****************************************************************************** August 28th, 2008 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1283.79 1300.68 1283.79 1300.68 19.02/1% 1%/3% S&P100 591.87 599.84 591.87 599.84 9.29/2% 1%/3% VIX 19.36 19.66 19.22 19.43 -0.33/-2% 3%/-15% Nasdaq100 1906.09 1921.19 1904.2 1915.12 14.82/1% -1%/4% VXN 23.17 23.27 22.89 23.15 -0.19/-1% 3%/-12% NYSE TICK 3 1113 -963 350 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK-78 TICKscore 14 CumAdj TICK 770 NYSE TRIN 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.87 ---- ---- Dow Indus 11715.2 11499.8 11715.2 212.67/2% 1%/3% DJIA@10:30 11601.4 DJIA@3:00 11688.6 LstHour Ind -72.3 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 599.84 590.55 586.50 584.92 596.70 588.89 Upper Band 606.17 605.32 605.45 605.67 607.91 607.35 Lower Band 577.92 577.18 577.28 576.62 572.73 571.67 VIX 19.43 19.76 20.49 20.97 18.81 19.82 Upper Band 22.85 23.16 23.17 23.29 23.87 23.93 Lower Band 18.55 18.59 18.72 18.75 18.50 18.85 NDX 1915.12 1900.30 1886.32 1889.72 1931.47 1906.74 Upper Band 1987.52 1988.06 1988.66 1989.89 1995.17 1991.54 Lower Band 1825.78 1818.64 1813.30 1807.99 1794.04 1789.18 VXN 23.15 23.34 24.03 24.28 22.38 23.15 Upper Band 26.62 26.90 27.03 27.24 27.77 27.90 Lower Band 21.64 21.67 21.76 21.76 21.58 21.87 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 8466.12 8349.84 8263.72 8229.03 8373.55 8314.14 Tot Issues 3247 3206 3202 3258 3198 3245 Advancers 2517 2383 1961 719 2237 1370 % of Total 77.5% 74.3% 61.2% 22.1% 69.9% 42.2% Decliners 644 730 1145 2457 874 1793 % of Total 19.8% 22.8% 35.8% 75.4% 27.3% 55.3% Unchanged 86 93 96 82 87 82 New Highs 31 17 12 10 18 9 New Lows 25 45 89 93 37 134 Adv Volume 768733 639167 532017 99940 649601 462152 % of Total 81.0% 77.9% 62.1% 11.6% 73.1% 50.9% Decl Volume 170241 173267 310295 756475 233469 430822 % of Total 17.9% 21.1% 36.2% 88.0% 26.3% 47.5% Total Vol 949235 820606 856325 859583 888620 907276 Unch Volume 10261 8172 14013 3168 5550 14302 ARMS Index 0.87 0.88 1 2.22 0.92 0.71 5 Day ARMS 5.89 5.73 5.59 5.69 5.45 5.19 McClellanOs 104 104 17 -35 53 -26 McClellanSm -218 -218 -322 -339 -304 -357 Cumul TICK 88097 57560 22040 -26865 50541 11005 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2411.64 2382.46 2361.97 2365.59 2414.71 2380.38 Tot Issues 2990 2938 2976 2984 2915 2944 Advancers 2090 1816 1520 625 1983 1055 % of Total 69.9% 61.8% 51.1% 20.9% 68.0% 35.8% Decliners 762 966 1296 2221 797 1738 % of Total 25.5% 32.9% 43.5% 74.4% 27.3% 59.0% Unchanged 138 156 160 138 135 151 New Highs 35 21 17 18 21 18 New Lows 37 57 80 72 56 61 Adv Volume 1308871 1142183 629529 139703 1125813 452023 % of Total 82.0% 72.3% 41.5% 9.8% 80.7% 29.2% Decl Volume 271991 410014 857915 1273215 229651 1050154 % of Total 17.0% 26.0% 56.6% 89.7% 16.5% 68.0% Total Vol 1595572 1578795 1516121 1420062 1394755 1545466 Unch Volume 14710 26598 28677 7144 39291 43289 ARMS Index 0.57 0.67 1.6 2.56 0.51 1.41 5 Day ARMS 5.91 6.75 6.9 6.8 6.44 6.93 McClellanOs 24 24 -27 -49 31 -37 McClellanSm 206 206 182 209 258 227 Cumul TICK 32316 17023 3453 22553 -2139 -12400 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 22-Aug 15-Aug 8-Aug 1-Aug 25-Jul 18-Jul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 38 43 36 40 36 25 AAII Bear 37 39 42 41 44 58 Market Vane 40 43 42 40 39 33 II Bull 40.7 31.8 34 30 29.2 27.8 II Bear 38.4 45.5 43.6 50 49.4 48.9 OddLot ShRt 33.2 33.8 33.5 31.6 36.1 34.8 ****************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: COMMENTS, DATA AND TRADING SIGNALS HEREIN ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUY OR SELL. ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT IS NOT GUARANTEED. ****************************************************************************** (C) 2008 ASTRIKOS LLC. THIS PUBLICATION IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUBSCRIBERS ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE SUMMARIZED, REPRODUCED, OR REBROADCAST IN ANY FASHION WITHOUT OUR WRITTEN PERMISSION.