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To: MKTBUZZ who wrote (25)	1/13/1999 1:10:00 AM
From: Sword	Respond to of 330

"Hopefully more patient and more conservative." That is the approach that I have taken as well. I have placed less of my capital at risk and diversified. I have also closed my daytrading account because it was beginning to consume my life. I would say that addiction is expressed in whatever takes over your life to the detriment of other, more important matters. By takes over, I think that means one battles to do other things but slides into the same old routine that afterward one regrets. -Sword

To: MKTBUZZ who wrote (25)	1/13/1999 1:26:00 AM
From: peter michaelson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 330

MKTBUZZ - I've had your profile bookmarked and I didn't know that you lost big last year. True confessions. In the last two months I managed to lose almost everything I made in the market over the last two years - my dear sweet AMZN short!! Couldn't let it go - just couldn't let it go. I feel so much better now. Covered last Wednesday at old $440. I'm happy to say that I have investments in that beautifully illiquid real estate so I didn't lose 'everything'. I recommend it to addicts. I should mention that my wife and kids are still healthy and happy. They even know most of what happened and I didn't ruin their Christmas too badly. Sword, I'm pretty sure I saw you write today on mIRC that you are quitting daytrading. Best to all, Peter P.S. For poignant reading... Message 7228924