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To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (35867)	3/3/1998 1:06:00 PM
From: Electric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

Lisa, I am looking at the overall picture or sentiment of the options.. here are a few.. *CPQ* 15 APR 32 1/2 1 1/4 1 7/16 - 3/16 16 APR 35 3/4 3/4 ...... 17 APR 37 1/2 3/8 7/16 - 1/16 18 APR 40 5/16 1/4 + 1/16 19 APR 42 1/2 1/16 1/8 - 1/16 20 JUL 20 10 1/4 10 7/8 - 5/8 21 JUL 22 1/2 8 7/8 8 3/4 + 1/8 22 JUL 25 6 7/8 7 - 1/8 23 JUL 27 1/2 5 5 1/2 - 1/2 24 JUL 30 4 4 1/4 - 1/4 25 JUL 32 1/2 2 15/16 3 1/4 - 5/16 26 JUL 35 1 7/8 2 7/16 - 9/16 27 JUL 37 1/2 1 1/2 1 13/16 - 5/16 28 JUL 40 1 1/16 1 3/8 - 5/16 29 JUL 42 1/2 11/16 1 - 5/16 All undervalued.. this would seem to mean a bullish sentiment and an increased sigma.. *DELL* 20 APR125 15 5/8 14 7/8 + 3/4 21 APR130 13 3/8 12 1/8 + 1 1/4 22 APR135 10 3/4 9 7/8 + 7/8 23 APR140 8 3/4 7 7/8 + 7/8 24 APR150 5 1/2 4 3/4 + 3/4 25 MAY 65 78 68 1/8 + 9 7/8 26 MAY 70 No Prc 63 1/8 N/A 27 MAY 75 No Prc 58 3/8 N/A 28 MAY 80 54 1/8 53 3/8 + 3/4 29 MAY 85 47 1/8 48 5/8 - 1 1/2 30 MAY 90 45 44 1/8 + 7/8 31 MAY 95 44 39 1/2 + 4 1/2 Overvalument, a decreased sigma, or a bearish trend in the future.. *IOM* 11 APR 10 9/16 9/16 ...... 12 APR 12 1/2 3/16 1/8 + 1/16 13 APR 15 No Prc 0 N/A 14 MAY 5 4 3/8 4 1/4 + 1/8 15 MAY 7 1/2 2 1/8 2 1/8 ...... 16 MAY 8 3/4 No Prc 1 3/8 N/A 17 MAY 10 13/16 13/16 ...... 18 MAY 11 1/4 1/2 1/2 ...... 19 MAY 12 1/2 3/8 1/4 + 1/8 20 MAY 15 1/8 1/16 + 1/16 21 MAY 17 1/2 1/16 0 + 1/16 22 MAY 20 1/16 0 + 1/16 Flat sigma or a sideways trend.. *CSCO* 16 APR 60 6 1/2 6 1/4 + 1/4 17+APR 60 6 6 1/4 - 1/4 18+APR 63 3/8 4 4 1/4 - 1/4 19 APR 65 3 3 3/8 - 3/8 20+APR 66 5/8 2 1/4 2 3/4 - 1/2 21 APR 70 1 3/16 1 11/16 - 1/2 22 APR 75 7/16 11/16 - 1/4 Neutral, sideways movement *DAL* 13 APR115 6 1/2 6 3/8 + 1/8 14 APR120 3 7/8 4 - 1/8 15 APR125 2 1/4 2 5/8 - 3/8 16 JUL100 23 7/8 20 3/8 + 3 1/2 17 JUL105 17 7/8 16 7/8 + 1 18 JUL110 11 7/8 13 3/4 - 1 7/8 19 JUL115 9 7/8 11 1/8 - 1 1/4 20 JUL120 8 1/4 8 7/8 - 5/8 21 JUL125 5 5/8 6 7/8 - 1 1/4 Flat to bullish.... *INTC* 16 APR 75 11 5/8 11 5/8 ...... 17 APR 80 7 7/8 7 7/8 ...... 18 APR 85 4 7/8 5 - 1/8 19 APR 90 2 7/8 3 - 1/8 20 APR 95 1 1/2 1 3/4 - 1/4 21 APR100 3/4 7/8 - 1/8 22 APR105 7/16 5/16 + 1/8 Neutral to flat... What do you think???

To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (35867)	3/3/1998 1:14:00 PM
From: broken_cookie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58727

to all: Kurlak "the hammer" is back. From briefing: Merrill Lynch's Thomas Kurlak believes that excess capacity in the chip sector due to slow orders will prompt semiconductor stocks to reach new lows over the coming months; according to Mr. Kurlak, "we don't believe the current rate of PC industry growth will be enough to offset price declines for semiconductor suppliers."..... nice 1-2 combo from merrill!

To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (35867)	3/3/1998 1:27:00 PM
From: Electric	Respond to of 58727

Lisa, One other *DJX* APR 81 4 3/8 5 7/8 - 1 1/2 APR 82 4 3/4 5 1/8 - 3/8 APR 84 3 1/4 3 3/4 - 1/2 APR 85 2 5/8 3 1/4 - 5/8 APR 86 2 1/8 2 5/8 - 1/2 APR 88 1 3/16 1 7/8 - 11/16 APR 90 5/8 1 5/16 - 11/16 MAY 72 14 1/4 14 1/4 ...... MAY 76 No Prc 10 1/2 N/A MAY 80 6 1/8 7 1/2 - 1 3/8 MAY 84 4 3/8 4 5/8 - 1/4 MAY 88 1 5/16 2 3/4 - 1 7/16 Obviously undervalued, or a bull trend.. I think this is the best view of how this thing might work.. this is the Dow options..