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To: lee kramer who wrote (67200)	10/20/1999 11:25:00 PM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

Long John's analysis will be the core for creating a general trading strategy for next season. I will also adding my own real time 'trading' results from this month as well. This has been quite a remarkable month for earnings plays. I don't look at days held but rather how much profit was gained from the play whether it was held for 1 hour, 24 hours or 72 hours. This is the first earnings season that I have lost capital only on one play (except for some lost profit). That play was INTC and I did not even follow my own strategies but got caught up in the euphoria of the moment (that will not happen in a formal trading forum). We are fortunate we have the time to analyse and utilize the analysis for the future. A teacher never comes to class without a lesson plan. A earnings play or any trade should not be entered into without a strategy for that particular stock (i.e. trading history, average range, moving averages on both long and short term charts etc.) That is why I don't jump into IPO's the first day and why I can enter watch list or earnings plays with more confidence. I don't have that confidence with 'tips' and untried plays. That could be what nokomis was trying to say in her post about entering 'gap ups'. I would easily enter a stock that has gapped or moved up quite a bit if I knew its trading history (i.e. I entered INFA after it moved up 8% on 10/15. This was my first trade in INFA but I got out with 3 and then 16 points) INFA is slowly shaping up to be like PHCM, at least as far as low volume and high gain is concerned in the beginning. PXCM is also another real mover up 24% which I missed although I tracked it for about 5 trading session and it was an earnings play for the for 19th. (Maybe stocks that begin with P and end in M have great futures).. A new strategy the P_ _ M stock trading strategy. Today's Most Down list was once again yesterday's most up list and vice versa. I know that is inevitable (just look at DSPG) but at least I'll recognize DSPG for what it is at a glance.