****************************************************************************** May 1st, 2009 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 872.74 880.48 866.1 877.52 4.71/1% 2%/5% S&P100 406.11 409.16 403.09 408.48 2.48/1% 2%/4% VIX 36.5 36.88 34.88 35.3 -1.2/-3% -8%/-16% Nasdaq100 1396.22 1403.89 1382.9 1396.62 2.29/0% 2%/8% VXN 36.62 37.04 34.86 35.05 -1.59/-4% -10%/-17% NYSE TICK 21 1153 -900 -4 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK610 TICKscore 19 CumAdj TICK 94 NYSE TRIN 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 ---- ---- Dow Indus 8219.8 8099.3 8212.4 44.29/1% 2%/3% DJIA@10:30 8112.4 DJIA@3:00 8177.1 LstHour Ind 91.0 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 408.48 406.00 406.89 398.97 399.78 402.46 Upper Band 411.81 410.41 410.15 410.42 412.02 411.48 Lower Band 385.59 385.45 383.53 380.31 376.11 375.21 VIX 35.30 36.50 36.08 37.95 38.32 36.82 Upper Band 41.01 41.72 42.43 43.48 44.75 44.96 Lower Band 34.03 33.98 33.86 33.61 33.10 33.16 NDX 1396.62 1394.33 1382.38 1361.92 1369.94 1373.28 Upper Band 1405.73 1398.31 1395.48 1395.10 1398.23 1392.62 Lower Band 1276.79 1273.97 1262.62 1248.46 1231.22 1224.98 VXN 35.05 36.64 36.96 38.53 38.79 36.80 Upper Band 42.08 42.46 42.94 43.78 44.70 44.86 Lower Band 34.84 35.19 35.29 35.17 34.89 34.99 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 5568.76 5513.36 5516.14 5369.85 5389.83 5468.41 Tot Issues 3151 3128 3165 3140 3151 3162 Advancers 1926 1672 2597 1602 981 2338 % of Total 61.1% 53.5% 82.1% 51.0% 31.1% 73.9% Decliners 1138 1373 493 1427 2101 727 % of Total 36.1% 43.9% 15.6% 45.4% 66.7% 23.0% Unchanged 87 83 75 111 69 97 New Highs 7 12 11 5 3 9 New Lows 4 2 1 3 3 1 Adv Volume 730799 926870 1298338 521480 307486 1279110 % of Total 56.9% 53.3% 88.2% 41.7% 22.0% 74.1% Decl Volume 539187 800320 163971 716188 1079617 409310 % of Total 42.0% 46.0% 11.1% 57.3% 77.2% 23.7% Total Vol 1284690 1740408 1472351 1250030 1398111 1725750 Unch Volume 14704 13218 10042 12362 11008 37330 ARMS Index 1.25 1.05 0.67 1.54 1.64 1.03 5 Day ARMS 6.15 5.93 5.73 6.63 5.62 6.96 McClellanOs 132 126 145 62 77 170 McClellanSm 3998 3866 3740 3595 3533 3456 Cumul TICK 47532 13079 93965 42672 -8154 73596 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 1719.2 1717.3 1711.94 1673.81 1679.41 1694.29 Tot Issues 2867 2816 2858 2852 2882 2884 Advancers 1417 1335 2124 1562 944 1974 % of Total 49.4% 47.4% 74.3% 54.8% 32.8% 68.4% Decliners 1343 1360 623 1138 1818 772 % of Total 46.8% 48.3% 21.8% 39.9% 63.1% 26.8% Unchanged 107 121 111 152 120 138 New Highs 12 28 30 16 18 14 New Lows 7 10 9 10 6 6 Adv Volume 1259170 1687854 1892467 772300 786195 2010803 % of Total 59.1% 59.4% 79.6% 37.2% 35.8% 79.7% Decl Volume 821243 1103266 474271 1270425 1392291 498008 % of Total 38.5% 38.8% 19.9% 61.1% 63.3% 19.7% Total Vol 2131223 2842575 2377685 2077805 2198145 2522741 Unch Volume 50810 51455 10947 35080 19659 13930 ARMS Index 0.69 0.64 0.85 2.26 0.92 0.63 5 Day ARMS 5.36 5.3 5.14 5.06 3.52 3.05 McClellanOs 67 81 103 38 26 87 McClellanSm 2289 2223 2142 2039 2001 1975 Cumul TICK 11360 -9140 19461 -15614 -33615 -28965 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 1-May 24-Apr 16-Apr 9-Apr 3-Apr 27-Mar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 36 32 44 36 43 39 AAII Bear 44 39 36 44 37 42 Market Vane 40 40 40 38 37 38 II Bull 36 39.1 43.2 36 31 28.9 II Bear 37.2 34.5 34.1 37.1 38 43.3 OddLot ShRt 35.4 40.1 34.7 28.5 32.5 33.4 ****************************************************************************** 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) 2009 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.