****************************************************************************** May 18th, 2010 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1138.78 1148.66 1117.2 1120.8 -16.14/-1% -4%/-7% S&P100 516.94 520.86 507.41 509.19 -7.14/-1% -4%/-8% VIX 28.67 34.17 28.09 33.55 2.71/9% 31%/113% Nasdaq100 1929.12 1933.25 1878.55 1887.06 -28.39/-1% -4%/-7% VXN 31.78 35.95 30.16 35.48 3.7/12% 31%/116% NYSE TICK 383 1141 -1462 -841 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK205 TICKscore -77 CumAdj TICK -564 NYSE TRIN 2.45 2.45 2.45 2.45 ---- ---- Dow Indus 10718.9 10482.2 10511.0 -114.88/-1%-4%/-5% DJIA@10:30 10687.5 DJIA@3:00 10510.7 LstHour Ind -61.4 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 509.19 516.33 516.19 525.32 531.75 525.55 Upper Band 562.53 563.49 564.22 564.13 565.77 567.25 Lower Band 503.17 506.41 508.84 511.78 512.99 513.64 VIX 33.55 30.84 31.24 26.68 25.52 28.32 Upper Band 38.42 37.49 36.73 35.73 35.39 35.12 Lower Band 11.48 10.63 10.03 9.74 9.00 8.28 NDX 1887.06 1915.45 1907.10 1945.52 1975.58 1940.48 Upper Band 2096.42 2098.27 2100.06 2099.96 2104.60 2107.90 Lower Band 1849.31 1861.11 1869.13 1879.80 1884.48 1886.50 VXN 35.48 31.78 31.55 28.05 27.00 29.59 Upper Band 39.52 38.30 37.48 36.54 36.08 35.67 Lower Band 11.54 10.85 10.28 9.84 9.15 8.46 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 6959.21 7063.83 7077.64 7234.37 7316.36 7221.66 Tot Issues 3185 3204 3192 3209 3202 3197 Advancers 704 1265 391 1109 2692 1727 % of Total 22.1% 39.5% 12.2% 34.6% 84.1% 54.0% Decliners 2408 1862 2749 2010 456 1397 % of Total 75.6% 58.1% 86.1% 62.6% 14.2% 43.7% Unchanged 73 77 52 90 54 73 New Highs 44 30 20 99 99 56 New Lows 16 25 22 6 10 8 Adv Volume 161856 607558 67183 248844 1096758 590762 % of Total 10.6% 42.1% 4.4% 20.6% 85.9% 40.5% Decl Volume 1353665 822507 1454893 941828 170051 849164 % of Total 88.7% 57.1% 95.4% 78.1% 13.3% 58.2% Total Vol 1525543 1441619 1524580 1205922 1276689 1459277 Unch Volume 10022 11554 2504 15250 9880 19351 ARMS Index 2.45 0.92 3.08 2.09 0.92 1.78 5 Day ARMS 9.46 8.79 8.46 7.65 6.9 6.86 McClellanOs -273 -212 -203 -89 -40 -166 McClellanSm 2154 2427 2639 2843 2932 2972 Cumul TICK -62265 -63594 -92474 -1123 -22375 84493 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2317.26 2354.23 2346.85 2394.36 2425.02 2375.31 Tot Issues 2824 2837 2817 2824 2827 2802 Advancers 693 1314 421 988 2243 1617 % of Total 24.5% 46.3% 14.9% 35.0% 79.3% 57.7% Decliners 2031 1412 2312 1729 504 1072 % of Total 71.9% 49.8% 82.1% 61.2% 17.8% 38.3% Unchanged 100 111 84 107 80 113 New Highs 56 41 27 120 132 61 New Lows 41 56 29 15 17 27 Adv Volume 319150 1387513 276439 501168 2047362 1122695 % of Total 12.8% 57.0% 10.4% 21.1% 87.1% 44.0% Decl Volume 2023392 967532 2297870 1733566 182104 1296840 % of Total 81.3% 39.7% 86.6% 73.0% 7.7% 50.9% Total Vol 2490312 2434481 2653025 2375251 2351901 2548840 Unch Volume 147770 79436 78716 140517 122435 129305 ARMS Index 2.16 0.65 1.51 1.98 0.4 1.74 5 Day ARMS 6.7 6.28 6.12 7.49 7.82 8.47 McClellanOs -175 -125 -138 -48 -10 -110 McClellanSm 1046 1221 1345 1483 1531 1541 Cumul TICK 197214 6549 -238528 -138448 162286 -43387 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 14-May 7-May 30-Apr 23-Apr 16-Apr 9-Apr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 37 39 41 38 49 43 AAII Bear 37 29 29 34 30 30 Market Vane 49 53 55 58 58 58 II Bull 47.2 56 54 53.3 51.1 48.9 II Bear 24.7 18.7 18 17.4 18.9 18.9 OddLot ShRt 31.3 35.8 35.9 34.1 29.7 33.3 ****************************************************************************** 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) 2010 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.