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MONETTA FUND, INC.
1776-A South Naperville Road
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
630 462-9800
February 3, 1997
BY EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1005
Monetta Fund, Inc.
1933 Act Registration 33-1398
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 497(j) of Regulation C under the Securities Act of
1933, Monetta Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") certifies that:
a. the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have
differed from that contained in the most recent post-effective
amendment to the Fund's registration statement on Form N-1A; and
b. the text of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Fund's
registration statement was filed with the Commission electronically on
February 3, 1997.
Very truly yours,
MONETTA FUND, INC.
