****************************************************************************** May 5th, 2010 Market Tells DataSheet ****************************************************************************** Cash Prices Open High Low Close Chg 1wk/1mo Chg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S&P500 1169.24 1175.94 1158.15 1165.87 -7.73/-1% -3%/-1% S&P100 532.14 535.32 528.26 531.45 -3.34/-1% -3%/-2% VIX 25.96 27.23 23.75 24.91 1.07/4% 35%/50% Nasdaq100 1947.35 1971.1 1936.56 1958.26 -10.71/-1% -4%/-1% VXN 27.99 29.17 25.59 26.32 0.23/1% 39%/49% NYSE TICK -527 1177 -1257 -506 ---- ---- PreCloseTICK356 TICKscore -31 CumAdj TICK -644 NYSE TRIN 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88 ---- ---- Dow Indus 10946.8 10814.8 10868.1 -58.65/-1% -3%/0% DJIA@10:30 10877.6 DJIA@3:00 10846.4 LstHour Ind 70.9 BandWatch Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OEX 531.45 534.79 547.05 540.28 548.76 542.05 Upper Band 558.01 556.84 555.96 555.95 556.13 556.58 Lower Band 533.64 535.62 537.27 536.74 536.36 534.53 VIX 24.91 23.84 20.19 22.05 18.44 21.08 Upper Band 24.38 23.16 22.02 21.69 20.87 20.79 Lower Band 12.37 12.77 13.14 13.15 13.51 13.51 NDX 1958.26 1968.97 2031.60 2000.63 2042.89 2007.59 Upper Band 2068.39 2065.69 2064.08 2063.74 2066.99 2065.50 Lower Band 1960.85 1965.45 1968.35 1963.32 1955.96 1949.00 VXN 26.32 26.09 21.16 22.06 18.96 20.51 Upper Band 25.11 23.59 21.70 21.26 20.50 20.42 Lower Band 12.37 13.03 14.09 14.27 14.69 14.71 NYSE Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NYSE Comp 7258.02 7337.25 7543.12 7474.4 7589.29 7499.72 Tot Issues 3199 3207 3198 3207 3203 3209 Advancers 630 456 2396 792 2338 1849 % of Total 19.7% 14.2% 74.9% 24.7% 73.0% 57.6% Decliners 2499 2686 731 2343 766 1242 % of Total 78.1% 83.8% 22.9% 73.1% 23.9% 38.7% Unchanged 70 65 71 72 99 118 New Highs 52 80 252 316 308 92 New Lows 44 29 8 10 10 14 Adv Volume 334593 94271 911187 214366 1119704 1034875 % of Total 22.2% 6.2% 77.0% 13.5% 79.2% 71.5% Decl Volume 1162856 1428467 257972 1368530 287170 404934 % of Total 77.2% 93.5% 21.8% 86.3% 20.3% 28.0% Total Vol 1505954 1527097 1182697 1585394 1414583 1447051 Unch Volume 8505 4359 13538 2498 7709 7242 ARMS Index 0.88 2.57 0.93 2.16 0.78 0.58 5 Day ARMS 7.32 7.02 7.86 8.32 7.4 7.93 McClellanOs -235 -146 -20 -100 -6 -78 McClellanSm 4086 4321 4467 4487 4587 4593 Cumul TICK -45784 -66361 62510 -49079 61399 -33881 NASDAQ Today 1d back 2d back 3d back 4d back 5d back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nasdaq Comp 2402.29 2424.25 2498.74 2461.19 2511.92 2471.73 Tot Issues 2847 2812 2845 2841 2838 2824 Advancers 698 406 1985 613 2039 1431 % of Total 24.5% 14.4% 69.8% 21.6% 71.8% 50.7% Decliners 2056 2351 758 2130 704 1296 % of Total 72.2% 83.6% 26.6% 75.0% 24.8% 45.9% Unchanged 93 55 102 98 95 97 New Highs 51 56 141 187 218 103 New Lows 78 48 20 16 10 15 Adv Volume 718113 235386 1804153 527444 1985603 1420871 % of Total 23.6% 7.7% 75.2% 18.6% 64.7% 51.6% Decl Volume 2211542 2706093 477209 2193337 967502 1216420 % of Total 72.7% 88.6% 19.9% 77.2% 31.5% 44.2% Total Vol 3041488 3052599 2398370 2841137 3069641 2755192 Unch Volume 111833 111120 117008 120356 116536 117901 ARMS Index 1.05 1.99 0.69 1.2 1.41 0.95 5 Day ARMS 6.34 6.24 6.54 6.78 6.4 5.88 McClellanOs -173 -114 -10 -73 13 -53 McClellanSm 2369 2542 2656 2665 2739 2726 Cumul TICK -93501 -285411 113392 -66804 147125 38952 ****************************************************************************** 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.