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To: Q. who wrote (135)	1/10/1999 1:01:00 PM
From: dospesos	Respond to of 167

JohnG: I haven't figured VIX out yet, but it does seem to be a sentiment or trend indicator. Most of the time it follows price slavishly. It's when it doesn't that intrests me right now. Do you know of a source for bullish/bearish opinions (sentioment) on the various commodities?

To: Q. who wrote (135)	1/10/1999 6:29:00 PM
From: Dnorman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 167

John: Do you know of an inexpensive source for getting real time VIX information? I guess Quote.com has it but to pricey for me! How would you go about inverting these charts? Do you feel we still may get a January effect on the small caps you screened? Thanks Dennis

To: Q. who wrote (135)	1/12/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: dospesos	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 167

JohnG: So far, including today, my INVIX idea is working out. That's the idea that in a long rise, a drop in INVIX (or rise in VIX) indicates "nervousness" about the trend by the sellers of options. I have only seen two instances of this over the past 18 mos or so I have been following it, but I'll take any warning I can get. On other grounds I expect some choppy waters in here for several weeks with successive unsuccessful attempts to make new highs from progressively lower levels. Then a dump to under 1200 and maybe even under 1100 SPX.