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To: Connor26 who wrote (60485)	9/9/1999 11:05:00 PM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

Conner..I don't want to put an damper on your enthusiasm.. I would have loved to be some of those 50% gainers.. I just like to kind of balance with some stocks that I'm not afraid to take home. I 'gamble' with my shorts, but I'm learning and I'm not giving up because RHAT happened to turn abruptly, (I suspected it anyhow). Every point I pluck out of a short is a new experience for me. I still like puts for the 'bigger' nets but for the ipo's the shorts are easier, and I don't have to wait for the options to open in the morning. You don't need 5 that work well and forget these 'wonderful' opportunities.. All I am saying is do both, but don't be exclusive one way or the other. Don't let an opportunity like CMVT,INTU or ADIC slip by, for the 'stock of the hour'.. but there is a happy medium. Like researching these ipo's like nok, $mogul, OJ, kha, Kendall, and then you can have two in one (i.e LBRT, IIJI,KIDE, ARTC, ARTG)

To: Connor26 who wrote (60485)	9/10/1999 12:22:00 AM
From: nokomis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 120523

Connor - you have a refreshing honesty to you...Jenna has given you some very good advice..and I would like to add to that. When you think you're gambling, don't trade. I've lost so much money doing that -- ie. looking for the big one, that it's almost like the gambler that keeps returning to the table. Thank god, IL've learned from some of my mistakes, but not all. I still make them, and so do most of the other Gemmers..'cause we're human I guess. I think you're like a young lab pup...(trusting and full of pounce)..this is a compliment...but tread carefully, go small (like in Small Fry)...hold for 3 days or more (not like me)...keep your original investment, play with the rest. Spend a disproportionate amount of of your "free time" researching, digging, reading and listening...do all of this before you trade. Wait until a stock is green before you enter. Bottom fishing is dangerous (I've learned the hard way)...get out as soon as you get a point. It always pulls back so you can re-enter later. Most of all, when you find yourself excited beyond belief about a prospect, force yourself to watch it for 5 days and then see if you still like it. If you do, buy it.. good trading, NOK