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To: Chris who wrote (6177)	2/18/1998 1:26:00 AM
From: Chris	Respond to of 42787

Subject: Tech Stock Options \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| You have 1 unread message To: Patrick Slevin (35127 ) From: donald sew Tuesday, Feb 17 1998 10:40PM EST Reply # of 35139 INDEX UPDATE ---------------------------------- Subjectively the market looked tired today. Except for the DDX, which was up slightly, all of the other HiTech indexes were down (COMP NDX MSH XCI IIX YTK CWX etc). If one considers the high for the day, the COMP was down 20 points off of its highs and if one uses a 5:1 ratio, thats 100 DOW points, and the NDX was down 25 points off its highs. Another thing is that the RUT and the EGI, broader based indexes were also down. And keep in mind that the DOW was about 50 points off its lows. Is that all for the pullback? I feel that it should go down just a bit more this week, maybe 100-150 DOW points off todays close, but it just may be on a intraday basis - this market is so strong. The probability is that further pulling back should happen this week latest next Tuesday. As for existing PUTS, Im just doing damage control, but now my focus is to pick that window of opportunity to get back in on the long side. There is a chance this window of opportunity may appear in the form of one large down day, say the 100-150 point drop, and then thats it, back to the upside. As for the news over the next 2-3 weeks, I am not sure that an airstrike on IRAQ will have that much negative effect. I suspect that a airstike will push the price of CRUDE up, at least for the short term, which should help the OILS. There are 3 OILS in the DOW which is 10% of the DOW, so that could help the DOW. Another subjective thought is that in light of an attack on IRAQ for some time now, there has not been that much negative effect on the market. Would the market interpret a stike on IRAQ as a quick resolution to a problem - and one less thing to worry about. Im not sure, just a thought. Seeya \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| View 2 replies to this message View SubjectMarks Bookmark this Subject Return to Puts, Calls, and other Options One or more words separated by spaces: Subject Titles Only Full-Text Messages with Links Send questions and feedback to webmistress@techstocks.com Terms of Use

To: Chris who wrote (6177)	2/18/1998 1:36:00 AM
From: Chris	Respond to of 42787

Subject: NASDAQ Gems - beaten down fundamentally sound stocks \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| You have 1 unread message To: John J H Kim (5379 ) From: LastShadow Tuesday, Feb 17 1998 9:58PM EST Reply # of 5386 Watch List 2/18 and REI: SYMBOL CLOSE CHANGE CHANGE % BORL 9.687 0.375 4.03% DIMD 11.500 0.125 1.10% PD 62.250 0.00 0.00% PSIX 8.500 0.375 4.62% QCOM 46.750 0.187 0.40% RMPO 7.875 0.00 0.00% TCOMA 29.125 0.125 0.43% TEAM 10.562 0.062 0.60% UCMP 7.625 1.375 22.00% FRTE, PNF and RMPO are technically thresholding for a positive jump. With today's market being down for several critical sectors and relative unknowns making 'Most Up' lists, I am looking for an up day tomorrow. However, with the 175 point DJ Utility surge, it may not... Although the market closed up, from my seat it looked like another horizontal correction. Long/bullish stocks are running very well, and those of you who have the Range Expansion Indicator (REI) Excel spreadsheet might want to rvisit it as it works exceptionally well in trending markets. Still long/bullish: AAPL 19.625 0.125 0.64% AKLM 4.687 -0.031 (0.66%) AMAT 36.375 -1.125 (3.00%) AMMB 31.437 -0.312 (0.98%) FRTE 6.375 0.187 3.03% GM 64.875 1.437 2.27% IIT 15.250 1.250 8.93% KMET 20.125 -0.250 (1.23%) NT 47.437 0.312 0.66% PCNI 4.937 0.062 1.28% PNF 4.812 -0.062 (1.28%) PWAV 18.062 -0.500 (2.69%) RAYS 7.500 -0.250 (3.23%) SFA 17.812 0.312 1.79% Exited: CAVR, BGEN, TXB lastshadow \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| View 3 replies to this message View SubjectMarks Bookmark this Subject Return to Short-Term Traders One or more words separated by spaces: Subject Titles Only Full-Text Messages with Links Send questions and feedback to webmistress@techstocks.com Terms of Use

To: Chris who wrote (6177)	2/18/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: Chris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

Subject: Tech Stock Options \| Previous \| ------ \| Respond \| You have 1 unread message To: Patrick Slevin (35139 ) From: Kevin Walsh Wednesday, Feb 18 1998 1:35AM EST Reply # of 35140 Hi Patrick, Speaking of statistics and being options expirations week, I'm getting a 'feeling' that a big up day is coming - Thur? FWIW, a WAG <vbg> Now for some statistics from CBOE: (sorry about the format, it didn't copy and paste very well) Overall put/call ratio = 0.68 (bullish) equity put/call ratio = 0.39 (slightly bearish) index put/call ratio = 1.60 (yikes) I don't remember seeing this big of a discrepancy between equity and index ratios before. Here's some details. VIX OPENING VALUE: 21.10 VIX HIGH VALUE : 21.80 VIX LOW VALUE : 20.60 VIX CLOSING VALUE: 21.20 Equity Option TOTAL EQUITY CALL VOLUME: 357,045 TOTAL EQUITY PUT VOLUME: 138,055 TOTAL VOLUME: 495,545 Index Option TOTAL INDEX CALL VOLUME: 115,021 TOTAL INDEX PUT VOLUME: 184,127 TOTAL VOLUME: 299,148 Sum of All Products TOTAL CALL VOLUME: 472136 TOTAL CALL OPEN INTEREST:10706594 TOTAL PUT VOLUME: 322749 TOTAL PUT OPEN INTEREST: 7279416 TOTAL VOLUME: 794885 TOTAL OPEN INTEREST:17986010 Equity LEAPS Summary TOTAL CALL VOLUME: 24104 TOTAL CALL OPEN INTEREST: 1704787 TOTAL PUT VOLUME: 6872 TOTAL PUT OPEN INTEREST: 1064402 TOTAL VOLUME: 30976 TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 2769189 S&P 100 Index - (included OEX ,OEW, & OEZ) OEX CALL VOLUME: 68651 OEX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 242131 OEX PUT VOLUME: 98656 OEX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 343004 OEX TOTAL VOLUME: 167307 OEX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 585135 OEX LEVELS HIGH: 492.54 LOW: 488.52 CLOSE: 489.64 +.88 S&P 100 Index LEAPS - (includes OAX , OBX & OLX) OEX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 11 OEX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 17587 OEX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 585 OEX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 94793 OEX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 596 OEX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 112380 OEX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 98.51 LOW: 97.70 CLOSE: 97.93 +.18 S&P 500 Index - (SPX,SPZ,SPB,SXB,SPL,SPQ,SXZ,SPT) SPX CALL VOLUME: 38747 SPX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 857667 SPX PUT VOLUME: 67887 SPX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 1228466 SPX TOTAL VOLUME: 106634 SPX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 2086133 SPX LEVELS HIGH: 1028.02 LOW: 1020.09 CLOSE: 1022.76 +2.67 S&P 500 Index LEAPS- (includes LSW, LSY, & LSX) SPX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 195 SPX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 61605 SPX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 6076 SPX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 349731 SPX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 6271 SPX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 411336 SPX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 102.80 LOW: 102.01 CLOSE: 102.28 +.27 Dow Jones Industrial Average Index - DJX DJX CALL VOLUME: 4500 DJX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 159099 DJX PUT VOLUME: 6015 DJX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 250926 DJX TOTAL VOLUME: 10515 DJX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 410025 DJX LEVELS HIGH: 84.46 LOW: 83.70 CLOSE: 83.98 +.28 Dow Jones Industrial Ave Index LEAPS - LDJ,VDJ,WDJ DJX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 13 DJX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 72271 DJX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 1229 DJX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 119991 DJX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 1242 DJX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 192262 DJX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 84.46 LOW: 83.70 CLOSE: 83.98 +.28 Dow Jones Transportation Average Index - DTX DTX CALL VOLUME: 93 DTX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 1364 DTX PUT VOLUME: 78 DTX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 3035 DTX TOTAL VOLUME: 171 DTX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 4399 DTX LEVELS HIGH: 357.77 LOW: 355.58 CLOSE: 356.23 +1.90 Dow Jones Trans Ave Index LEAPS - (LDN,VDN,WDX) DTX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 0 DTX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 14 DTX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 0 DTX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 292 DTX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 0 DTX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 306 DTX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 36.80 LOW: 35.56 CLOSE: 35.62 +.19 Dow Jones Utilities Average Index - DUX DUX CALL VOLUME: 1 DUX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 26 DUX PUT VOLUME: 12 DUX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 113 DUX TOTAL VOLUME: 13 DUX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 139 DUX LEVELS HIGH: 270.60 LOW: 268.02 CLOSE: 270.60 +2.58 Dow Jones Utilities Ave Index LEAPS - (LDU,VDU,WDU) DUX LEAPS CALL VOLUME: 0 DUX LEAPS CALL OPEN INTEREST: 0 DUX LEAPS PUT VOLUME: 0 DUX LEAPS PUT OPEN INTEREST: 0 DUX LEAPS TOTAL VOLUME: 0 DUX LEAPS TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 0 DUX LEAPS LEVELS HIGH: 27.06 LOW: 26.80 CLOSE: 27.06 +.26 Nasdaq 100 Index - (included NDX,NDZ,NDV,NDU,NCZ, & NDY) NDX CALL VOLUME: 2109 NDX CALL OPEN INTEREST: 24137 NDX PUT VOLUME: 3124 NDX PUT OPEN INTEREST: 27682 NDX TOTAL VOLUME: 5233 NDX TOTAL OPEN INTEREST: 51819 NDX LEVELS HIGH: 1147.70 LOW: 1125.77 CLOSE: 1128.63 -8.06 \| Previous \| ------ \| Respond \| View SubjectMarks Bookmark this Subject Return to Puts, Calls, and other Options One or more words separated by spaces: Subject Titles Only Full-Text Messages with Links Send questions and feedback to webmistress@techstocks.com Terms of Use