every short term swing in price in a stock. Anyone who does is either a genius or a fool. I do, however, believe to a confident enough extent the dangers of participating in broken momentum stocks, and a heeding of ones indicators would be more valuable than heeding ones emotions, especially when one's personal equity is at stake, as yours is. Next: "Radica had a trailing p/e of 10 and a forward est. p/e of 5 before it got hit, so the Radica faithfull (especially me) are looking to load up. Doug R. is calling it near the bottom now." First, this is not Doug R's thread. Second, you are a Fool for letting someone else's guidance and observations dictate your participation in the market. With all due respect to Doug R, as well-followed as he is on Silicon Investor, I can care less about his what he says about a particular stock. I make my own decisions and I reach my own conclusions. The burden of responsibility falls only upon my shoulders if I make a losing trade. I started this thread with the goal of making money with intelligent market participants and to educate a broadly uneducated public in the process, should they decide to read and learn from my posts. If anyone acts upon my observations, that is their responsibility, not mine. Third, your admission as a "Radica faithful" automatically discredits your subjectivity in assessing the situation with the stock price activity. This may be a factor in your decision to grasp any inkling of positive news about the company stock price. Rainier