Payroll Non-Event, Market Lower, Dollar Falling

Currently, DJI futures are 25.0 lower, the S&Ps are 6.50 lower, and the Nasdaq
100 futures are 10.50 lower. Europe is softer with the FTSE 100 down 49.40
points or 1.22%, the DAX down 79.66 points or 2.53%, and the CAC 40 is off 78.03
points or 2.48%. In Asia, a rare uptick in the Nikkei, gaining 45.24 points or
.52%, and the Hang Seng fell 33.57 points or 0.36%. Interest rate futures are
mostly unchanged, but the dollar is getting body slammed in anticipation of next
week’s rate cut. The euro is knocking on the "parity" door again, and gold
futures are up $2.30 at the moment. Crude futures are up slightly.

I have been commenting on the dollar situation for the last few days. Obviously,
the Fed is almost out of ammo on the interest rate front, and deliberate
depreciation of the dollar is the next move. I have been praying for a test of
$300 in the gold market so we would have a chance at snatching up some gold
shares on the cheap, but it now is looking like gold may be about to explode.

Volatility

Volatility was unchanged yesterday, and it should get hammered today,
all things being equal. Yesterday the  VIX fell .18 to 35.90, the VXN rose 1.70
to 52.99, and the QQV gained .50 to 44.72.

Update: (10/31/02)

Nothing Done — close on the November DIA butterfly.

New Recommendations

Buy the DIA November 80/84/85/89 call condor (buy one November 80 call,
sell one November 84 call, sell one November 85 call, and buy one November 89
call) for $1.50 or less (25%).

Buy the DIA December 80/84/86/90 call condor (buy one December 80 call,  sell
one December 84 call, sell one December 86 call, buy one December 90 call) for
$1.20 or less (25%).

Working Orders (Old Recommendations)

BGEN — Those who bought the January 40 calls at $2.10 (25%), sell an
equal amount of the January 45 calls at $1.10 to flip into the January 40 /45
call spread at $1.00.

QQQ — Those who sold the January 23/26 call spread at $1.50, bid $1.80 for the
January 20/23 call spread (somewhere near $23.00 should get you done).

WAG — For those long the January 35 puts ($2.50, 50%), sell an equal number of
the January 30 puts at $1.50 to flip into the January 30/35 put spread at $1.00.

Buy-writes

HAL — Long the January 15 buy-write at $12.05 (100%).

Proxy buy-writes

DYN — long the January 15 calls at $3.20 – left over from proxy buy-write
(50%). Left for dead.

Complex Strategies

BGEN — Long the January 40 calls at $2.10 (25%).

CCU — Long the January 40 calls at $2.00 (25%). Sold half at $4.00 on
10/21/02.

Call Spread Positions

QQQ — Short the January 23/26 call spread at $1.50 (25%).

Put Positions

WAG — Long the January 35 puts at $2.50 (50%).