      If the year were 1997, my answer would be 40 percent. The SOESindustry was a household name by this point, and everyone and their cousinwanted to get in. SOES trading rooms were in most major cities throughoutthe United States, and remote dial-in and Internet-based DayTrading systemsbecame widely available. Competition was fierce and getting fiercer everyday. Traders began relying more heavily on software, hardware, andnetworking technology to gain a competitive edge. No longer did tradershave to shout orders to clerks and wait for verbal confirmations.Sophisticated decision support tools, account and risk management systems,trade execution features and methods were introduced, and traders, likesheep, migrated to the best systems available. Those who did not upgradequickly found themselves at a competitive disadvantage, and began fallingto the bottom of the DayTrading food chain.