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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Baghul who wrote (14894)	10/28/1998 12:59:00 AM
From: put2rich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

AOL: most longs in AOL are optimistic that AOL continues going up. I don't know whether to short AOL or not except it goes above 140 then it is safe! Don't know when the next earning growth will be stunned, I guess when many vendors on AOL cut back the ads either as it is inefficient, vendors almost bankcrupt or losing market cap (like TALK) or economy slows down?

To: Baghul who wrote (14894)	10/28/1998 4:30:00 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

FIBR: You will need an uptick. FIBR is a small cap, not a national market stock where you are prevented from entering a market short when there is no uptick. So you can enter a market order but it waits then, and that stock can go down fast. Yesterday I used a market short to get filled 1/2 buck lower. Someone must have seen this and screwed me up and stole a half grand. I'm not angry, just more eager to ride it. Fortunately I kept the guts and shorted more and more in the 8's. So, if you need an uptick, I can put 1 lot on the bid (max. $8) one time and then you hit it with your size. Timing depends on the price and whether there is bid at reasonable sizes behind it, ie. 32nds lower. Do you have a realtime quote display or L2 ? No idea about AOL consensus. My first impression looking AOL news lately yesterday that they are doing great and numbers are impressive. With the exception of a longterm to-be negotiated position in INKT I abstain from shorting iternuts now, they may tank sometimes but - like yhoo, cmgi, or amzn they show relative strong recoveries. Lately I took part in BTIM, MCHM and CYPH as there are rather easy bucks to earn. C.