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To: Sig who wrote (34119)	3/12/1998 4:01:00 PM
From: William C. Spaulding	Respond to of 176387

I wouldn't buy May options (or later) until mid-April. The time-premium decay will make these options much cheaper. It's highly unlikely that the computer stocks will appreciate much before then (aside from the inevitable fluctuations in market price.) If you look at past years, the decline toward mid-April is a well-established trend (at least recently). And with all the earnings warnings that are being issued, I'm sure investors are going wait to see what actual earnings are, and when they wait, they don't buy, and when they don't buy, selling predominates, and when selling predominates, stock prices decline! The key to making BIG money in SHORT-TERM options is NOT TO INSIST ON BEING IN THE MARKET ALL THE TIME. I'm doing very well, and I'm in the market only a few times a year, and only a couple of weeks (at most) in each of those times. If you try to be in the market all the time, you're gonna get burned. I guarantee it! The only way to make BIG money in short-term options is buy cheap right before there is a big increase (calls) or decrease (puts) in stock price. Otherwise, the time premium decay will either reduce your profits or turn into losses.

To: Sig who wrote (34119)	3/12/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

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