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To: Dataminer1 who wrote (7567)	5/31/1999 1:57:00 PM
From: B. J. Barron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

Bill & Robert & Bernie...thanks for the help...i found the what if button and that sure make things easy to check out...i first dropped safe to 5% and $ spread went from 90-48 to 84-50.4...then i cut # shares to 50 min and it went to 54 7/8 - 74 1/8 much more to my liking..then on Bernie suggestion i put safe back to 10% as Mr L. would approve and spread is still ok at 78.75 - 52.5...i understand that volatility is name of game in aim and reason i am using dh is i already own it and did not want to raise cash at a lost just to get into a better aim stock...will leave cash at 33%...does it effect calc of buy and sell like the safe and # shares do? long term trading is nothing new to me...have been a graham-dodd type since early 80's but have mainly been buy and hold with yearly update of fund. and then decision on whether to keep it or not...i like the concept of using averaging up for sells and down for buys as mean of managing long term stock and always being in a position. have read Mr L. book but there is always a learning curve when you actually start to do it...my next task is to go to a screening program ie stock investor and see if i can come with some hi beta stocks to look at in aiq as future aim candidates...again thanks for the replies and info...bj

To: Dataminer1 who wrote (7567)	6/5/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: LemonHead	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 18928

Hi Dataminer1, At our monthly meeting the RedNecks were interested in SE (Sterling Commerce). I just back tested with PCA for a year with some fairly tight settings on 500 shares and it looks like a valid AIM candidate to me. Ticker Symbol: SE Initial Stock Price $ 39.688 Initial Number of Shares 500 Minimum Order Dollars $ 2000 Commission Per Trade $ 12.00 Optional Beginning Cash $ Minimum Order Shares 50 Advanced Buy Resistance 5.00% Advanced Sell Resistance 5.00% Beginning Portfolio Value $39,688 Total Portfolio Value $49,100 Current Stock Value $32,328 Current Cash Reserve $16,772 Shares Owned 989 Cost Per Share $24.97 PCA Profit $9,413 Buy & Hold Profit ($2,094) Current Trade Advice Buy 78.02 Shares at 35.500 For A Total of $2,770 Most Recent Stock Price $35.500 Just wanted to know what you or anyone else thought about this one? Now have five club members signed (or in the process of) for on line trading. Keith