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To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (43406)	5/18/1998 10:39:00 AM
From: Electric	Respond to of 58727

Lisa, I was amazed when I looked at the play between calls and puts on DELL: DELL COMPUTER CORP 93 5/16 # PUT PRICE VOLUME LEVERAGE 1 JUN 60 3/8 0 -10 % 2 JUN 65 5/8 0 -5 % 3 JUN 70 7/8 75 -1 % 4 JUN 75 1 5/16 88 2 % 5 JUN 80 2 5/8 201 3 % 6 JUN 85 4 465 4 % 7 JUN 90 5 3/4 175 4 % 8 JUN 95 8 75 4 % 9 JUN100 10 5/8 64 4 % 10 JUN105 No Prc 0 N/A 11 JUN110 No Prc 0 N/A 12 JUN120 No Prc 0 N/A 13 JUN130 No Prc 0 N/A 14 JUL 80 No Prc 0 N/A 15 JUL 85 No Prc 0 N/A 16 JUL 90 7 3/8 6 3 % 17 JUL 95 No Prc 0 N/A 18 JUL 95 9 3/8 10 3 % 19 JUL100 No Prc 0 N/A 20 JUL100 No Prc 0 N/A 21+AUG 37 1/2 No Prc 0 N/A 22+AUG 40 No Prc 0 N/A 23+AUG 42 1/2 No Prc 0 N/A 24+AUG 45 No Prc 0 N/A 25 AUG 47 1/2 1/2 0 -7 % 26 AUG 50 11/16 20 -5 % 27 AUG 52 1/2 3/16 0 -13 % 28 AUG 55 5/8 0 -4 % 29 AUG 57 1/2 3/16 0 -5 % 30 AUG 60 1 5/16 15 -1 % 31 AUG 62 1/2 No Prc 0 N/A 32 AUG 65 1 7/8 20 1 % 33 AUG 67 1/2 3/4 0 6 % 34 AUG 70 2 1/2 4 2 % 35 AUG 75 3 7/8 830 2 % 36 AUG 80 5 1/8 40 3 % 37 AUG 85 6 7/8 6 2 % 38 AUG 90 8 7/8 24 2 % 39 AUG 95 1 5/8 0 24 % 40 AUG100 No Prc 0 N/A 41 AUG110 No Prc 0 N/A 42 AUG120 No Prc 0 N/A 43 AUG130 No Prc 0 N/A 44 NOV 55 1 3/4 0 0 % 45 NOV 60 2 1/4 3 1 % 46 NOV 65 2 3/4 0 2 % 47 NOV 70 4 3/8 5 2 % 48 NOV 75 5 3/4 2 2 % 49 NOV 80 7 1/2 25 1 % 50 NOV 85 9 1/2 10 1 % 51 NOV 90 11 3/4 20 1 % 52 NOV 95 No Prc 0 N/A 53 NOV100 No Prc 0 N/A 54 NOV105 No Prc 0 N/A 55 NOV110 No Prc 0 N/A 56 NOV120 No Prc 0 N/A 57 NOV130 No Prc 0 N/A * OPTION ROOT SYMBOL: DLQ DELL COMPUTER CORP 93 1/8 # CALL PRICE VOLUME LEVERAGE 1 JUN 60 34 1/2 100 1 % 2 JUN 65 No Prc 0 N/A 3 JUN 70 23 1/2 10 2 % 4 JUN 75 20 20 3 % 5 JUN 80 16 1/4 65 3 % 6 JUN 85 13 1/4 1199 4 % 7 JUN 90 9 3/4 1648 4 % 8 JUN 95 7 1/2 2145 5 % 9 JUN100 5 1/4 895 5 % 10 JUN105 3 7/8 164 5 % 11 JUN110 2 7/8 163 4 % 12 JUN120 1 3/8 44 2 % 13 JUN130 3/4 69 -2 % 14 JUL 80 No Prc 0 N/A 15 JUL 85 No Prc 0 N/A 16 JUL 90 12 46 3 % 17 JUL 95 No Prc 0 N/A 18 JUL 95 9 56 4 % 19 JUL100 No Prc 0 N/A 20 JUL100 7 5/8 29 4 % 21+AUG 37 1/2 No Prc 0 N/A 22+AUG 40 No Prc 0 N/A 23+AUG 42 1/2 No Prc 0 N/A 24+AUG 45 No Prc 0 N/A 25 AUG 47 1/2 No Prc 0 N/A 26 AUG 50 No Prc 0 N/A 27 AUG 52 1/2 54 0 0 % 28 AUG 55 No Prc 0 N/A 29 AUG 57 1/2 46 0 0 % 30 AUG 60 35 2 1 % 31 AUG 62 1/2 No Prc 0 N/A 32 AUG 65 No Prc 0 N/A 33 AUG 67 1/2 39 1/2 0 0 % 34 AUG 70 27 2 1 % 35 AUG 75 22 3/4 125 2 % 36 AUG 80 20 203 2 % 37 AUG 85 17 3/8 164 2 % 38 AUG 90 14 164 2 % 39 AUG 95 11 5/8 88 3 % 40 AUG100 9 1/2 119 3 % 41 AUG105 7 7/8 63 3 % 42 AUG110 6 1/2 4 3 % 43 AUG120 4 3/8 6 3 % 44 AUG130 No Prc 0 N/A 45 NOV 55 45 0 0 % 46 NOV 60 36 1/2 2 1 % 47 NOV 65 36 1/8 0 0 % 48 NOV 70 26 3/4 0 1 % 49 NOV 75 25 3/4 2 1 % 50 NOV 80 22 5/8 4 1 % 51 NOV 85 20 1/2 7 1 % 52 NOV 90 18 1/2 72 1 % 53 NOV 95 16 7/8 15 2 % 54 NOV100 14 3/8 4 2 % 55 NOV105 No Prc 0 N/A 56 NOV110 10 3/8 11 2 % 57 NOV120 8 7 3 % 58 NOV130 5 3/4 1 3 % * OPTION ROOT SYMBOL: DLQ Between 5 to 10 to 1 in in ratio calls to puts.. I bought one of the new options, a July 95... I will see how it plays, and might look at a cheap put too for insurance... Too bad on the Pacers... they had a good chance on Sun... I want them in the finals.. small markets rule!!!!!