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Monday, July 30, 2007

Tricky Monday

Trade candidates for the day
Note: no new Bullish Call buying until market follows through!!
PCR: wait until August 7 Earnings report. JC: Last bar seemed like an inverted hammer! Testing support of 50 day SMA!
RIO: sell if it falls below 46,68 on volume or 30 July time close!
TEX:
JC: inverted hammer.
Testing support of 50 day SMA!
WFT: Testing support of 50 day SMA!

Trade session notes
Note: Market in correction!
FTSE...6223.40...+8.20...+0.1%.
DAX
...7454.10...+2.42...+0.0%.
Nikkei...17289.30...+5.49...+0.0%.
Hang Seng
...22739.90...+169.49...+0.8%.
VIX closing last Friday
CBOE VIX 24.17+3.43

10:09:09 AM Market open: mixed (VIX down, Nasdaq Decliner leading, NYSE A/D even)
CBOE VIX 22.79-1.38
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 2,392 2,786 188
NYSE 1,454 1,389 111

11:52:31 AM MS: mixed to bearish
CBOE VIX 22.82-1.35
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 2,399 3,317 188
NYSE 1,365 1,659 102
Put on a 0.05 points down from .2 last trailing stop for the RIO position as planned (due to time exit set at the time of trading).

12:26:03 PM MS: slightly bearish
CBOE VIX 23.02-1.15
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 2,264 3,536 216
NYSE 1,273 1,772 102

1:07:54 PM MS: improving to bullish
CBOE VIX 22.21-1.96
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 3,084 2,835 196
NYSE 1,643 1,425 94