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To: umbro who wrote (13163)	8/10/1998 11:59:00 PM
From: DLS	Respond to of 164684

I wonder if there is any merit in estimating the prices daily (maybe based on the average spread on a day times the new open interest). It seems that Max Pain would have significantly different results if it considered the actual prices paid at the various strike prices. It could be called actual pain. lol. Just a thought. Killing time eating a sandwich. Regards, dls

To: umbro who wrote (13163)	8/11/1998 12:23:00 AM
From: zax	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Predicition #1. Market has bad day of losses this week. Prediction #2. Loss leaders are several of the current market "darlings" Reasoning: The only stocks in the market right now which aren't getting the the heck kicked out of them right now seem to be the internet stocks. How long do you guys really believe that this one sector can advance while the rest of the market declines? We need either a broad based rally in the market, or there will be a major sell of of internet stocks by the end of the week, IMO, and quite possibly tomorrow. Opposing views? Does anyone really believe that this such a one sided market rally can continue like this? Please look at these indices folks, at the bottom of this note... The rally on our market now is so narrow... It only seems to be the most hyped stocks that are progressing. You know which ones I am talking about. This is a VERY negative sign. Please... Read on... -- Eric Dow Jones Description Last Change %Change Day Low Day High Industrials 574.85 -23.17 -0.26 8543.18 8635.35 Transportation 3083.13 -17.64 -0.56 3070.48 3120.99 Utilities 276.67 -0.39 -0.13 275.32 277.03 Composite 2693.46 -8.82 -0.32 2687.03 2711.48 Standard and Poor's S&P 500 1083.14 -6.31 -0.57 1081.76 1092.82 S&P 100 532.45 -2.83 -0.52 531.68 538.22 S&P 400 Midcap 336.85 -3.99 -1.16 336.12 340.86 S&P 500 Growth 590.66 -2.11 -0.35 589.41 596.74 S&P 500 Value 509.65 -4.28 -0.82 509.15 514.00 NASDAQ Composite 1839.21 -7.56 -0.40 1835.07 1850.01 Composite (NMS) 832.56 -3.38 -0.39 830.62 837.43 New York Stock Exchange Composite 545.72 -3.78 -0.68 544.93 549.91 Financial 525.37 -6.32 -1.18 524.81 532.06 High Beta 1196.72 -15.71 -1.29 1195.66 1212.49 Industrials 672.43 -3.43 -0.50 671.35 677.53 Canadian Exchanges Toronto 300 Index 6523.7 -117.4 -1.76 6522.2 6641.1 Vancouver Composite 468.6 -5.3 -1.11 468.4 474.0 Other Indexes Major Market 915.26 -1.07 -0.11 911.70 922.57 Euro Top 100 2735.18 -57.49 -2.05 2729.86 2761.39 Japan Index 161.65 -2.03 -1.23 161.65 161.65 BioTech 141.83 1.22 0.87 140.44 142.52 Oil and Gas 408.15 -7.79 -1.86 407.22 415.94 Gold and Silver 63.17 -0.03 -0.04 62.28 63.28 National OTC* 982.72 -1.79 -0.17 976.73 991.00 Wilshire Small Cap 569.40 -9.46 -1.62 568.13 579.42