****************************************************************************** August 18th, 2010 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1092.08 1099.77 1085.76 1094.16 1.62/0% 1%/2% S&P100 495.55 499.18 492.88 496.45 0.77/0% 1%/2% VIX 24.3 25.23 23.4 24.59 0.26/1% -4%/-4% Nasdaq100 1841.42 1862.37 1834.2 1850.8 5.43/0% 1%/2% VXN 25.97 26.53 24.63 25.98 0.06/0% -6%/-3% NYSE TICK -151 1310 -1170 223 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK-231 TICKscore 6 CumAdj TICK -86 NYSE TRIN 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 ---- ---- Dow Indus 10472.3 10330.0 10415.5 9.69/0% 1%/3% DJIA@10:30 10357.0 DJIA@3:00 10446.3 LstHour Ind 18.1 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 496.45 495.68 490.73 490.59 492.57 495.48 Upper Band 517.35 518.36 518.58 519.00 519.72 519.62 Lower Band 487.49 485.43 484.81 483.99 482.63 483.29 VIX 24.59 24.33 26.10 26.24 25.73 25.39 Upper Band 26.57 26.73 26.70 26.67 26.67 26.57 Lower Band 20.78 20.72 20.72 20.73 20.73 20.77 NDX 1850.80 1845.37 1821.51 1818.80 1832.17 1845.38 Upper Band 1932.17 1934.80 1934.99 1935.24 1937.35 1936.57 Lower Band 1812.91 1806.94 1806.28 1805.80 1802.16 1805.35 VXN 25.98 25.92 27.08 28.07 27.63 26.90 Upper Band 28.07 28.18 28.11 28.14 27.87 27.65 Lower Band 21.64 21.60 21.60 21.58 21.73 21.85 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 6968.08 6959.79 6871.58 6861.04 6881.94 6902.71 Tot Issues 3167 3169 3156 3150 3124 3167 Advancers 1787 2429 1890 1404 1318 451 % of Total 56.4% 76.6% 59.9% 44.6% 42.2% 14.2% Decliners 1267 655 1143 1650 1745 2656 % of Total 40.0% 20.7% 36.2% 52.4% 55.9% 83.9% Unchanged 113 85 123 96 119 60 New Highs 205 227 188 147 92 105 New Lows 20 17 75 54 81 67 Adv Volume 579597 816393 389331 354471 378041 30488 % of Total 62.8% 83.2% 49.9% 40.7% 37.6% 2.6% Decl Volume 327801 159200 367113 505663 616168 1132794 % of Total 35.5% 16.2% 47.0% 58.0% 61.2% 97.2% Total Vol 922539 980989 780687 871304 1006309 1165245 Unch Volume 15141 5396 24243 11170 12100 1963 ARMS Index 0.80 0.72 1.56 1.21 1.23 6.31 5 Day ARMS 5.52 11.03 11.72 11.2 11.61 11.42 McClellanOs 24 9 -81 -126 -120 -102 McClellanSm 3064 3040 3031 3112 3238 3358 Cumul TICK 21757 62566 57726 25296 3553 -138523 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2215.7 2209.44 2181.87 2173.48 2190.27 2208.63 Tot Issues 2757 2769 2775 2727 2717 2748 Advancers 1326 1992 1642 795 1055 290 % of Total 48.1% 71.9% 59.2% 29.2% 38.8% 10.6% Decliners 1290 657 1017 1805 1578 2377 % of Total 46.8% 23.7% 36.6% 66.2% 58.1% 86.5% Unchanged 141 120 116 127 116 81 New Highs 39 44 34 16 14 10 New Lows 51 54 138 122 156 133 Adv Volume 1110173 1372630 999129 419103 734019 102605 % of Total 67.1% 79.0% 61.4% 26.1% 33.4% 4.5% Decl Volume 518255 354786 606528 1101662 1421438 2163888 % of Total 31.3% 20.4% 37.3% 68.6% 64.6% 95.1% Total Vol 1654563 1736870 1627627 1605049 2200295 2274465 Unch Volume 26135 9454 21970 84284 44838 7972 ARMS Index 0.48 0.78 0.98 1.16 1.29 2.57 5 Day ARMS 4.69 6.78 7.15 6.92 6.6 6.21 McClellanOs 0 -8 -92 -149 -119 -112 McClellanSm 107 107 115 207 356 475 Cumul TICK -57173 93998 -63134 -39734 -108955 -226680 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 13-Aug 6-Aug 30-Jul 23-Jul 16-Jul 9-Jul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 40 30 40 32 39 21 AAII Bear 30 38 33 45 38 57 Market Vane 50 48 50 44 46 39 II Bull 41.7 38.9 38.2 35.6 32.6 37 II Bear 27.5 33.3 34.9 35.6 34.8 34.8 OddLot ShRt 35.6 38.3 31.9 36.6 32.9 30.4 ****************************************************************************** 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) 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.