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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: VLAD who wrote (8940)	6/2/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Here is a copy of a message sent to me by a fellow Vivus follower who knows a lot about options (I know nothing). To that follower: I hope you don't mind my posting this since I think it is very informative. VLAD, No Technical Analysis is 100%, but Open Interest for calls and puts play a major role in "Maximum-Pain" Option analysis. Further explanations can be found at: Open Interest - Technical Analysis From A to Z equis.com Maximum Pain Analysis pipeline.com pipeline.com Yes I have been following VVUS Open Interest. What I found puzzling is the large number of June 30 and June 40 call options. I was wondering if anyone else noticed that. Without those two large open interest options, these seems to be pressure to close at or near 10 on June expiration date. However any positive major news could push that $10 level toward $30 very quickly. VVQFA JUN98 5.0 - 281 VVQFU JUN98 7.5 - 214 VVQFB JUN98 10.0 - 5550 VVQFV JUN98 12.5 - 4288 VVQFC JUN98 15.0 - 3015 VVQFW JUN98 17.5 - 1363 VVQFD JUN98 20.0 - 1100 VVQFX JUN98 22.5 - 255 VVQFE JUN98 25.0 - 798 VVQFY JUN98 27.5 - 151 VVQFF JUN98 30.0 - 8908 VFPFZ JUN98 32.5 - 254 VFPFG JUN98 35.0 - 689 VFPFU JUN98 37.5 - 124 VFPFH JUN98 40.0 - 8742