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	March 2010 (12)
		
			11: Spotting Intermediate-term Tops with the Equity Put/Call Ratio
			10: CBOE Equity Put/Call Ratio Hits New Low for 2010
			09: First Lower Close After a Series of Up Days
			08: Seventh Consecutive Session Without a Lower Low
			07: Cumulative TICK Hits New High for 2010, Down Volume Hits New Low
			05: Implications of a 90% Up Volume Day
			05: No Sellers as S&P Futures Post Third Unfilled Upside Gap
			04: Unprecedented Readings from the Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio
			03: S&P Futures Pattern of Higher Highs, Lows Remains Intact
			03: Russell 2000 Hits New High for Year
			02: S&P Futures Working on a Second Consecutive Upside Gap
			02: NASDAQ Volume Higher Despite Sharp Dropoff for NYSE Volume
		
	
	February 2010 (29)
		
			26: Thursday’s Recovery Day Sends Last Hour Indicator Up 185
			25: Watching New 52-week Lows for Non-Confirmation
			24: Interactive End-of-Day Charts
			23: Divergence w/ New 20-day Lows Points to a Big Move
			23: Clues from Today’s Nasdaq Underperformance
			23: Candlestick Pattern Suggests a Down Day
			22: RUT 2-day RSI Signals Unusually Persistent Uptrend
			22: Seventh Higher High for S&P Futures, New 20-day Highs Lagging
			22: Mean Reversion Tendencies Surrounding Options Expiration
			19: Moving Average Penetration on a Monthly Timeframe
			17: New Short-term Setups Set to Trigger
			17: Low Volume Breakout, pt 2
			17: Low Volume Breakout, part 1
			16: S&P Shrugs Off Down Open, Hits New High for Week
			12: Counting 3:1 Breadth Days
			11: Drop in Equity Put/Call Ratio Points to Higher Prices Post-Holiday
			09: S&P Futures Settle Below Midpoint Despite Lopsided Market Internals
			09: Divergence Watch: New 20-day Highs Still Not Confirming
			08: New 20-day Highs Failing to Expand Despite Higher Highs for SPX, NDX
			07: SPX Recovers from Intraday Weakness To Close Higher, But…
			05: One Other Thing…
			05: Keep in Mind Negative TICKscore if SPX Closes Up
			05: Selling Pressure Persists On Above Average Volume
			05: NYSE TICK Never Hits +700 in Thursday Trade
			04: Relentless Institutional Selling Ahead of Jobs Report
			04: Big Picture Review
			03: Tracking Relative Volume for SPY, ES and NYSE
			02: Cumulative TICK Powering Higher as Institutions Remain Buyers
			02: Breadth, Volume Combination Points to Limited Upside Short-term
		
	
	January 2010 (28)
		
			31: Commodity Trading Advisors Overlook Recent Market Weakness
			29: Fourth Lower Low for SPX
			28: New Lows Point to Waning Downside Momentum
			28: Divergence Watch: New 52-week High/Low Data
			28: Beware Post-Fed Day Gaps
			27: New 20-day Lows Back over 2,000
			27: With Oversold McClellan, Watch the Down Volume Percentage
			26: S&P Oscillator Not Rallying with the Market
			25: Poor NYSE TICK Action as Institutions Remain Better Sellers
			25: SPY Volume Off Sharply on Monday’s Rally
			24: More on New 20-day Lows and Overbought Volatility
			22: Elevated 20-day Lows Face Off Against Elevated Volatility
			22: First Session of 2010 w/ Active Institutional Participation
			20: BKX/SPX Divergence
			20: Lower Highs for the New 20-day High-Low Spread
			19: Market Shrugging off Recent SOX Weakness
			15: Five Weeks of Higher Highs & Higher Lows for SPX
			13: Negative Cumulative TICK Two Days? Not Recently
			11: Institutional Investors Absent 19 Days & Counting
			11: Equal Weight S&P500 Going for Six in a Row
			10: SPX Running into Long-term Trendline Resistance
			07: New 20-day Highs Fail to Expand with Market
			06: S&P Futures Shrug Off a Down Open x2
			06: Volume Building as New 52-week Highs Surge
			05: Last Hour Indicator Hits a Fresh One-Year Low
			04: January Effect
			04: Nasdaq Kicks off the New Year in a Tight Range
			03: Reviewing Market Action over the Holiday Break
		
	
	December 2009 (28)
		
			28: Bullish Signs from Pre-Christmas Trade
			24: Surge in New 20-day and 52-week Highs
			22: Volatility Oversold Heading into the Christmas Break
			22: Institutional Participation Nonexistent During Monday’s Upside Gap
			21: Two Divergences to Watch
			18: Rare Gap Down Post-FOMC
			17: Trendy Moves During Options Expiration Week
			17: High Equity Put/Call Ratio Accompanies FOMC
			15: When Gaps are Quickly Filled
			15: FOMC Announcement on Tap
			14: Improving Advance/Decline Ratio Sends Cumulative Breadth into New All-time Highs
			14: S&P500 Set to Close in New Highs for ‘09
			13: New 20-day Highs Fail to Keep Up with S&P
			11: Following Through from Thursday’s Upside Gap
			11: Follow-up to ‘Poor Breadth for an Upside Gap’
			10: Poor Breadth for an Upside Gap
			10: Low Volume Gap
			09: Up-Down Volume Average Hits a 52-week High
			08: Watching Today’s Midpoint, NDX Outperformance
			07: Relative ES Volume
			07: On Friday’s Spike in Volume
			04: BKX Outperformance Post-2007 (updated)
			03: Semiconductors and Financials Battling For Control
			02: Cumulative Breadth Making an Early Break?
			02: Follow Up to ‘On Watch for a Rally Day After a Gap’
			02: On Watch for a Rally Day After a Gap
			01: Strong NYSE TICK Throughout Tuesday’s Session
			01: Jump in New 52-Week Lows on Inside Day for S&P
		
	
	November 2009 (33)
		
			30: Note on BKX Outperformance
			29: A Note on Friday’s Intraday NYSE TICK Action
			29: Investors Intelligence Bears Hit a 5-year Low
			27: Watch the Midpoint on Recovery Days
			27: Half Days in the Stock Market
			24: Question & Answer Follow-up
			24: Seasonal Trends Surrounding Thanksgiving
			24: Tendecies Following Unfilled Upside Gap Days
			23: Bullish Longer-term Price Patterns
			22: S&P Futures Post Third NR10 Day in Five Sessions
			20: Potential Short-term Setups on Expiration Friday
			20: S&P Futures Gap Down, Close Above Midpoint
			19: SPX R-Squared Back Over 90%
			18: SOX Working on a Second NR10 Day
			18: Last Hour Indicator Breaks Out Of Its Trading Range
			17: Narrow Range Day Forming for S&P Futures
			16: S&P Futures Gap into New Highs
			16: Inside Day for NDX Futures Despite 2:1 Positive Breadth on the NASDAQ
			12: Institutions Remain Better Sellers, NDX Holding Firm
			12: SPX Joins NDX in New Highs, Institutions Scarce
			11: S&P Futures Going for Eight in a Row, Potential for a Black Candlestick
			10: NYSE TICK Action Not Keeping Up With Price
			10: Shallow Pullback Following Monday’s Upside Gap
			09: Large % Gain Triggers Intermediate-term Signal
			09: Tracking Relative SPY Volume
			06: First Negative Breadth Day of the Week?
			06: Low Volume Points to Limited Upside Potential
			05: Pre-Employment Report Strength
			04: S&P Closes Higher, But More Stocks Close Under Their Lower Bollinger Bands Wednesday
			04: Volatility Indexes on Fed Days
			03: Pre-FOMC Announcement
			03: Volatility Overbought, Stock Market (Still) Oversold
			01: S&P Futures Post Widest Range Day in Two Months
		
	
	October 2009 (28)
		
			30: S&P Average True Range Hits Three-Month High
			29: Nasdaq Futures Forming Potential NR10 Day
			28: New 20-day Lows Top 2,000
			28: When Oversold Conditions Fail to Produce a Bounce
			27: Oversold and Losing Momentum
			27: Three Up Opens for SPY
			26: S&P Futures Post Largest Intraday Range in Nearly Two Months on Active Institutional Selling
			25: Selective Selling Pressure: Higher High & Low for NASDAQ Despite 3:1 Negative Breadth
			23: Sixth Day of NDX Outperformance on SPX Down Day
			23: BKX Outperformance Post-2007
			21: Intraday Relative Cumulative TICK
			21: R-Squared Back Over 90%
			20: NDX/SPX Divergence
			20: NYSE TICK Daily Chart
			16: S&P Futures Rally Day After a Gap
			15: ADX Triggers a Long-term Buy Signal
			14: 20-day Highs Failing to Expand
			12: SPY Volume Hits a New Low for 2009
			12: Potential for a Higher Close, Black Candlestick
			09: Gap & Go and the Columbus Day Holiday
			08: Implications of a White Candlestick
			08: S&P Futures Going for a Second Upside Gap
			07: Watching for Extremes in New 52-week Highs
			06: NYSE TICK Action Positive, Volume Light
			04: Looking Up for Monday
			02: Volatility Indexes Short-term Overbought
			01: A Higher Low for the NYSE TICK?
			01: Trading Activity in SPY Points to a Bounce
		
	
	September 2009 (30)
		
			29: End-of-Month Tendencies
			29: S&P Futures and Yom Kippur
			27: Clues from the Market Vane Survey of Commodity Trading Advisors
			25: Challenging Support
			24: When the Nasdaq Outperforms
			24: SPY Set to Trigger a Bullish Signal for Friday
			23: First Down Close of 2009 on a Fed Day
			22: T2 Beta Test
			22: FOMC Announcement on Tap
			21: More Evidence of an Unusually Strong Trend
			20: A Long-term Look at Cumulative Breadth
			18: S&P Up on Triple Witching Expiration
			17: More On This Week’s Big Oscillator Readings
			17: Why a Higher Close Today Would Have Bullish Implications for the Intermediate-term
			17: Overbought and Breaking Out
			16: Expiration Week Strength
			16: Semiconductors Underperforming, Overbought Conditions Persist
			15: Examining Higher Highs on a Longer Time Frame
			14: Low-volume Recovery Day
			11: Higher Highs
			10: Five Days of Positive Breadth
			09: Gap & Go Price Pattern, Plus Why September is a Pivotal Month
			09: S&P Set to Join Nasdaq in New Highs
			08: Nasdaq Closes in New Highs on a Narrow Range Day
			08: Implications of This Morning’s Gap Up Open
			07: No Bounce for the Standard & Poors Oscillator
			04: NYSE TICK Hits Highest Level Since March
			03: Low Volume Bounce
			02: Fade a Break of SPX 980?
			01: Tendencies Following Wide Range Days
		
	
	August 2009 (25)
		
			31: Stock Market Closes Out August on a Weak Note
			31: Low Equity Put/Call Ratio Despite Morning Drop
			28: New 20-day Lows Continue to Gain on New Highs, S&P Rallies
			26: NYSE Breadth Closes in Negative Territory for First Time in Seven Sessions
			25: Short-term Sell Setups
			24: S&P Futures Post a Second Upside Gap
			23: NYSE TICK Hits a Two-Month High
			21: Big Move on Expiration Friday
			20: When S&P Futures Recover From a Down Open
			20: Consolidated Volume Highlights Extent of NYSE Market Share Loss
			18: S&P Futures Post a Narrow Range Day Despite Heavily Lopsided Market Internals
			17: Sign of Persistence on the Monthly SPX Chart
			14: Inside Week Forming
			14: S&P Trying For a Fifth Consecutive Up Week
			13: New Highs Fail to Keep Up with Market
			12: Volatility Trends on FOMC Announcement Days
			11: Watching New 52-week Lows for Non-Confirmation
			11: Bollinger Bands Tightening Up on VXO
			10: Follow-through Pattern on the Weekly SPX Chart
			07: SOX Lagging
			07: Demand Supply Index
			06: A Momentum Indicator to Watch
			05: Indexes Hit New Highs for the Year, Number of Stocks Participating Declines
			04: ADX for the SPX Hits Extreme Territory
			03: Down Volume Percentage Set to Trigger a Signal
		
	
	July 2009 (28)
		
			31: When the S&P500 Closes at a Six-Month High
			31: More on Today’s Gap in S&P Futures
			30: Second Unfilled Upside Gap
			28: S&P Futures Open Lower, Close Higher Second Day in a Row
			27: Continuing Last Week’s Trend, S&P Trades Above Previous Session’s High
			27: S&P Closes Higher Following Thursday’s Wide Range Bar
			24: S&P500 R-Squared Set to Close Above 90%
			24: S&P500 Surges Higher Amidst an Absence of Selling Pressure
			23: Looking to the Standard and Poors Oscillator for Signs of a Runaway Market
			22: Who’s Buying?
			21: Breakout or Fakeout?
			20: Intraday Update (A Look at Breadth on the NASDAQ and a Price Pattern for the Dow Industrials)
			19: SPY Volume Hits a New Low for 2009
			17: Intraday Update (Narrow Range Day on Options Expiration)
			17: Expansion in New Lows Suggests Thursday’s Rally is on Shaky Ground
			16: Intraday Update (Seven Up)
			16: Intraday Update (McClellan Oscillator Set to Trigger a Signal at Today’s Close)
			16: Cumulative NYSE TICK Closes At Its Highest Level Since March
			14: S&P500 Follows Through with a Higher Close on the Heels of Monday’s 90% Up Volume Session
			14: Intraday Update (Why Today’s Close Matters)
			14: Nasdaq100 (NDX) Up Fourth Day in a Row, Posts Second Consecutive Outside Bar
			13: Contrasting Readings from Two Sentiment Indicators
			10: Intraday Update (Nasdaq Shrugging off S&P Weakness)
			10: SPY Volume Collapses to its Lowest Level of 2009
			08: S&P, Nasdaq Break Into New 20-day Lows, Triggering a Number of Short-term Setups
			06: When the Nasdaq100 (NDX) Consistently Underperforms the S&P500 (SPX)
			02: Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 20-day Moving Average Closes at a New Record High
			01: Buyers Send the S&P500 Above the Previous Session’s High for the Sixth Consecutive Session
		
	
	June 2009 (30)
		
			30: Intraday Update (OEX Breaking Down Following Oversold VXO)
			29: Intraday Update (New 52-week Highs Lagging)
			29: Russell Rebalancing Triggers a Surge in Volume
			26: Intraday Update (Tight Range Spells Trouble)
			26: Window Dressing is an Excuse
			25: Intraday Update (BKX Lagging)
			25: Institutions Watch From the Sidelines as Speculative Participation Surges
			24: Intraday Update (Volume Running Low for an FOMC Announcement Day)
			24: Pre-FOMC ‘Seasonal’ Setup In Play
			23: Intraday Update (New 20-day Lows Continue to Expand)
			19: Intraday Update (Clues from the Options Crowd)
			19: Big Picture Review
			18: Intraday Update (Market Rallying as Fear is on the Rise)
			18: Why a Rally on Thursday Could Be a Selling Opportunity
			17: Intraday Update (Short-term Implications of Today’s Spike in the CBOE Equity Put/Call Ratio)
			16: Options Expiration Week Kicks Off With Two Solid Down Days
			16: Intraday Update (New 20-day Lows Contracting)
			16: Intraday Update (Selloff Continuing Following Monday’s Gap Down)
			15: A Look at the Latest Investors Intelligence Survey
			12: Gauging Short-term Sentiment with the S&P Futures Opening Quote + More on the ND/NY Volume Ratio
			11: Intraday Update (New 52-week Highs Not Keeping Up)
			11: SPY Volume Surges to a One-Month High
			10: Gauging the Chances of a Speculative Bubble
			08: Volume as a Short-term Sentiment Tell
			05: Principal Program Trading Remains Heavy as Speculative Participation Surges
			04: S&P Futures Gap Down, Stage Late-Session Comeback on Light Institutional Participation
			03: Intraday Update (Narrow Range Trade Continues)
			03: S&P and NASDAQ Touch New Highs, Fewer Individual Stocks Follow Suit
			02: Intraday Update (S&P500 Trading in a Tight Range)
			02: S&P Futures Post an Unfilled Upside Gap on Active Speculative Participation
		
	
	May 2009 (25)
		
			31: What to Make of Friday’s Spike in Volume
			29: Intraday Update
			28: Questioning the Intermediate-term Outlook
			27: Intraday Update
			27: How Wednesday’s Session Will Affect the Intermediate-term Outlook
			25: Nearly Three Months of Below-Average Volatility
			22: S&P Futures Gap Down, Stage Late-Day Comeback
			19: A Telling Clue from Today’s Trading (or Lack Thereof) in SPY
			19: Intraday Update
			19: Keying Off the Oversold Volatility
			18: Intraday Update
			18: Short-term Setups in Play, Keeping an Eye on the Cumulative TICK 20-day Moving Average
			15: Intraday Update
			15: Reviewing the Weekly Charts of the S&P, Nasdaq
			14: Large Caps Outperform on a Solid Down Day
			13: Expiration Week Volume Pattern
			11: Rotate!
			11: Intraday Update
			10: New 52-week Highs Fail to Keep Up With the S&P500
			07: Mind the Gap(s)
			07: Persistence
			05: Taking Advantage of Oversold Volatility
			05: Recent Herding Tendency Evident in the 20-day New High/Low Data
			04: Intraday Update
			03: A Quick ‘Big Picture’ Review
		
	
	April 2009 (28)
		
			30: Intraday Update
			30: Five White Candles
			29: Short-term FOMC ‘Seasonal’ Setup in Effect
			28: Intraday Update
			28: Nasdaq100 Nearly Makes It Five in a Row
			27: Intraday Update
			26: Volatility, Breadth and Equity Put/Call Ratios Provide Clues for the Short-term
			24: Intraday Update
			24: Weekly S&P Chart Likely to Trigger a Signal at Friday’s Close
			23: Intraday Update
			22: 29 Days of New 20-day Highs > New 20-day Lows
			22: Intraday Update
			22: Nasdaq Shrugs Off SOX Weakness, Closes Higher
			21: 89% Declining Issues
			20: Intraday Update
			19: Put/Call Open Interest Ratio Approaching Resistance
			16: What the Weekly S&P500 Chart Tells Us About Tomorrow’s Session
			16: Intraday Update
			16: A Variation of Brett Steenbarger’s Demand/Supply Index (DSI)
			14: Standard & Poors Oscillator Triggers Another Signal, Short-term Clues from the High/Low Data
			12: New 20-day Highs Exceed 1,000
			08: What to Expect After the Holiday Break
			07: Light Volume Persists
			05: Fourth Consecutive 2:1 Positive Breadth Session on the NYSE, Institutional Participation Declines
			03: Intraday Update
			02: Multiple Setups Triggered Across All Time Frames
			02: Stocks Recover from a Morning Selloff to Finish Higher, S&P Futures Close Monday’s Gap
			01: Clues from the Semiconductor Sector
		
	
	March 2009 (27)
		
			31: A Longer-term Look at Volume
			29: Institutional Participation Light During Friday’s Selloff
			27: Intraday Service Moving to VolumeAlert.com
			26: Implications of Wednesday’s Late-Afternoon Recovery
			25: Utilizing R-Squared and Linear Regression Slope To Gauge the Lasting Power of the Current Trend
			24: Standard & Poors Oscillator Tops 10.0, Hits a Twenty-Six Year High
			20: Spotting Runaway Moves with the S&P Oscillator
			19: NASDAQ Volume Hits its Highest Level of 2009, Equity Put/Call Ratio its Lowest Level of 2009
			18: Buyers Rush In At The Close, Producing the Third 90% Up Volume Session of the Month
			17: Advance/Decline Ratio Remains in Positive Territory a Fifth Consecutive Session
			15: Friday’s Narrow Range Day Provides Clues for the Short-term
			13: Intraday Update
			12: Cluster of Historically Large Percentage Gains for the S&P500 (0)
			11: What To Expect After a 90%+ Up Volume Session (0)
			10: Intraday Update (0)
			09: Picking Bottoms with the Up Volume Moving Average (0)
			08: Implications of Friday’s Late-Session Comeback (0)
			06: Watching the Up/Down Volume Percentages for Signs of a Washout (0)
			05: Intraday Update (0)
			05: New High-Low Index Slammed (0)
			04: BKX -5% (0)
			04: Intraday Update (0)
			04: S&P Futures Close Down a Fifth Consecutive Session on the Heels of An Unfilled Downside Gap (0)
			03: Intraday Update (0)
			03: Equal Weight S&P500 Underperforms, Follows SPX into New 52-week Lows (0)
			02: Intraday Update (0)
			01: Stock Market Closes out Month of February on a Downbeat Note (0)
		
	
	February 2009 (37)
		
			27: Intraday Update (0)
			26: Shift in Sentiment as the Market Trades Lower (0)
			26: Intraday Update (0)
			26: Stock Indexes Settle Lower, Post Higher Highs & Higher Lows in a Typical Post-90% Up Volume Day (0)
			25: Intraday Update (0)
			25: Utilizing the CBOE Equity Put/Call Ratio (0)
			24: Intraday Update (0)
			24: When the S&P500 Closes at a New 52-week Low (0)
			23: Intraday Update (0)
			22: Institutional Selling Persists, Nasdaq Shrugs It Off (0)
			20: Intraday Update (0)
			19: A Spark of Fear (0)
			19: SOX/BKX Underperforming (0)
			18: Dow Industrials Buck the Trend of the Dow Utilities and Transports, But For How Long? (0)
			18: Banks Underperforming Again (0)
			17: Market Internals Massively Lopsided on the NYSE, Not So Much on the NASDAQ (0)
			17: Intraday Update (0)
			16: Looking to the Treasury Market for Short-term Clues (0)
			12: Approaching the Presidents Day Holiday, S&P Posts a Recovery Day (0)
			12: Keeping an Eye on Nasdaq Outperformance (0)
			12: Check the Volume (0)
			11: Intraday Update (0)
			10: Intraday Update (0)
			09: Light Volume, Narrow Range Provide Clues for the Short-term (0)
			09: Intraday Update (0)
			08: Short-term Implications from Friday’s 90% Up Volume Day and Firm Volatility (0)
			06: Intraday Update (0)
			05: TrendCatcher2 Revisited (0)
			05: Keep an Eye on the VXO (0)
			05: Intraday Update (0)
			04: Intraday Update (0)
			03: SPY Volume Nearly Hits a Three-Week Low (0)
			03: Intraday Update (0)
			03: Intraday Update (0)
			02: Big Picture Review (0)
			02: Intraday Update (0)
			01: Market Trades Steadily Lower During Last Two Sessions of January (0)
		
	
	January 2009 (46)
		
			30: Intraday Update (0)
			29: S&P Futures Quickly Fill Wednesday’s Upside Gap (0)
			29: Intraday Update (0)
			28: New 52-week Highs Drop Despite Big Gains for the S&P, NASDAQ (0)
			28: Intraday Update (0)
			27: TrendCatcher 2.0 (0)
			27: Intraday Update (0)
			27: No lag between the 20-day Moving Average of the Cumulative TICK and the S&P500 (0)
			26: Intraday Update (0)
			25: Clues from the Latest Program Trading Statistics (0)
			23: Intraday Update (0)
			22: Relative Outperformance by the OEX on a Down Day for the Market (0)
			22: Intraday Update (0)
			21: Why a Pullback on Thursday Could be a Short-term Buy, Plus a Look Ahead to the End of January (0)
			21: Intraday Update (0)
			20: S&P500 Down 12% YTD With Only Eight Sessions Remaining in the Month of January (0)
			20: Intraday Update (0)
			19: Banks Remain Persistently Weak, Point to a Post-Holiday Selloff (0)
			16: Intraday Update (0)
			16: Intraday Update (0)
			15: Tech Strength a Positive Sign for Friday, Bank Weakness Points to a Lower S&P Next Week (0)
			15: Intraday Update (0)
			14: S&P Futures Post Six Lower Lows, Suggests Selling Pressure Nearing a Short-term Exhaustion Point (0)
			14: Intraday Update (0)
			14: Intraday Update (0)
			13: S&P500 Closes Higher in the Face of a 5% Decline for General Electric (0)
			13: Intraday Update (0)
			13: Intraday Update (0)
			12: Equal Weight S&P Underperforms SPX By a Wide Margin (0)
			12: Intraday Update (0)
			11: Volume Down Again on a 2:1 Negative Breadth Session, Triggering a Short-term Buy (0)
			09: Intraday Update (0)
			09: Intraday Update (0)
			08: 20-day Moving Average of NYSE Down Volume in Bullish Territory (0)
			08: Intraday Update (0)
			07: Elevated Equity Put/Call Ratio Means Little on a Short-term Basis (0)
			07: Intraday Update (0)
			07: Intraday Update (0)
			06: Market Swinging from Negative to Positive Extremes, Suggesting Choppy Conditions in Store (0)
			06: Intraday Update (0)
			06: Intraday Update (0)
			05: Uptick in Volatility a Short-term Negative, Plus a Long-term Look at NASDAQ Volume (0)
			05: Intraday Update (0)
			05: Intraday Update (0)
			04: Overbought to Kick Off the New Year, Speculators MIA (0)
			04: Almost there… (0)
		
	
	December 2008 (16)
		
			23: Contracting SPY Volume & Fifth Lower Close for S&P Futures are Short-term Positive Signs (0)
			22: Underperformance by Equal Weight S&P Relative to SPX Points to Lower Prices Heading into Midweek (0)
			21: Technically Oversold Volatility Index a Short-term Negative for Stocks (0)
			18: Nasdaq Closes Down over 1%, SOX Triples NDX Loss (0)
			17: Cumulative TICK 20-day Average Set to Top Out Early Next Week (0)
			16: 3:1 Positive Breadth and 90% Up Volume Suggests a Lower Close on Wednesday (0)
			15: Low SPY Volume on a Lopsided Negative Breadth Session is Short-term Bullish (0)
			14: Recovery Day amid Low Volume Points to Lower Prices Short-term (0)
			11: Cumulative TICK 20-day Moving Average Continues to Trend Higher (0)
			10: Low TICKscore on a Rally Day is Short-term Bearish, Plus a Look at Standard & Poor’s Oscillator (0)
			08: Nasdaq McClellan Hits Extreme Overbought Territory (0)
			07: New High-Low Index Triggers Another Intermediate-term Sell Signal (0)
			04: Staying Cautious About Short-term Bullish Setups Given Recent Performance (0)
			03: McClellan Triggers Another Short-term Sell on a Bearish ‘Recovery Day’ (0)
			02: SOX Underperformance a Short-term Negative (0)
			01: S&P In the Process of Forming its First Down Week of December (0)
		
	
	November 2008 (18)
		
			30: Uptick in Volatility and Narrow Range Bar Points to Short-term Weakness (0)
			25: SPY Rebounds From a 1%+ Intraday Decline but Fails to Close Above Open (0)
			24: Positive Short-term Seasonal Tendencies Surrounding Thanksgiving (0)
			23: NYSE Volume Over It’s Upper Bollinger Band Two Consecutive Sessions (0)
			20: Heavy Volume at a Two-Month Low Not a Short-term Positive (0)
			19: Market Oversold, But No Convincing Evidence of a Short-term Bottom (0)
			18: Nothing Positive About ‘Recovery Days’ (0)
			17: Second 80%+ Down Volume Session in Three Days Points to a Higher S&P Close (0)
			16: Volume Declines Despite 3:1 Negative Breadth on the NYSE (0)
			13: Principal Program Trading Falls to Multi-month lows as Institutional Investors Remain Sidelined (0)
			12: 20:1 Down-Up Volume Days Usually Mean Limited Downside Potential the Following Session (0)
			10: When the SPX Outperforms the Equal Weight S&P by more than 0.7% (0)
			07: Low TICKscore Reading on a Solid Up Day for the S&P a Negative Sign for the Short-term (0)
			06: Short-term Positive Implications from Back-to-back 10%+ Up Days for the VXO (0)
			05: November-December a Bullish Seasonal Time Frame? Not in the 1930’s (0)
			04: Subdued New High-Low Index has Negative Implications for the Intermediate-term (0)
			03: When Volatility Falls on a Down Day for the Stock Market (0)
			02: Short-term Negatives, Intermediate-term Positives (0)
		
	
	October 2008 (21)
		
			30: NDX Posts an NR10 Session Despite 2:1 Positive Breadth, a Short-term Negative (0)
			29: S&P Suffers an Unusually Large Loss for an FOMC Announcement Day (0)
			28: Second 90% Up Volume Session of the Month Provides Little Edge (0)
			27: Mixed Indications from the SOX and NASDAQ100 (0)
			26: Low-Volume Selloff Suggests a Bottom Nearby, But Weak Bank Sector Indicates Selling Not Complete (0)
			23: Underperformance by Banks, Equal Weight S&P on Reversal Day Has Short-term Negative Implications (0)
			22: When Down Volume Outpaces Up Volume by a 20:1 Margin (0)
			21: Low-Volume Selloffs are Short-term Bullish (0)
			20: Back-to-Back NR10 Days for the SOX Index Suggests an Outsized Move is Right Around the Corner (0)
			16: Look-term Look at the TED Spread, Plus Higher Volatility on a Rally Day is Short-term Bearish (0)
			15: Big Picture Review (0)
			14: Market Posts Higher Highs/Higher Lows w/ Negative Breadth, Plus a Look at All-Time Record % Gains (0)
			13: NYSE Cumulative TICK Hits a Two-Month High, Banks Continue to Underperform (0)
			12: High-Volume Decline At a Two-Month Low Not a Short-term Positive (0)
			09: S&P Closes at Two-Month Low, NYSE Volume Over Upper Bollinger Band (0)
			08: S&P500 2-day RSI Closes Below 2.0 (0)
			07: Generally Positive Indications for the Short-term, but Banks Remain Persistently Weak (0)
			06: S&P500 Appears to Violate Major Long-term Trendline Support Seen on Log Chart (0)
			05: S&P Gives Up a 2%+ Gain to Finish Lower on the Session (0)
			02: Another 90% Down Volume Day on the NASDAQ, Tilting Odds in Favor of Short-term Bounce (0)
			01: Whether S&P Can Hold Above Monday’s Settlement will Provide Clues Regarding Institutional Sentiment (0)
		
	
	September 2008 (20)
		
			29: New 52-week Lows Surge Over 1,000, Leaving the Market Short-term Oversold (0)
			28: Intraday Recovery on Light Volume and Poor Breadth Triggers Short-term Sell Setups (0)
			25: Light Program Trading Activity Continues to Reflect an Absence of Institutional Support (0)
			24: Persistent Drop in Volume a Positive Sign for Next Couple of Sessions (0)
			23: Short-term Positive, Longer-term Bearish Implications of the Dropoff in NYSE Volume (0)
			22: Decliners Outnumber Advancers by Over a 3:1 Margin, But Drop in Volume a Short-term Positive Sign (0)
			21: S&P Futures Post an Unfilled Upside Gap, But Black Candlestick Suggests Gap Will be Filled (0)
			18: Market Entering Into a Difficult Seasonal Time Frame Starting with Tomorrow’s Triple Witching Expiration (0)
			17: A Flurry of Short-term Buy Setups Triggered at Today’s Close (0)
			16: SPY Volume Over its Upper Band Second Day in a Row, Indicating Choppy Conditions Likely to Persist (0)
			15: Surge in New Lows and High VIX:VXV Ratio Positive Indications for the Intermediate-term (0)
			14: A Look at Market Performance when S&P Futures Gap Down 2%+ (0)
			11: Nasdaq Closes Up over 1.5%, But Negative Breadth a Bearish Indication for Following Week (0)
			10: SPY Volume Over its Upper Band Second Day in a Row, Usually Means Choppy Conditions Short-term (0)
			09: Intraday Action Becoming Increasingly Volatile, Short-term Buy Setups Triggered at Today’s Close (0)
			08: Unfilled Upside Gap for S&P Futures, But Black Candlestick Suggests Gap will be Filled (0)
			07: Intraday S&P Recovery Following a 1.5%+ Selloff Usually Fails to Stick on a Short-term Basis (0)
			04: 90% Down Volume Day on the NASDAQ Exchange Points to a Short-term S&P Rally (0)
			03: When the Nasdaq100 Closes Under its Lower Bollinger Band Two Consecutive Sessions (0)
			02: When the S&P500 Closes Lower Immediately Following the Labor Day Holiday (0)
		
	
	August 2008 (17)
		
			27: NASDAQ/NYSE Volume Ratio Hits its Second-Highest Level of the Year (0)
			26: Unhealthy Combination: Light Institutional Participation and Heavy Speculative Participation (0)
			25: Choppy Conditions Likely to Continue as Today’s Low-volume Selloff Has Short-term Positive Implications (0)
			24: Unfilled Upside Gap for S&P Futures on Light Volume a Short-term Negative Sign (0)
			21: VIX:VXV Ratio Waves a Red Flag, Daily TICKscore Readings Making Successively Lower Highs (0)
			20: ‘Last Hour’ Continues to Retrace its Long-term Decline, a Bearish Sign from a Long-term Perspective (0)
			19: Dow Utilities Index Bucks the Trend of the S&P500 for the Second Day in a Row (0)
			18: NYSE Breadth 2:1 Negative, but Unusually Light Volume Suggests a Short-term Turnaround (0)
			17: Cumulative TICK Trending Lower, VIX:VXV Ratio Near Longer-term Sell Territory (0)
			14: Watching the NDX 5-day RSI for a Fifth Consecutive Close in Overbought Territory (0)
			12: NASDAQ Outperformance a Positive Sign for the Short-term (0)
			11: S&P Up 5% in Two Weeks, But New High-Low Index Signals Caution for the Intermediate-term (0)
			10: Expansion of New 52-week Lows Despite a Solid Rally Suggests Choppy Conditions in Store (0)
			07: Low-Volume Selloff a Bullish Sign For the Coming Week (0)
			06: Second Day of Overbought McClellan Readings Triggers a Short-term Sell (0)
			05: Stocks Surge, Pushing the McClellan Oscillator into Overbought Territory (0)
			04: Low Volume/Narrow Range Selloff a Positive Sign for the Short-term (0)
		
	
	July 2008 (17)
		
			31: Maintaining a Bullish Bias (0)
			28: Volume Contracts Significantly on a Solid Down Day, a Bullish Development (0)
			27: Short-term Negative, Intermediate-term Positive Implications (0)
			24: S&P Futures Fall 2%, But Still Trading above Five-day Ago Close (0)
			23: NYSE McClellan Hits Short-term Overbought Territory (0)
			22: When the NDX is Down 2% & SPX is Up After Ten Trading Days (0)
			21: Despite Lower Closes, Three Up Opens for Nasdaq Futures has Positive Implications (0)
			20: Institutional Investors Remain Better Buyers in the Face of Extreme Negative Sentiment (0)
			16: NYSE Cumulative TICK Hits a Two-Month High, a Bullish Sign for the Intermediate-term (0)
			15: Two Consecutive Days of 2:1 Negative Breadth Suggests a Bottom is Nearby (0)
			13: Bank Index Down over 2% Despite a Selloff in the Bond Market (0)
			10: When the ADX for the S&P500 Reaches 40 in a Downtrend (0)
			09: Cumulative TICK Trending Higher, Plus New Lows Drop Despite the S&P Closing in New Lows for 2008 (0)
			08: Nasdaq100 Posts a Solid Gain, but Underperformance by the Semiconductor Sector a Short-term Negative (0)
			06: Weak Breadth Triggers a One-Day Sell, Excessively Bearish Sentiment Triggers Longer-term Buy (0)
			02: S&P500 Closes at a New 52-Week Low, Big Board Volume Down (0)
			01: Why Tuesday’s ‘Recovery Day’ May Not Be a Positive Sign for the Short-term (0)
		
	
	June 2008 (20)
		
			30: S&P Manages a Higher Close, But Persistent Weakness in the Financials is a Short-term Negative (0)
			29: An Introduction to the Breadth Index (Thrust), Plus on Watch for 500+ New Lows this Week (0)
			26: Dow 2-day RSI Oversold, But Failed Oversold McClellan Setup Signals Caution (0)
			24: When the NYSE Posts Three Consecutive 2:1 Negative Breadth Days (0)
			23: Short-term Setups Suggest a Down Day Tuesday and a Rebound into the FOMC Announcement (0)
			22: On Watch for a Fifth Consecutive ‘Lower High’ on the Weekly S&P Chart (0)
			19: Latest Investors Intelligence Survey Triggers Intermediate-term Bullish Setups (0)
			18: Three Down Days in a Row During Expiration Week Suggests Lower Prices over the Short-term (0)
			17: Nasdaq Posts Higher Highs and Higher Lows Despite 3:2 Negative Breadth (0)
			15: When the S&P Rallies 1%+ and Doubles the Performance of the BKX (0)
			12: SPX and NDX Both Hit New Lows for the Month, yet New 52-week Lows Decline (0)
			11: Oversold McClellan Oscillator Points to a Short-term Bounce (0)
			10: Busy Month for TrendCatcher, VXO Enters Technically Overbought Territory (0)
			09: S&P Closes Higher, but Severe Underperformance among Bank Stocks Suggests Bounce will be Short-lived (0)
			08: 90% Down Volume Session has Mixed Implications for the Short-term (0)
			05: When the S&P and NASDAQ both gain 1.5%+ and the S&P Outperforms (0)
			04: Mixed Messages Short-term (0)
			03: S&P500 Falls to a One-Month Low, yet New 52-week Lows Decline from the Previous Session (0)
			02: When the S&P500 Posts a Solid Gain in the Final Trading Days of the Month (0)
			01: S&P Inside Day and NR10 Bar After Three Up Days Point to Lower Prices over the Near-term (0)
		
	
	May 2008 (16)
		
			29: Back-to-Back NR10 Days for the Semiconductor Index Suggests a Big Move is Right Around the Corner (0)
			28: When Two Small Up Days are Confined Within the Range of a Larger Down Day (0)
			27: Five Higher Highs for VXO and NASDAQ Outperformance Two Positive Signs for the Near-term (0)
			26: A Firm Nasdaq Despite a Solid Down Day for S&P Has Positive Implications for the Short-term (0)
			21: S&P Futures Post a Solid Loss on the Heels of Tuesday’s Unfilled Downside Gap (0)
			19: Short-term Negative Implications from Today’s Sixth Consecutive Higher High for the S&P500 (0)
			18: Short-term Negative Setups in Play, Speculators Remain in the Drivers Seat (0)
			15: New High/Low Data Fails to Confirm Thursday’s Rally, Plus a Look at Short-term Volatility-based Setups (0)
			13: Sharp Selloff in Bond Market Tilts the Odds in Favor of an S&P Bounce Wednesday (0)
			12: Week Starts on a Strong Note, but Short-term Sustainability is Questionable (0)
			11: S&P Still Trading Above Seven-Day Ago Close Despite Five Lower Lows (0)
			08: Four Lower Lows for S&P, But Breadth Statistics Better than Expected (0)
			07: Solid Down Day, but Light Volume and Potential Inside Week Positive Signs for Next Week (0)
			05: When the New High-Low Index Fails to Reach 80% During a Strong Rally Phase (0)
			04: NASDAQ/NYSE Volume Ratio Closes Above 1.75 (0)
			01: BKX Rally Post-FOMC Not Necessarily a Positive Sign, Plus a Look at 80% Up Volume Days on the Naz (0)
		
	
	April 2008 (17)
		
			29: Why a Rally on Wednesday will most likely Represent a Short-term Sell, Plus Reason to Watch the VXO (0)
			28: Narrow Range Day Following Three Consecutive Higher Closes a Short-term Negative Sign (0)
			24: The Unimportance of a Sub-20 VIX (0)
			23: Slump in New 52-week Highs and Surge in Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio Imply Limited Upside Potential (0)
			22: Nasdaq Breadth Settles 3:1 Negative, But Downside Volume Less than 80% of Total NASDAQ Volume (0)
			21: Nasdaq Rallies, but Contraction in New 52-week Highs and Expansion of New Lows a Short-term Negative (0)
			20: Upside Gap/Black Candlestick and 1%+ Gain on ‘Expiration Friday’ Short-term Negatives (0)
			17: Down Open/Up Close Not a Short-term Positive Following Upside Gap (0)
			16: NYSE Cumulative TICK Hits its Highest Level in Two Months (0)
			14: SPX More than 1.5% Below Friday’s High, yet New 52-week Highs Still Manage to Expand (0)
			13: Nasdaq Futures Sporting Two Unfilled Upside Gaps Worth Monitoring This Week (0)
			10: Breadth Chart Specific to the Components of the Philadelphia Bank Index (BKX) (0)
			08: When QQQQ Volume Hits a Two-Month Low, Plus an Introduction to the VIX:VXV Ratio (0)
			07: Unusually Light SPY Volume as the Index Touches a One-Month High Has Negative Short-term Implications (0)
			06: S&P and NASDAQ Holding Firm Since Last Tuesday’s Lopsided Breadth Session (0)
			02: McClellan Over +150 for a Second Day, New Lows Expand Even as the S&P Hits a One-Month High (0)
			01: Lopsided Breadth Statistics Pointing to a Potential Pullback Wednesday and Rebound Thursday (0)
		
	
	March 2008 (18)
		
			31: New 52-week Highs & Lows Both Expand Even as Equity Futures Post Inside Days (0)
			30: S&P Down Three on Declining Volume, Plus a Look at Last Week’s Spike in Program Trading (0)
			26: The Importance of Follow-through After a 2% Up Week (0)
			25: The Unimportance of the 50-day Moving Average and Other Long-term Observations (0)
			24: A Number of Intermediate-term Bullish Setups Triggered Monday (0)
			23: S&P -5% Intramonth, Ends the Month in Positive Territory (0)
			19: S&P500 Hits a Two-Week High, New 52-week Highs Decline (0)
			18: When Advancing Issues Outnumber Declining Issues by more than a 5:1 Margin (0)
			17: New 52-week Lows Top 500 for the Tenth Time in Six Months (0)
			16: Intraday Buying Opportunity when S&P Futures Gap Down 2% or More (0)
			13: After Breaking a Major Bottom at 1400, S&P Fighting to Hold Next Level of Support at 1300 (0)
			12: Newsletter Writers Throw in the Towel (0)
			10: Dow Industrials 2-day RSI and Overbought Volatility Point to Short-term Strength (0)
			09: Extreme Readings from the Equity Put/Call Ratio as the NYSE McClellan Hits Oversold Territory (0)
			06: S&P500 Closes at a New 52-week Low on Light Volume (0)
			04: When S&P Futures Close Lower Five Consecutive Sessions (0)
			03: Stepping Back for a ‘Big Picture’ Review (0)
			02: Two Consecutive Days of Lopsided Negative Breadth a Short-term Bullish Indication (0)
		
	
	February 2008 (17)
		
			28: S&P500 On the Verge of Posting its Fourth Consecutive Down Month (0)
			27: New 52-week Lows Expand Despite the S&P Hitting Its Highest Level in Three Weeks (0)
			26: When S&P Futures Open Down and Close Above the Open Three Consecutive Days (0)
			25: Oversold Volatility Setups (0)
			24: Afternoon Recovery Leaves a Short-term Bearish Bar on the Russell Daily Chart (0)
			21: Nasdaq Holds Its Own in the Face of Lopsided Negative Breadth (0)
			20: Implications of Persistently Flat NYSE Volume (0)
			18: Investors Intelligence Bulls Below 40% a Bullish Sign for the Intermediate-term (0)
			14: When Volume Declines on a 3:1 Negative Breadth Session (0)
			13: S&P Rallies, but Underperformance by the Bank Index a Short-term Negative Sign (0)
			12: Sharp Contraction in S&P’s Trading Range has Intermediate-term Positive Implications (0)
			11: Poor Breadth Statistics during last Friday’s 1%+ Up Day for the Nasdaq a Short-term Negative (0)
			10: When the S&P500 is Trading at a Lower Level Three Days After a 90% Down Volume Session (0)
			07: Utilities Not Far from a 52-week Low, Principal Program Trading Still Light (0)
			06: Short-term Buy Setup for the Nasdaq Based on the 14-day RSI (0)
			05: Double 90% Down Volume Day (0)
			04: Breadth Heavily Lopsided in Favor of Advancers for a Second Day, Sends McClellan over +200 (0)
		
	
	January 2008 (20)
		
			31: When the NYSE McClellan Oscillator Exceeds +150 on Two Separate Instances Within a Five-Day Span (0)
			30: Buyers Usually Near a Short-term Exhaustion Point after Seven Days of Positive TICKscore Readings (0)
			29: When Volatility Increases in the Face of a Lopsided Positive Breadth Session (0)
			28: Pre-Closing NYSE TICK Nearly Closes Over the +1000 Mark (0)
			27: S&P500 Closes Out the Week Near Unchanged Levels, Leaving a Long Tail on the Weekly Chart (0)
			23: S&P500 Posts its Largest One-Day Range in Over a Year, Closes Higher (0)
			22: Over 900 Issues Hit New 52-week Lows for only the Eighth Time in Forty Years (0)
			21: Market Once Again Fails to Bounce Following a 90% Down Volume Session (0)
			17: High-volume Selloff a Short-term Negative Sign (0)
			16: When the S&P Fails to Rally on a 2%+ Up Day for the BKX (0)
			15: Last Hour Indicator Pushes into a One-Month High (0)
			14: Market Rebounds, but Sharp Drop-off in Volume a Short-term Negative Sign (0)
			13: When the S&P500 Closes out January with a Loss (0)
			10: AAII Bearish Consensus Increases Fourth Consecutive Week, Hits Highest Level in Over a Decade (0)
			09: New Lows Surge to Historically Extreme Levels, Plus Implications of Today’s Negative Nasdaq Breadth (0)
			08: Outside Bar and Persistently Oversold Oscillator Readings Point to a Short-term Bounce (0)
			07: Cumulative TICKscore Shifts into Higher Highs, Plus a Long-term Look at 90% Down Volume Days (0)
			06: Market Tells Evening Edition (January 6th, 2008) (0)
			03: Market Tells Evening Edition (January 3rd, 2008) (0)
			02: Market Tells Evening Edition (January 2nd, 2008) (0)
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