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To: umbro who wrote (12185)	7/31/1998 6:56:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Respond to of 164684

Thanks again for the great options reports.

To: umbro who wrote (12185)	8/3/1998 5:55:00 PM
From: umbro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

AMZN options report for 08/03/98 AMZN price: 108.250 Options Study for: AUG put break-even: 102.67 OI = 16947 VOL = 821 call break-even: 118.20 OI = 16004 VOL = 977 max. pain: 110.05 R = 1.1 R = 0.8 Options Study for: SEP put break-even: 95.88 OI = 2732 VOL = 29 call break-even: 131.55 OI = 1320 VOL = 216 max. pain: 120.07 R = 2.1 R = 0.1 Options Study for: OCT put break-even: 91.98 OI = 4562 VOL = 16 call break-even: 125.38 OI = 8325 VOL = 288 max. pain: 81.39 R = 0.5 R = 0.1 Options Study for: JAN put break-even: 85.03 OI = 3103 VOL = 68 call break-even: 135.74 OI = 3316 VOL = 12 max. pain: 99.92 R = 0.9 R = 5.7 net long/short: 0.16 mil. i.v. for AUG = 0.83 i.v. for SEP = 0.85 i.v. for OCT = 0.82 i.v. for JAN = 0.89 low options volume today. The big change is the heavy put volume in Jan. options. Could be longs hedging their position, and taking advantage of the lower implied vols., or bears rolling their positions further out in time. There seems to be a continued consensus that August will be q lower volatility month. Also, for the first time in a while, the Oct. optins premium dropped off a bit. The current implied vols. in Aug. options indicate that there's aoubt an 85% chance the price closes between 85 and 140.