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THESE ARE ALL THE "TRADING IDEAS" FEATURED
FOR THE YEAR 2000 THROUGH DECEMBER 31st.


DATE
SYMBOL
POSITION
IN
DAYS
OUT
GAIN
LOSS
1/10/00
GBT
LONG
$14.00
49
$21.25
51.8%
-
 
PH
LONG
$52.13
8
$46.94
-
-10.0%
 
AMTD
SHORT
$22.20
50
$17.88
19.5%
-
1/24/00
SEM
LONG
$15.50
49
$18.63
20.2%
-
 
AMAT
SHORT
$141.25
15
$155.00
-
-9.7%
 
MSFT
SHORT
$103.75
45
$100.13
3.5%
-
2/7/00
PT
LONG
$13.38
35
$14.13
5.6%
-
 
BK
SHORT
$37.94
35
$34.63
8.7%
-
 
AMZN
SHORT
$78.56
42
$72.00
8.4%
-
2/14/00
SSTI
LONG
$48.56
99
$68.38
40.8%
-
 
RYAAY
SHORT
$61.50
14
$66.13
-
-7.5%
 
DCLK
SHORT
$111.13
15
$87.00
21.7%
-
2/28/00
POP
LONG
$17.94
85
$21.38
19.2%
-
 
ICGX
LONG
$30.94
15
$30.88
-
-0.2%
 
MU
SHORT
$73.63
2
$78.13
-
-6.1%
3/13/00
NTN
LONG
$5.63
8
$4.56
-
-18.9%
 
TTV
LONG-1/2
$8.50
3
$7.38
-
-13.2%
 
LCOS
SHORT
$73.25
63
$60.63
17.2%
-
3/27/00
PMRY
LONG
$19.50
4
$17.38
-
-10.9%
 
CYOE
LONG-1/2
$12.06
5
$10.38
-
-14.0%
 
EGRP
SHORT
$32.00
1
$34.13
-
-6.6%
4/3/00
BKI
LONG
$18.13
79
$18.63
2.8%
-
 
PRVT
LONG
$35.13
2
$32.38
-
-7.8%
 
AMZN
SHORT
$67.00
156
$44.00
34.3%
-
4/17/00
PAIR
LONG
$18.88
62
$34.50
82.8%
-
 
PRHC
LONG
$30.00
16
$27.50
-
-8.3%
 
WORK
LONG
$13.00
23
$11.88
-
-8.7%
5/8/00
IVX
LONG
$32.70
1
$29.88
-
-8.6%
 
EMC
SHORT
$137.00
7
$124.00
9.5%
-
 
AMAT
SHORT
$101.88
7
$85.31
16.3%
-
5/22/00
PCOL
LONG
$14.00
2
$12.75
-
-8.9%
 
EVTC
LONG-1/2
$14.00
27
$12.94
-
-7.6%
 
MU
SHORT
$60.56
4
$66.88
-
-10.4%
6/5/00
JACO
LONG
$17.88
16
$20.50
14.7%
-
 
ASYC
LONG
$23.69
23
$26.00
9.7%
-
 
IBM
SHORT
$108.81
3
$115.13
-
-5.8%
 
AMAT
SHORT
$93.56
14
$95.75
-
-2.3%
6/19/00
PDE
LONG
$26.00
8
$23.63
-
-9.1%
 
EGRP
SHORT
$17.44
26
$18.75
-
-7.5%
 
QQQ
SHORT
$94.03
1
$97.06
-
-3.2%
7/10/00
CTK
LONG
$18.63
44
$20.50
10.1%
-
 
AOL
LONG
$56.13
15
$56.00
-
-0.2%
7/14/00
EBAY
SHORT
$58.66
33
$57.31
2.3%
-
7/24/00
CMB
SHORT
$52.44
14
$53.88
-
-2.7%
 
AMAT
SHORT
$79.94
23
$77.50
3.0%
-
 
INTC
SHORT
$69.10
23
$69.06
0.1%
-
8/7/00
AH
LONG
$14.25
35
$15.75
10.5%
-
 
BUD
LONG
$83.20
19
$79.93
-
-3.9%
 
EMC
SHORT
$86.00
1
$90.00
-
-4.7%
8/21/00
KAMNA
LONG
$14.88
11
$12.88
-
-13.4%
 
ABSC
SHORT
$78.25
21
$55.00
29.7%
-
 
IBM
SHORT
$121.06
4
$125.00
-
-3.3%
9/11/00
HXL
LONG
$15.06
2
$13.50
-
-10.4%
 
COHR
SHORT
$70.75
2
$73.75
-
-4.2%
 
CIEN
SHORT
$197.25
2
$217.00
-
-10.0%
9/25/00
PPE
LONG
$14.88
9
$13.63
-
-8.4%
 
UNH
LONG
$98.00
28
$104.69
6.8%
-
 
DRD
SHORT
$23.94
28
$24.94
-
-4.2%
10/10/00
CPQ
LONG
$25.40
7
$23.38
-
-8.0%
 
VTSS
LONG-1/2
$88.81
1
$79.88
-
-10.1%
 
MRK
SHORT
$75.50
11
$80.63
-
-6.8%
10/23/00
TRN
LONG
$22.94
69
$25.00
9.0%
-
 
GILD1
SHORT
$90.19
37
$76.00
11.9%
-
10/30/00
MSFT2
SHORT
$70.00
61
$43.38
38.0%
-
11/6/00
EMC3
SHORT
$98.94
22
$78.25
14.8%
-
 
AXP
SHORT
$59.88
55
$54.93
8.3%
-
 
MAG
LONG
$12.56
42
$12.94
-
-5.0%
11/20/00
PVH
LONG
12.69
41
$13.00
2.4%
-
 
CCR
SHORT
$36.63
16
$36.75
-
-7.2%
12/1/00
BKNG
LONG
$19.31
 30
$19.93
4.2%
-
 
BA
SHORT
$65.81
 2
$70.63
-
-7.3%
12/14/00
CHP
SHORT
$52.25
7
$45.18
 13.5%
-
 
INFA
SHORT
$45.06
7
$39.93
 11.4%
-
 
PSFT
SHORT
$43.60
7
$33.56
 23.2%
-
                                  1) GILD = HALF CLOSED OUT AT $64 ON 11/20/00, HALF STOPPED OUT AT $95 ON 12/8/00.
                                  2) MSFT = HALF CLOSED OUT AT $57.25 ON 11/20/00.
                                  3) EMC = HALF CLOSED OUT AT $77.50 ON 11/20/00, HALF STOPPED OUT AT $91 ON 12/6/00.
 
WHITE BOX MEANS POSITION WAS STILL OPEN AT END OF YEAR

TOTAL LONG SELECTIONS = 36
TOTAL SHORT SELECTIONS = 38

HEDGED AND ESSENTIALLY MARKET NEUTRAL

TOTAL WINNING POSITIONS = 35 /// AVERAGE GAIN = 17.6%
TOTAL LOSING POSITIONS = 39 /// AVERAGE LOSS = 7.0%

RETURN BASED ON AVERAGE OF 5.05 POSITIONS OPEN THROUGHOUT YEAR

60.3%

USING $20,000 AS AN INVESTED BASIS FOR EACH FULL POSITION AND COMPUTING A TOTAL OF $100 FOR BREAKAGE AND COMMISSION FOR EACH POSITION PLACES NET GAINS TO DATE AT 53.3%.  COMPUTING $200 FOR BREAKAGE AND COMMISIONS FOR EACH POSITION PLACES NET GAINS AT 46.3%.  AVERAGE EXPOSURE DURING THE YEAR, $101,014.  MAXIMUM EXPOSURE $220,000 (1 DAY).  MINIMUM EXPOSURE, $0 (21 DAYS).
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