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To: lee kramer who wrote (1209)	6/20/2001 6:26:22 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1227

Lee, I've also been trading for many years, and, as a former subscriber to MarketGems, I do have some insight to Jenna's style. Her daily watch list consists of 8 to 10 stocks. That's 40 to 50 a week. Some work, some don't. The ones that works... her enthusiasm is such she lets the world know about those calls. The ones that don't... well, she doesn't say much about them. Now, don't get me wrong, Jenna is religious about warning her subscribers to use stops and cut losses, and her watch list is a good a starting point as any, but her constant self-promotion got tiring while her almost total lack of losing trades became quite suspect in my mind. She always seems to buy at the low and sell at the high. This would, I suppose, be more acceptable if she were simply a poster on SI - ever notice how everyone posts their winners and omits losers? I never took the trouble to formally analyze her calls or trading - I don't have the time and it's not of that great interest to me. But when folks question her record... I can understand why. She's running a pay site and selling her track record. She is held to a higher standard, not only in terms of her track record but in the nature of her posts. Some of her posts in response to her critics were, how shall we put it... somewhat nasty? I suppose that one must be forever positive and put a good spin on things if one is to maintain a following and add new subscribers. But there comes a time when such an attitude becomes counter productive and a little humility is appropriate. Some on SI have taken the trouble to repost some of Jenna's seemingly contradictory posts, verbatim. Instead of explaining those posts, she ignored or chided the posters for not posting any calls of their own. While that may be a interesting point, the question was about Jenna's "call", not anyone elses lack of calls. Some years ago, when Pristine was still sending out their calls via fax, one arrived with a bold headline shouting "BANG! We loaded, aimed, fired! And shot ourselves right in the foot!" Oliver gained a lot of respect that day. Anyway, Lee, nice to see you post now and then. Hope you're doing well and having fun! I'm a professional trader and I see what Jenna does. She's a fine technician and she bases her calls, (and they are very precise by the way) along lines of high-probability. This is what technicians do. What you don't know, can't know, is how she works...because you aren't privy to her work each day.