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To: robert b furman who wrote (18568)	3/13/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Respond to of 44573

OT Yeah, the technology changes since I was a child overwhelm me whenever I stop and think about it. As far as the decision being difficult, it isn't for me. However, I have a scar on one of my retinas which may make that eye somewhat high risk. That bothers me a little bit. Yes, I was happy with the trades although they may not sound like much. I'm happy because they are consistent, the worst loser was yesterday afternoon. I had a MIT order in to go Long @ 1307 with a stop set at 1303.50 and sure enough, they took it right down and stopped it at 1303.50 giving me an 03.60 fill. I recovered okay though, when I convinced myself to try it again I went in at 05.80 with a 03.90 Stop and took it up to 1311 so I think I got 730 points net on the day, plus 1425 points on pulling the plug on my E-Mini position temporarily. The best winner was a 12 point trade on Tuesday, but averaging over 7 points a day for the week on the Large contract is well in excess of my weekly goal so I'm real pleased with it. My targets used to be higher but now they are somewhat modest. If you can average 12, 15 points a week trading the Large contract you will live well enough. Greed Kills, I suppose.