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To: Dataminer1 who wrote (5345)	8/16/1998 8:46:00 AM
From: JZGalt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

I am inclined to go with the idea of bi-monthly updating. Like most things in life, I think it depends. For stocks with long cycles in the boom and bust cycles 2 weeks of even monthly might be appropriate. For the real zingers like internet stocks, 1 hour might be appropriate. ;-) FWIW, I don't see any reason you cannot use both a time and a price basis. Make your initial purchase and then wait the "appropriate" period of time before entering the GTC orders for an additional buy and the initial sell. If at the end of the "blackout" period the price is below your target buy price, then buy at the market, otherwise enter the GTC order. The same thing would happen on the buy side. That way you can take advantage of "one time blips" in price after the "blackout" period, but keep a better handle on your cash reserve. The only thing that you won't be able to take advantage of are the blips in price during the blackout periods. It will take a bit more paperwork to keep the blackout periods straight. On the website where I am doing the AIM'ng of the oil service stocks, you can see the GTC levels entered for a fixed dollar amount on the buy and sell side. I wouldn't really have been much work to keep the blackout periods running in an adjacent column. In any case, what is the link you are using? The one you published doesn't seem to work. ---- Dave