****************************************************************************** May 8th, 2008 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1394.29 1402.35 1389.39 1397.68 5.11/0% -1%/3% S&P100 642.49 646.01 640.17 643.93 2.14/0% -1%/2% VIX 19.73 19.92 18.62 19.4 -0.33/-2% 7%/-12% Nasdaq100 1960.71 1979.12 1954.36 1966.86 15.44/1% -1%/6% VXN 23.51 23.75 23.01 23.18 -0.33/-1% 8%/-10% NYSE TICK -1 1158 -968 594 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK179 TICKscore 7 CumAdj TICK 163 NYSE TRIN 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 ---- ---- Dow Indus 12909.9 12794.8 12866.8 52.43/0% -1%/2% DJIA@10:30 12845.0 DJIA@3:00 12843.9 LstHour Ind -7.7 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 643.93 641.79 653.49 650.39 653.47 652.01 Upper Band 663.30 662.72 662.33 660.03 658.19 655.42 Lower Band 612.91 611.99 610.78 610.79 611.01 611.71 VIX 19.40 19.73 18.21 18.90 18.18 18.88 Upper Band 23.40 23.59 23.90 24.01 24.14 24.15 Lower Band 17.14 17.20 17.20 17.50 17.72 18.15 NDX 1966.86 1951.42 1990.61 1975.82 1981.87 1980.44 Upper Band 2033.69 2026.89 2022.56 2008.73 1996.09 1980.27 Lower Band 1780.17 1775.58 1767.39 1766.77 1767.91 1772.14 VXN 23.18 23.51 21.88 22.43 21.39 22.72 Upper Band 27.86 28.02 28.29 28.34 28.42 28.23 Lower Band 20.58 20.68 20.72 21.08 21.38 22.00 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 9388.54 9339.47 9510.98 9438.1 9451.17 9395.04 Tot Issues 3228 3260 3249 3237 3238 3247 Advancers 1826 896 1963 1332 1776 2237 % of Total 56.6% 27.5% 60.4% 41.1% 54.8% 68.9% Decliners 1311 2263 1177 1806 1343 947 % of Total 40.6% 69.4% 36.2% 55.8% 41.5% 29.2% Unchanged 91 101 109 99 119 63 New Highs 71 99 111 50 83 67 New Lows 52 40 31 25 22 31 Adv Volume 658261 221263 831660 450483 736895 1065942 % of Total 54.5% 17.3% 67.7% 40.8% 58.2% 76.4% Decl Volume 541145 1046665 379563 639758 511171 321491 % of Total 44.8% 82.0% 30.9% 57.9% 40.4% 23.0% Total Vol 1208693 1275977 1228039 1104191 1265302 1396041 Unch Volume 9287 8049 16816 13950 17236 8608 ARMS Index 1.15 1.87 0.76 1.05 0.92 0.71 5 Day ARMS 5.75 5.31 4.79 5.03 5.23 5.07 McClellanOs 32 12 99 74 119 117 McClellanSm 1887 1855 1843 1743 1669 1551 Cumul TICK 34127 -21619 43411 -25068 3103 84408 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2451.24 2438.49 2483.31 2464.12 2476.99 2480.71 Tot Issues 2998 3024 3080 3033 3020 3028 Advancers 1507 820 1707 1260 1237 1982 % of Total 50.3% 27.1% 55.4% 41.5% 41.0% 65.5% Decliners 1335 2077 1220 1630 1620 916 % of Total 44.5% 68.7% 39.6% 53.7% 53.6% 30.3% Unchanged 156 127 153 143 163 130 New Highs 24 33 37 36 58 46 New Lows 55 84 67 65 62 47 Adv Volume 1253748 405716 1600086 556672 1130156 1867404 % of Total 61.4% 18.0% 75.9% 27.3% 50.8% 80.7% Decl Volume 757389 1829872 483018 1461406 1069696 427899 % of Total 37.1% 81.3% 22.9% 71.6% 48.1% 18.5% Total Vol 2041982 2251718 2107181 2042163 2224788 2315294 Unch Volume 30845 16130 24077 24085 24936 19991 ARMS Index 0.68 1.78 0.42 2.03 0.72 0.5 5 Day ARMS 5.63 5.45 5.18 5.29 4.31 5.2 McClellanOs 17 4 73 51 75 103 McClellanSm 96 80 76 3 -48 -123 Cumul TICK -20838 -16723 19228 -3969 -10066 48418 Volume Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPY Vol 1737 1988 1746 1181 1815 1867 Upper Band 3667 3667 3667 3667 3667 3667 QQQQ Vol 1273 1377 1296 755 1249 1542 Upper Band 2646 2646 2646 2646 2646 2646 NYSE Vol 1208693 1275977 1228039 1104191 1265302 1396041 Upper Band 1497400 1498287 1497667 1498296 1490041 1489772 Nasd Vol 2041982 2251718 2107181 2042163 2224788 2315294 Upper Band 2435224 2447644 2415875 2414262 2407590 2373453 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 2-May 25-Apr 18-Apr 11-Apr 4-Apr 28-Mar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 53 47 30 46 37 42 AAII Bear 26 28 49 37 39 34 Market Vane 52 51 46 50 50 48 II Bull 40.9 39.1 37.8 37.4 36.4 36.7 II Bear 31.8 35.6 38.9 38.5 37.5 41.1 OddLot ShRt 37.1 32.4 31.4 40 37 41.6 ****************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: COMMENTS, DATA AND TRADING SIGNALS HEREIN ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUY OR SELL. 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