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To: Eddie Kim who wrote (72653)	10/16/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Eddie, you have illustrated my point precisely. It may be an example of what HL Mencken once called "common knowledge", i.e., something that everybody knows but is wrong! That is what I am trying to explore. Don't you find it interesting that of the many people who ascribe price movements of large capitalization stock to market maker manipulation, nobody can show me how it is profitable? Just think about that. I have an open mind on this issue, and am simply waiting pending information. So if your friend knows exactly how it is done, I would love to see it. But please ask him to show you the details of how they do it profitably A mathematical answer is what I need. TTFN, CTC

To: Eddie Kim who wrote (72653)	10/16/1998 6:28:00 PM
From: zurdo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Eddie, I am of the same opinion as you.. I also believe that the biggest money makers on stock options are the MMs. They are most probably the ones that do the preponderance of the options selling, and because they always control vast amounts of money and stock, they are in a beautiful position to manipulate the price of the stocks in which they have sold call options (or put options for that matter) since they can pretty much keep stock prices within a narrow movement range of 2 to 5 points. JMHO. Happy Trading!!