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Thanks for the story Yuki. Are you getting your quotes real time or end of
day? I have reason to ask if it is eod.
Herbert E.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yuki Taga" <yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 8:35 AM
Subject: [amibroker] the joy of being almost flat
> Don't know what the US holds in store for everyone tonight, but the
> Nikkei/Topix was about as ugly as it gets today. What wasn't down 5
> percent was down 9 or 10 percent. I only exaggerate slightly. ^_^
> Nikkei futures off 600 (!) and the broad-based Topix, which closed at
> 1105 on Monday (yes, four days ago) closed at 1017 today. Can
> anybody say distribution? ^^_^^
>
> Fortunately, I was about as flat as I get. Only thing I had was a
> very small piece of a mainline pharmaceutical that lost 2 percent,
> but I lost almost nil as it opened almost unchanged, I stepped out
> immediately, and re-entered on the close. Baby and bath water, out
> the window today. Of course we've been absolutely frothy of late, and
> this was an accident just waiting to happen. I was holding the
> pharmaceutical only, figuring that the group has just about missed
> this entire year's move, and if the froth turned out to have staying
> power somebody might decide the group looked cheap -- certainly there
> are precious few bargains elsewhere right now. And if the froth was
> indeed just that, I knew at least there was no air pocket in that
> sector.
>
> I bought 10,000 Nomura (once the world's largest brokerage firm back
> in the bubble days) at 1900 last Thursday. I sold it Friday at 1950,
> and then watched in absolute horror as it exploded on Monday to close
> at 2120 at our lunch break (ugly amount left on the table, but I was
> also very aware of the aforementioned froth). It closed today at
> 1786. ^_- This is *extreme* volatility, folks. That stock as a long
> term ATR of about 40.
>
> Yuki
>
>
>
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