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To: Robert Graham who wrote (2822)	2/3/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: steve goldman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12617

For kicks.... Lets generate a top ten list of symptoms you know you are smitten by the trading bug: Here are a few that sort of came to mind...the more humorous amongst us, please feel free to revamp mine if you think they are worthy: 1)You price everything in potentially winning trades; to get the premier cable stations would cost you a 64th each month; that fancy dinner was an 1/8; 2) You spend hours trying to explain to your wife the way you outfoxed the GSCO trader by picking them off at 10 1/4 and selling it back to them at 10 1/2....she's just keeps nodding...only to then try to explain to her how jealous you are of the how much money that guy probably made during the day...she just keeps nodding. 3) You start negotiating and haggling for all your purchases in market lingo...." that VCR, I'll bid $139, fill or kill" 4. Long term holding means it may make it through lunch. 5. Short Term holding - you're setting up the sell button before your screen refreshes your buy confirmation 6. Major news stories no longer include Clinton-gate, murders or other societal events, but rather earnings release of CSCO, INTC and MSFT. 7. The first though that comes to your mind is trying to guess the SPFutures and what overseas markets didlast night. 8. You get excited for major sell-offs. 9. You had a great day with the market down 120 points. 10. Compared to wall street analysts, you buy/sell opinion of a particular stock changed five times during the day and you made money on your recommendation 4 out of five times. The other, heh, you can't win them all. Hope everyone had a good few days....got 100%cash in trading account by the close today....market still looks strong, but I;ll wait for opening prices. Good luck, Steve@yamner.com