****************************************************************************** May 24th, 2010 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1084.78 1089.95 1072.7 1073.65 -14.04/-1% -4%/-11% S&P100 493.08 495.38 487.61 488.11 -6.2/-1% -4%/-11% VIX 41.74 41.74 35.57 38.32 -1.78/-4% 14%/119% Nasdaq100 1818.46 1841.11 1814.17 1815.28 -7.49/0% -4%/-11% VXN 42.84 43.05 37.67 39.84 -2.97/-7% 12%/124% NYSE TICK -345 1257 -1222 -411 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK-30 TICKscore 24 CumAdj TICK 540 NYSE TRIN 1.92 1.92 1.92 1.92 ---- ---- Dow Indus 10196.4 10052.7 10066.6 -126.82/-1%-4%/-10% DJIA@10:30 10155.4 DJIA@3:00 10129.9 LstHour Ind -25.3 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 488.11 494.31 487.93 507.23 509.19 516.33 Upper Band 558.79 560.45 562.42 561.33 562.53 563.49 Lower Band 484.45 489.00 492.86 500.09 503.17 506.41 VIX 38.32 40.10 45.79 35.32 33.55 30.84 Upper Band 44.88 44.16 42.86 39.48 38.42 37.49 Lower Band 14.28 12.91 11.87 12.31 11.48 10.63 NDX 1815.28 1822.77 1800.12 1873.42 1887.06 1915.45 Upper Band 2074.26 2084.96 2093.95 2092.38 2096.42 2098.27 Lower Band 1784.22 1796.90 1811.16 1837.24 1849.31 1861.11 VXN 39.84 42.81 46.63 37.79 35.48 31.78 Upper Band 46.62 45.84 44.20 40.90 39.52 38.30 Lower Band 14.39 12.96 11.98 12.30 11.54 10.85 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 6666.74 6775.45 6653.00 6927.21 6959.21 7063.83 Tot Issues 3201 3214 3216 3185 3185 3204 Advancers 1187 2384 168 683 704 1265 % of Total 37.1% 74.2% 5.2% 21.4% 22.1% 39.5% Decliners 1926 745 3015 2440 2408 1862 % of Total 60.2% 23.2% 93.8% 76.6% 75.6% 58.1% Unchanged 88 85 33 62 73 77 New Highs 16 11 7 18 44 30 New Lows 28 102 98 42 16 25 Adv Volume 317412 2068389 28661 555897 161856 607558 % of Total 24.1% 89.9% 1.3% 34.1% 10.6% 42.1% Decl Volume 988802 222787 2096936 1042017 1353665 822507 % of Total 75.2% 9.7% 98.6% 63.9% 88.7% 57.1% Total Vol 1314474 2301797 2126011 1631091 1525543 1441619 Unch Volume 8260 10621 414 33177 10022 11554 ARMS Index 1.92 0.34 4.08 0.52 2.45 0.92 5 Day ARMS 9.31 8.31 11.05 9.06 9.46 8.79 McClellanOs -281 -285 -426 -327 -273 -212 McClellanSm 834 1115 1400 1826 2154 2427 Cumul TICK 28776 49874 -83218 -61418 -62265 -63594 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2213.55 2229.04 2204.01 2298.37 2317.26 2354.23 Tot Issues 2808 2811 2835 2828 2824 2837 Advancers 932 1754 228 654 693 1314 % of Total 33.2% 62.4% 8.0% 23.1% 24.5% 46.3% Decliners 1754 952 2554 2085 2031 1412 % of Total 62.5% 33.9% 90.1% 73.7% 71.9% 49.8% Unchanged 122 105 53 89 100 111 New Highs 12 10 10 16 56 41 New Lows 59 142 163 82 41 56 Adv Volume 537234 2479309 75091 662930 319150 1387513 % of Total 25.0% 73.1% 2.2% 25.1% 12.8% 57.0% Decl Volume 1470616 827448 3258820 1873600 2023392 967532 % of Total 68.4% 24.4% 95.3% 70.8% 81.3% 39.7% Total Vol 2150024 3389671 3420426 2646168 2490312 2434481 Unch Volume 142174 82914 86515 109638 147770 79436 ARMS Index 1.45 0.61 3.87 0.89 2.16 0.65 5 Day ARMS 8.98 8.18 9.08 7.19 6.7 6.28 McClellanOs -224 -218 -304 -221 -175 -125 McClellanSm 79 303 521 825 1046 1221 Cumul TICK -23403 -172226 -314909 -217398 197214 6549 ****************************************************************************** Weekly Sentiment ****************************************************************************** Sentiment 21-May 14-May 7-May 30-Apr 23-Apr 16-Apr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AAII Bull 41 37 39 41 38 49 AAII Bear 34 37 29 29 34 30 Market Vane 46 49 53 55 58 58 II Bull 43.8 47.2 56 54 53.3 51.1 II Bear 24.7 24.7 18.7 18 17.4 18.9 OddLot ShRt 31.9 31.3 35.8 35.9 34.1 29.7 ****************************************************************************** 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.