leon, personally I think the fact that most bp were flat or up today means there's still hope we won't drop right away. The situation is precarious. I go mainly by this <A HREF="http://home.attbi.com/~gottfriedm/bpcompq_vix.gif" target="_new">http://home.attbi.com/~gottfriedm/bpcompq_vix.gif</A> Gottfried