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To: donald sew who wrote (4518)	1/22/1999 11:33:00 AM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 99985

Donald; I never looked at options on the DOW, I know the premos on the SPX and OEX are silly, and the specialist skew them all the time..but the dow I didn't look at. I like a few seenky options from time to time, ones most people would think are nuts. ( leaps ) But all and all I'm not much on them. KO yr 2000 is starting to look good. ( deep in the money calls ) or writing at the money puts. She is still falling but when she stops I may jump on some of them, ( likely sell a few puts ) & use that towards some calls when she starts up. The spread is neat, you get about 12% on the puts, and pay about 5% on the calls. I guess they think she will not go up by 2000..hmmm I think they are wrong. (but I do want to see her stop sliding first ) Got my eye on her. Jim,