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To: MMK who wrote (33446)	4/13/1999 9:02:00 PM
From: HG	Respond to of 120523

<<<for every person out there celebrating their wins, there others out there who have not had a great day and are struggling to keep perspective on everything>>>> Esp the options game. Its a zero sum game - for every win there is a loss ! Kinda reminds me when I went long on Ebay. My li'l brother at UCLA, trying to meet his educational expenses decided to go short ! It wiped him out and made me rich. Of course we never knew till it was too late. But I cannot forget the sick feeling of victory at the time ! Happy trading !

To: MMK who wrote (33446)	4/13/1999 9:33:00 PM
From: jan m.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 120523

I've made every mistake in the book on trading--for instance, I was holding 1500 shares of DRIV, sold at 12 and was so proud of myself for picking up a couple of points. Today, right after I sold NDB, it shot up another 10 points, I bought ALTB and it immediately dropped 5. What I don't do now, is chase after the one that got away, and I trade with far less shares--it's so helpful to me to hear from others that we all make mistakes, for every bad trade, theres plenty of good ones waiting for us tomorrow.