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To: Chip McVickar who wrote (24265)	5/26/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: Jimsy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44573

A quadruple top on many indexes! IE 4 times trying to go higher and failing, at least we can't accuse the buyers of not trying to take this up.

To: Chip McVickar who wrote (24265)	5/26/1999 5:48:00 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44573

Actually, 1> No I did not....too busy pulling my hair out, and 2> Printing the Ticket as it is XMitted is a terrific idea. When I did not get a Fill on my Stop I checked the Ticket and that was the first I realized that I had mis-typed the Order. I would have been Long the sucker all the way to the Low and not known. When I did realize, then I messed myself up as in my haste to "fix" the mistake I entered orders to Sell more than I wanted to so in effect I missed the Sell because of botching the Stop that I thought was "in". (Soon as I realized I OverSold I just covered everything at Market and tried to get my composure back.) Spent the rest of the day playing catch up. Not a smart move once one gets a bit shaken by not one, but three errors in keypunch in a row.