Stockwinners.com Option Picks Average Short-Term Gains of Ninety-Two Percent; Recent Daily Stock Picks Up Twelve Percent


AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 26, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The following is an investment opinion issued by Stockwinners.com.

Selections featured in recent Stockwinners.com, http://www.STOCKWINNERS.com, Option Picks postings registered an average short-term gain of 92 percent. In the four months ending August 20th, the equities research firm addressed the upward price potential of 340 publicly traded stock options. The average selection was up 92% in ten days. The postings included one hundred seventy-eight calls and one hundred sixty-two puts.

"In choosing our options, we concentrate on finding underlying equities with developing momentum," according to company spokesperson Faye F. Nia. "Among the recent gainers were American Capital Strategies (Nasdaq:ACAS) September $30 calls, up 185% in nine days; Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) September $25 calls, up 156% in twenty-five days; and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) September $30 puts, up 112% in four days."

In addition to daily option picks, the service offers a continuously updated Active Traders page, market alerts by E-mail, real-time quotes, interactive charting, a Rumor Mill and daily stock picks. "Each evening, we feature a stock with good fundamentals and favorable technical charts," said Nia. "Over the four months ending last Friday, we published eighty-five such Daily Picks. The average stock rose 12% in fifteen days. Among the solid gainers was DiamondCluster International (Nasdaq:DTPI), up 13% in six days." Free two-week on-line trial subscriptions to the STOCKWINNERS.com service are available at http://www.stockwinners.com/info/first_time.html . The company may be reached at 800/946-7143.

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