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To: Nanlin Chiang who wrote (21022)	4/14/1999 2:13:00 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Respond to of 44573

I did trade it, for a time. But I never had the "feel" for the DJIA that I have for the SnP. It was easier before because the SnP traded somewhat in sync with the DJIA but as of late the broader market is not reflected well in the DJIA, I believe. Also, generally I trade the Large Contract which is $250 per point so the risk/reward is higher. The Small contract I usually only use for position trades so that I don't cross trade myself. And then the Large Contracts take stops and aren't affected by TOPS outages and so forth so the edge of the DJ disappears. It's a nice idea but the way the DJIA has been trading for the last several months I just can't get a handle on it. It's funny because I cannot count how many times after work someone asks how the market was and I say down because the SPX was down but then they see on the television the DJIA was up 10 or whatever and they think I have a screw loose.