Thursday, May 6, 2010

5/6 Scan

Today's scan showed far fewer signals than on Wednesday, a sign that the markets are quietening after the Green debt mini-panic of the past few days.
One stock, ABT, showed a signal that met my criteria.

Many others didn't make the grade, and here are the lists, grouped by why the stocks were disqualified.

Parabolic sar bull signals

News: FISV, takeover negotiations with Blackstone.

Counter-trend signal: DAL and DRY.

Insufficient trend: ERRX, NGD and SRS.

Parabolic sar bear signals

Counter-trend signal: CMCSA, ENTG, FSLR, HOT, SPG, TBX, TLAB and TLB.

Insufficient trend: BEXP, CBL, CMCSK, D, DRE, HBAN, IVZ, KEY, MO, PNC, TEL, TWC, UPS, VLO, VNQ, VTR, WLL and XEL.

I scanned all optionable stocks and exchange-traded funds priced at $5 or greater and showing volume of 1 million shares or more at the time of the scan, about 1:30 p.m. Eastern.

Stocks with earnings to be announced in the near future were excluded from further analysis.

To be considered for the Watchlist, the signal must be in line with the broader trend as seen on a three-month daily chart, with ambiguity resolved by looking at charts spanning three years or more.

The strength of the trend is determined by the average directional index. I consider a reading of 30 or more to be  sufficient strong for the Watchlist. I rate a reading below 20 as weak, and below 30 as marginal.

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