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To: the options strategist who wrote (9148)	11/23/1998 11:20:00 AM
From: backman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14162

someone please explain the "market mechanics" of the following: friday, I'm considering buying DEC160 puts on IBM...overbought, near top of BB...stock is trading ~161, puts are 2 3/42 7/8. today, stock is up 1 point, and the same puts are 3 1/43 3 3/8. my thinking is: price goes up, puts should be less expensive, and time component decreases cost also. is there a basic flaw in my thinking, or do markets do what markets do? david s

To: the options strategist who wrote (9148)	11/23/1998 5:53:00 PM
From: Herm	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14162

Well Jen, BTGC does not sell LEAPs! The only recent LEAPs I remember is talking about was IFMX which I sold 5 CCs for the 5 JAN01 @ 3 1/4 and are currently around 2 7/8s x 3. I plan to check them out when I get to SF. IFMX is in Mendlo Park which I will be there on Sunday and Monday. My host has an office there! Now about BTGC. BTGC is approaching that lower BB and the RSI is below 50 right now! Once it makes that lower BB tag it should reverse. If anything, you want to buy it cheaper and ride it up! The lower BB has been increasing and is still slanted right upward. So, it appears the $6.25 to $6.50 may be the bottom for this cycle.