****************************************************************************** May 6th, 2010 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1164.38 1167.58 1065.79 1128.15 -37.72/-3% -5%/-5% S&P100 530.65 531.65 483.96 513.80 -17.65/-3% -5%/-5% VIX 25.88 40.71 24.43 32.8 7.89/32% 49%/99% Nasdaq100 1948.25 1964.1 1752.31 1893.75 -64.51/-3% -5%/-4% VXN 27.31 38.63 26.06 31.25 4.93/19% 42%/81% NYSE TICK -493 890 -1866 -637 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK-192 TICKscore -127 CumAdj TICK -1711 NYSE TRIN 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.34 ---- ---- Dow Indus 10879.8 9869.6 10520.3 -347.8/-3% -4%/-4% DJIA@10:30 10826.0 DJIA@3:00 10415.7 LstHour Ind 146.7 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 513.80 531.45 534.79 547.05 540.28 548.76 Upper Band 563.20 558.01 556.84 555.96 555.95 556.13 Lower Band 525.62 533.64 535.62 537.27 536.74 536.36 VIX 32.80 24.91 23.84 20.19 22.05 18.44 Upper Band 27.93 24.38 23.16 22.02 21.69 20.87 Lower Band 10.46 12.37 12.77 13.14 13.15 13.51 NDX 1893.75 1958.26 1968.97 2031.60 2000.63 2042.89 Upper Band 2085.41 2068.39 2065.69 2064.08 2063.74 2066.99 Lower Band 1935.13 1960.85 1965.45 1968.35 1963.32 1955.96 VXN 31.25 26.32 26.09 21.16 22.06 18.96 Upper Band 27.86 25.11 23.59 21.70 21.26 20.50 Lower Band 11.01 12.37 13.03 14.09 14.27 14.69 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 7011.92 7258.02 7337.25 7543.12 7474.4 7589.29 Tot Issues 3228 3199 3207 3198 3207 3203 Advancers 178 630 456 2396 792 2338 % of Total 5.5% 19.7% 14.2% 74.9% 24.7% 73.0% Decliners 3027 2499 2686 731 2343 766 % of Total 93.8% 78.1% 83.8% 22.9% 73.1% 23.9% Unchanged 23 70 65 71 72 99 New Highs 52 52 80 252 316 308 New Lows 218 44 29 8 10 10 Adv Volume 108003 334593 94271 911187 214366 1119704 % of Total 4.2% 22.2% 6.2% 77.0% 13.5% 79.2% Decl Volume 2466868 1162856 1428467 257972 1368530 287170 % of Total 95.7% 77.2% 93.5% 21.8% 86.3% 20.3% Total Vol 2578947 1505954 1527097 1182697 1585394 1414583 Unch Volume 4076 8505 4359 13538 2498 7709 ARMS Index 1.34 0.88 2.57 0.93 2.16 0.78 5 Day ARMS 7.88 7.32 7.02 7.86 8.32 7.4 McClellanOs -359 -235 -146 -20 -100 -6 McClellanSm 3727 4086 4321 4467 4487 4587 Cumul TICK -159748 -45784 -66361 62510 -49079 61399 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2319.64 2402.29 2424.25 2498.74 2461.19 2511.92 Tot Issues 2842 2847 2812 2845 2841 2838 Advancers 351 698 406 1985 613 2039 % of Total 12.4% 24.5% 14.4% 69.8% 21.6% 71.8% Decliners 2439 2056 2351 758 2130 704 % of Total 85.8% 72.2% 83.6% 26.6% 75.0% 24.8% Unchanged 52 93 55 102 98 95 New Highs 60 51 56 141 187 218 New Lows 190 78 48 20 16 10 Adv Volume 259781 718113 235386 1804153 527444 1985603 % of Total 5.7% 23.6% 7.7% 75.2% 18.6% 64.7% Decl Volume 4173332 2211542 2706093 477209 2193337 967502 % of Total 91.6% 72.7% 88.6% 19.9% 77.2% 31.5% Total Vol 4553607 3041488 3052599 2398370 2841137 3069641 Unch Volume 120494 111833 111120 117008 120356 116536 ARMS Index 2.31 1.05 1.99 0.69 1.2 1.41 5 Day ARMS 7.24 6.34 6.24 6.54 6.78 6.4 McClellanOs -259 -173 -114 -10 -73 13 McClellanSm 2110 2369 2542 2656 2665 2739 Cumul TICK -172335 -93501 -285411 113392 -66804 147125 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 30-Apr 23-Apr 16-Apr 9-Apr 2-Apr 26-Mar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 41 38 49 43 41 32 AAII Bear 29 34 30 30 32 35 Market Vane 55 58 58 58 58 57 II Bull 54 53.3 51.1 48.9 48.3 48.9 II Bear 18 17.4 18.9 18.9 19.1 20.5 OddLot ShRt 35.9 34.1 29.7 33.3 33.7 26.7 ****************************************************************************** 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.