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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (2767)	4/3/1998 10:00:00 AM
From: Candle stick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Well, someone took some money off the table, there was a lot of volume in the first half hour and it was mostly on the sell side driving AMZN to a low of 92 1/4......I am surprised with such a good job number that they did not open AMZN above 100 right away.......Is it possible that there is no good news that has not already been discounted into the market and that, in fact, we have to go down first before going up?............;^) The speed at which AMZN bounces amazes me, back to 95 in seconds......

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (2767)	4/3/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: Y2K_Train	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Bob, how does your long/short butterfly/condor work out for you when AMZN went from 50s to 90s? Try to put an anniversary book before the end of month with greatest posts of this wonderful thread. Message 2772297 Carl & John, if you want to try to soak up some of the rich premiums on the options, there are much safer ways than naked call writing. Try a "long butterfly" or "long condor" to benefit from the decay with limited losses if the stock moves far either way. On the other hand, given that this stock is not expected by anyone to sit still for very long and that the premiums are rich, the opposite positions, i.e. "short butterfly" or "short condor", would allow you to pocket a net credit if the move is far either way with limited downside if it sits still. BTW, I'm not explaining these positions here because, if one doesn't know what they are or doesn't have a good book to explain it, then one probably should not do it. Bob PS: If you really know your deltas, how 'bout a "put ratio backspread"?

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (2767)	4/4/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

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