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To: umbro who wrote (13860)	8/17/1998 11:40:00 PM
From: DLS	Respond to of 164684

Wow it really moved the last few days. Early last week I think it was $110. It will be very interersting to see how much of an indicator this turns out to be, or if it only really indicates as of Friday morning. dls

To: umbro who wrote (13860)	8/18/1998 11:49:00 PM
From: umbro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

AMZN options report for 08/18/98 AMZN price: 128.688 Options Study for: AUG put break-even: 125.99 OI = 15531 VOL = 3476 call break-even: 129.18 OI = 24442 VOL = 3608 max. pain: 119.97 R = 0.6 R = 1.0 Options Study for: SEP put break-even: 111.41 OI = 3952 VOL = 1082 call break-even: 139.20 OI = 5546 VOL = 1172 max. pain: 120.12 R = 0.7 R = 0.9 Options Study for: OCT put break-even: 105.96 OI = 3607 VOL = 161 call break-even: 141.88 OI = 7326 VOL = 231 max. pain: 96.76 R = 0.5 R = 0.7 Options Study for: JAN put break-even: 97.15 OI = 2327 VOL = 41 call break-even: 152.83 OI = 3705 VOL = 58 max. pain: 100.03 R = 0.6 R = 0.7 net long/short: 1.56 mil. i.v. for AUG = 0.59 i.v. for SEP = 0.85 i.v. for OCT = 0.82 i.v. for JAN = 0.77 The Aug max. pain is still hanging out at 120, though may change on the basis of today's activity (OI lags by one day). Implied vols. dropped futher in the about to expire Aug. options, though remain fairly steady in the further out months. Option volume was actually pretty light considering today's big move.