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The Bears Get Robbed of Their Dreams Again

The market took an early morning tumble of about 100 DOW points only to close down 33 points.

Greek debt talks started the negativity in Europe, but it could not hurt the Teflon of U.S. markets.

NASDAQ up 3

S&P down 1

[youtube://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFHQcLHKFHM 450 300]

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Money Flows, Heat Map, S&P A/D Line

Money Flows

ISSUE GAINERS                 SYMBOL   EXCH   LAST PRICE   MONEY FLOW    RATIO 
                                                          (in millions) 
SPDR S&P 500                   SPY     ARCA      130.79       +31.0       1.21 
IBM                            IBM     NYSE      189.83       +21.3       1.98 
Caterpillar                    CAT     NYSE      105.91       +15.3       1.78 
Merck                          MRK     NYSE       39.05       +14.8       2.14 
SPDR Brclys Cp Intl Treas      BWX     ARCA       59.09       +13.7     107.09 
Tiffany & Co                   TIF     NYSE       63.17       +13.4       2.16 
Temple-Inland                  TIN     NYSE       31.74       +10.8       6.53 
Hewlett-Packard                HPQ     NYSE       28.73       +10.4       2.30 
Select Sector SPDR-Finl        XLF     ARCA       14.05        +9.6       2.47 
Coca-Cola                      KO      NYSE       68.14        +8.4       2.29 
CSX                            CSX     NYSE       21.95        +7.7       1.55 
Schlumberger                   SLB     NYSE       73.15        +7.7       1.64 
Texas Instruments              TXN     NASD       32.92        +7.3       1.38 
Cummins                        CMI     NYSE      105.68        +6.4       1.73 
Kraft Foods                    KFT     NYSE       38.30        +6.4       2.75 
Deere & Co                     DE      NYSE       85.12        +6.4       1.38 
Boeing                         BA      NYSE       74.74        +6.3       1.73 
United Technologies            UTX     NYSE       76.67        +6.3       2.47 
PepsiCo                        PEP     NYSE       66.09        +6.2       2.23 
Ctripcom Intl                  CTRP    NASD       26.50        +5.7       3.55 

ISSUE DECLINERS               SYMBOL   EXCH   LAST PRICE   MONEY FLOW    RATIO 
                                                          (in millions) 
Apple                          AAPL    NASD      423.61       -60.8       0.78 
Mkt Vectors Gold Miners        GDX     ARCA       52.11       -33.5       0.27 
Microsoft                      MSFT    NASD       29.45       -28.9       0.39 
Johnson & Johnson              JNJ     NYSE       65.13       -20.6       0.65 
EMC Corp                       EMC     NYSE       24.40       -18.0       0.68 
McDonald's                     MCD     NYSE       98.77       -17.2       0.73 
ExxonMobil                     XOM     NYSE       86.95       -17.0       0.50 
VMware Inc                     VMW     NYSE       90.74       -14.6       0.76 
AT&T                           T       NYSE       30.04       -14.4       0.44 
JPMorgan Chase                 JPM     NYSE       37.11       -13.2       0.49 
Amazoncom                      AMZN    NASD      184.50       -12.0       0.72 
Pfizer                         PFE     NYSE       21.59       -12.0       0.38 
Dow Chemical                   DOW     NYSE       32.82       -10.9       0.37 
Wells Fargo                    WFC     NYSE       30.32       -10.5       0.54 
Procter & Gamble               PG      NYSE       64.22       -10.2       0.63 
Baker Hughes                   BHI     NYSE       46.23       -10.2       0.72 
Union Pacific                  UNP     NYSE      110.23       -10.0       0.65 
Chevron                        CVX     NYSE      106.69        -9.9       0.52 
Wal-Mart Stores                WMT     NYSE       61.35        -8.7       0.43 
Intel                          INTC    NASD       26.76        -8.6       0.76

Heat Map

A/D Line 

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52 Week Highs and Lows

NYSE

New Highs 34 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Amer Muni Income Ptf          XAA         14.78                  842 
BlackRock Long-Term Muni      BTA         12.16               14,806 
BlackRock  Muni Bnd           BIE         16.10                  194 
BlackRock Muni                BBK         16.41                1,447 
BlkRk MuniYield               MYD         15.30               21,161 
DWS Muni Inco                 KTF         14.04               17,370 
Eaton Vance Mun Income        EVN         13.19                7,678 
EV National Municipal Opp     EOT         21.43                5,394 
Ecolab Inc                    ECL         61.39              396,267 
Fed Premier Intemediate       FPT         14.72                9,838 
Federated Premier             FMN         15.38                3,510 
Hospitality Prop Tr Pfd D     HPTpD       24.89               26,183 
InvenSense                    INVN        16.74              140,726 
Invesco Mun Incm Opps Tr      OIA         7.00                 1,824 
Invesco MIO III               OIC         8.36                   700 
Invesco Mun Prem Inc          PIA         9.20                 5,898 
Invesco Quality Mun Secs      IQM         15.18                1,681 
Invesco Van Kampen Mun Tr     VKQ         14.34               10,037 
JHancock Pr Div               PDT         13.85               15,346 
Kennedy-Wilson Hldgs          KW          13.08               54,580 
Michael Kors Holdings         KORS        30.25              235,526 
NewMarket Corp                NEU         217.52              19,304 
Nuveen CA Investment          NQC         15.23                4,614 
Nuveen CA Muni Mkt            NCO         15.06                1,359 
Nuveen CA Performance         NCP         15.28                5,131 
Nuveen California Select      NVC         15.69                5,850 
Nuveen Div Fnd                NAD         14.87                7,969 
Nuveen Muni Mkt Opp           NMO         14.33               17,758 
Nuveen NJ Investment Qual     NQJ         14.75               20,583 
Wal-Mart Stores               WMT         61.43            1,066,437 
Weis Markets                  WMK         42.44               13,850 
Western Asset Invt            IGI         23.19               10,333 
Wstrn Asset Muni Hi Inco      MHF         8.26                15,017 
Williams Ptnrs un             WPZ         65.20               26,811 

New Lows 4 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Bill Barrett                  BBG         28.12              651,483 
Cellcom Israel                CEL         15.13              111,502 
France Telecom                FTE         14.59              374,014 
Standard Register             SR          1.96               116,113

NASDAQ

New Highs 9 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
BioLine RX Ltd ADS            BLRX        6.30             1,947,600 
Broadvision Inc               BVSN        37.43              449,593 
Cache                         CACH        6.90                 1,566 
Dollar Tree                   DLTR        86.64              187,415 
Gilead Sciences               GILD        47.75            1,137,203 
Mid-Con Engy Ptrs L.P. Un     MCEP        20.75               42,995 
Volterra Semiconductor        VLTR        30.50              234,478 
Westport Innovations          WPRT        36.49              465,470 
Woodward                      WWD         45.80              628,335 

New Lows 6 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
B Communications              BCOM        12.25                  500 
Frontier Communications       FTR         4.74             4,137,236 
LRAD                          LRAD        1.31                36,899 
NCI                           NCIT        7.50                11,475 
NII Hldgs                     NIHD        18.95              410,763 
Partner Comm Co               PTNR        8.40                38,199

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Most Active Options Trades

 -CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
C          5/19/12          33.0000        2728            1.2200      dn 0.3000 
UAL        3/17/12          23.0000        1619            0.1700      up 0.0100 
UAL        6/16/12          23.0000        1610            0.6800      dn 0.0400 
EMC        2/18/12          24.0000        1525            0.8800      up 0.3800 
BAC        2/18/12           7.0000        1486            0.4100      dn 0.0500 
BAC        2/18/12           8.0000        1462            0.0800      dn 0.0100 
C          2/18/12          32.0000        1165            0.2700      dn 0.1400 
MCD        2/18/12         105.0000         906            0.1200      dn 0.3800 
BTU        2/18/12          41.0000         898            0.1200      dn 0.3000 
EMC        4/21/12          24.0000         887            1.5800      up 0.6100 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
KBH        3/17/12           8.0000        2000            0.4300      up 0.0100 
MSFT       1/19/13          30.0000        1360            3.2800      up 0.1800 
PXP        3/17/12          35.0000        1000            1.7600      up 0.5400 
PXP        3/17/12          31.0000        1000            0.6600      up 0.1800 
UBS        3/17/12          13.0000         984            0.6300      up 0.0800 
UBS        3/17/12          11.0000         984            0.1800      up 0.0000 
FMCN       3/17/12          16.0000         975            0.9000      dn 0.1500 
RIMM       1/27/12          15.0000         908            0.5300      up 0.2900 
INTC       4/21/12          27.0000         888            1.4400      up 0.0400 
MRK        2/18/12          37.0000         844            0.1300      dn 0.0700 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
219860    243027        462887
CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
MCD        2/18/12         105.0000         287            0.1800      dn 0.3100 
JNJ        2/18/12          67.5000         243            0.1000      dn 0.0200 
JNJ        4/21/12          67.5000         243            0.3800      dn 0.1400 
FCX        2/18/12          45.0000         235            0.7700      dn 0.2400 
FCX        1/27/12          46.0000         235            0.0500      up 0.0000 
EMC        4/21/12          23.0000         191            2.1500      up 0.7200 
SIRI       9/22/12           2.5000         190            0.1300      dn 0.0400 
BAC        2/18/12           7.0000         169            0.4000      dn 0.0900 
BAC        2/18/12           8.0000         169            0.0600      dn 0.0400 
BAC        3/17/12           8.0000         125            0.1800      dn 0.0300 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
JPM        6/16/12          34.0000         282            1.8600      up 0.1900 
MET        6/16/12          31.0000         244            1.5400      dn 0.0300 
BAC        1/27/12           7.0000         237            0.0900      up 0.0300 
GS         2/18/12         105.0000         125            2.7500      up 0.5300 
STX        2/18/12          19.0000         125            0.8900      up 0.0200 
MO         2/18/12          28.0000         101            0.2600      up 0.0100 
RIG        2/18/12          40.0000         100            0.4000      up 0.0200 
WDC        2/18/12          30.0000          97            0.1100      dn 0.3300 
XOM        4/21/12          55.0000          72            0.1000      dn 0.0400 
X          1/27/12          27.0000          68            0.2000      up 0.0900 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
14802    11204        26006

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Gapping Up and Down This Morning

Gapping up

PEET +0.3%,  DHT +18.7%, PLCM +9.1%, ACUR +7.5%, VMW +4.7%, WDC +3.7%, VMW +4.7%,DGX +4.3% , TXN +3.3%, SNV +7.4% , COH +3.4%, EMC +3%, ACUR +7.5% ,  BAX +2.3% ,
KORS +1.2%, BBBY +0.9% , ZNGA +0.8% , MRK +0.7% ,

Gapping down

IDCC -16.3%, NOK -7.5%, IRE -6.1%, ONCY -5.4%, PNNT -4.9%, KSU -4.1%, ZION -4%, DEPO -3.8%, GEL -3.5%, MSO -3.5%, TI -3.1%, CSX -3%, SI -2.7%, CS -1.9%, BAC -1.8%,

EAT -8%, JJSF -7.8%, ZION -7.8% , LYG -6.4%, IRE -6.1%, ING -3.4%, BCS -3%, BAC -2.1%, CS -1.9%, C -1.4%

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Upgrades and Downgrades This Morning

Source

Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) Reiterated Buy but lowered target to $54 at Argus.
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMY) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) Reiterated Buy and raised price target to $51 at Argus.
Interline Brands, Inc. (NYSE: IBI) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.
KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE: KORS) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley; Started as Outperform at Baird; Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Maintained Outperform with $100 target at Credit Suisse.
NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) maintained Outperform but lowered estimates at Credit Suisse.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $40 at Credit Suisse; Cut to Hold at Kaufman Bros.
Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $130 at Argus.
Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

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Stock Trading Lowest in U.S. Since 2008 After Fund Withdrawals, Job Cuts

By Lu Wang – Jan 23, 2012 12:01 AM ET

Trading (MVOLUSE) in U.S. stocks fell to the lowest level since at least 2008 amid mutual fund withdrawals and Wall Street job cuts.

An average of 6.69 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges in the 50 days ended Jan. 18, the fewest on record in Bloomberg data starting three years ago that excludes over-the- counter venues. On the New York Stock Exchange, volume has tumbled to the lowest level since 1999, the data show.

The slowdown in trading shows that investors remain skittish after five years of withdrawals from mutual funds that buy U.S. equities and one of the most volatile years on record for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. While the benchmark index is having its best January rally since 1997, securities firms around the world cut more than 200,000 jobs last year.

“Investor confidence is shaky at the very least,” Mark Turner, head of U.S. sales trading at Instinet Inc. in New York, said in a telephone interview on Jan. 20. His firm handles about 4 percent of the total daily U.S. equity volume. “We need to see the U.S. economy improve. We need to see some sort of a plan in place to deal with Europe’s debt crisis before the market gains some confidence. At that point, we’ll start to see an increase in volume.”

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Money Flows, Heat Map, S&P A/D Line

Money Flows

ISSUE GAINERS                 SYMBOL   EXCH   LAST PRICE   MONEY FLOW    RATIO 
                                                          (in millions) 
Apple                          AAPL    NASD      426.61       +51.5       1.17 
Google                         GOOG    NASD      585.11       +38.0       1.26 
Amazoncom                      AMZN    NASD      188.58       +16.1       1.44 
Caterpillar                    CAT     NYSE      107.14       +15.4       1.73 
JPMorgan Chase                 JPM     NYSE       37.89       +14.7       1.56 
SPDR S&P 500                   SPY     ARCA      132.09       +13.8       1.07 
Oracle                         ORCL    NASD       28.62       +11.6       2.13 
Bank Of America                BAC     NYSE        7.33       +11.5       1.14 
Halliburton                    HAL     NYSE       34.96       +11.2       1.28 
Occidental Pete                OXY     NYSE      100.87       +11.2       1.60 
ConocoPhillips                 COP     NYSE       70.91       +10.1       1.77 
Hewlett-Packard                HPQ     NYSE       28.77       +10.0       1.65 
Schlumberger                   SLB     NYSE       73.68        +8.5       1.45 
Grupo Televisa SAB             TV      NYSE       21.44        +8.2      10.55 
American Express               AXP     NYSE       50.50        +8.1       2.26 
Philip Morris Intl             PM      NYSE       74.43        +7.5       2.19 
iShrs MSCI Emerg Mkts          EEM     ARCA       41.85        +7.5       1.19 
Rydex S&P Equal Wght Hlth      RYH     ARCA       70.22        +7.0    1003.80 
Verizon Communications         VZ      NYSE       38.87        +7.0       1.98 
VISA  (Cl A)                   V       NYSE      100.13        +7.0       1.57 

ISSUE DECLINERS               SYMBOL   EXCH   LAST PRICE   MONEY FLOW    RATIO 
                                                          (in millions) 
Microsoft                      MSFT    NASD       29.92       -35.7       0.58 
Mattel Inc                     MAT     NASD       28.86       -35.4       0.04 
Intel                          INTC    NASD       26.67       -28.4       0.42 
Procter & Gamble               PG      NYSE       65.14       -23.7       0.42 
Gilead Sciences                GILD    NASD       47.27       -16.4       0.25 
General Electric               GE      NYSE       19.21       -15.4       0.47 
Wells Fargo                    WFC     NYSE       30.84       -14.6       0.48 
Chevron                        CVX     NYSE      107.08       -13.5       0.58 
Merck                          MRK     NYSE       38.99       -13.5       0.36 
McDonald's                     MCD     NYSE      101.30       -13.0       0.52 
Johnson & Johnson              JNJ     NYSE       65.24       -12.4       0.54 
3M                             MMM     NYSE       86.02       -10.5       0.41 
Wal-Mart Stores                WMT     NYSE       60.81       -10.2       0.38 
eBay                           EBAY    NASD       32.20        -9.2       0.38 
Morgan Stanley                 MS      NYSE       18.52        -8.4       0.58 
ExxonMobil                     XOM     NYSE       87.73        -8.2       0.73 
Cisco Systems                  CSCO    NASD       20.00        -7.9       0.64 
EQT Corp                       EQT     NYSE       49.41        -7.8       0.58 
pricelinecom                   PCLN    NASD      518.23        -7.6       0.62 
Johnson Controls               JCI     NYSE       31.50        -7.0       0.67

Heat map

A/D Line

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52 Week Highs and Lows

NYSE

New Highs 82 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Aircastle Ltd                 AYR         14.38               21,550 
Alliance CA Municipal         AKP         15.10               11,139 
AllianceBrnstn NtlMun         AFB         15.12               15,981 
Amer Fincl Grp                AFG         37.80               15,543 
Amer Vanguard                 AVD         15.18                9,225 
Applied Indus Tech            AIT         38.88               32,421 
Banco De Chile                BCH         91.36                2,707 
Beam Inc                      BEAM        52.85               96,911 
BlackRock CA Municipal Tr     BFZ         15.16                9,507 
BlackRock Long-Term Muni      BTA         12.05                5,043 
BlkRk MuniHldgs II            MUH         16.07                6,874 
BlkRk MuniHldgs               MHD         17.28                7,185 
BlkRk MuniHldgs Quality       MUS         14.45                9,071 
BlkRk MuniYield               MYD         15.21               11,042 
Brown Forman B                BF/B        82.55               85,669 
Chubb Corp                    CB          71.44              226,480 
Citizens Inc                  CIA         10.21                6,060 
Cobalt Intl Engy              CIE         21.06              178,418 
DWS Muni Inco                 KTF         13.99               31,289 
Delphi Automotive             DLPH        25.42               18,444 
Digital Realty Trust          DLR         68.50               48,354 
Dreyfus Strat Muni Bond       DSM         8.88                18,808 
Ecopetrol                     EC          51.00               39,677 
Education Realty Trust        EDR         10.73               39,784 
Enterprise Pdts Partners      EPD         49.10              139,284 
Equifax Inc                   EFX         39.94               16,041 
Extra Space Storage           EXR         25.58               45,012 
FNB Corp                      FNB         12.54               86,497 
Fed Premier Intemediate       FPT         14.56                8,829 
Fidelity Ntl Financial        FNF         17.74              168,209 
Fst Niagara Finl Pfd B        FNFGpB      26.43                5,560 
Foot Locker                   FL          26.38              279,681 
HBFuller                      FUL         27.44               75,758 
Gazit-Globe                   GZT         10.06               15,835 
GE Cap 6.1% PINES 111532      GEC         26.08                7,370 
John Hancock Pfd Income       HPI         22.41                9,261 
John Hancock Pfd Inc III      HPS         17.95                6,548 
Health Net                    HNT         36.31               20,801 
InvenSense                    INVN        15.88              165,856 
Invesco Mun Prem Inc          PIA         9.06                 7,588 
Invesco Quality Mun Secs      IQM         15.14                4,056 
Invesco Value Mun Secs        IMS         15.18                2,540 
Invesco VK MuniOpp            VMO         14.88              235,664 
Inv Vn Km NJ                  VTJ         17.73                3,173 
Kayne Anderson Engy Dev       KED         21.89               16,857 
Kayne Andrsn Midstr Engy      KMF         25.94               20,780 
Kinder Morgan Energy          KMP         87.82               83,768 
Kinder Morgan                 KMI         34.25              147,401 
MFS Govt Mkts Income Tr       MGF         7.16                41,908 
MarkWest                      MWE         57.22               50,780 
Michael Kors Holdings         KORS        29.79              210,551 
Nike Inc                      NKE         102.54             401,511 
Nuveen CA Div Fnd             NAC         14.69               11,518 
Nuveen CA Investment          NQC         15.15                4,562 
Nuveen CA Muni Mkt            NCO         14.95                3,202 
Nuveen CA Performance         NCP         15.24                6,966 
Nuveen California Select      NVC         15.54                8,312 
Nuveen Div Fnd                NAD         14.79                7,718 
Nuveen Muni Mkt Opp           NMO         14.31               19,754 
Nuveen NJ Investment Qual     NQJ         14.67                7,094 
Nuveen Quality Income         NQU         14.94               16,536 
Old Natl Bancorp              ONB         12.55               33,904 
PVH Corp.                     PVH         77.44               37,816 
Pacific Drilling              PACD        10.04                2,200 
PIMCO CA                      PZC         10.29               14,761 
Pimco Muni Inc II             PML         12.34              392,907 
Plains All Amer Pipeline      PAA         75.98               45,827 
Precision Castparts           PCP         179.29              53,522 
Pretium Resources             PVG         16.32               13,861 
RSC Hldgs                     RRR         20.31              270,764 
Rentech Nitrogen Ptrs LP.     RNF         22.17               48,774 
Rex American Resources        REX         24.76                3,272 
Roper Indus                   ROP         95.23               46,157 
Sempra Energy                 SRE         56.59              423,715 
Sensient Tech                 SXT         40.34               10,102 
Sovran Self Storage           SSS         45.23                9,437 
SpectraEnergy                 SE          31.75              154,083 
Taubman Ctrs                  TCO         65.80               11,030 
Torchmark                     TMK         45.94               61,526 
Tyler Tech                    TYL         35.11                8,621 
Wstrn Asset Mngd Muni         MMU         13.90               20,068 
Williams Ptnrs un             WPZ         64.71               20,406 

New Lows 0 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------

NASDAQ

New Highs 35 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Altisource Ptfl Sol SA        ASPS        52.19               74,774 
American Dental Ptnrs         ADPI        18.99                3,481 
Ames National                 ATLO        20.80                  600 
Ascena Retail Group           ASNA        35.82               25,016 
Blackbaud                     BLKB        30.44                3,525 
Cal-Maine Foods               CALM        38.00               10,357 
Chemical Fincl                CHFC        22.42                2,703 
Churchill Downs               CHDN        54.92                3,256 
Comcast A Sp                  CMCSK       25.58              380,280 
Community Trust Bancorp       CTBI        31.00                4,717 
Cost Plus                     CPWM        13.11              197,743 
Curis                         CRIS        4.80                66,540 
Equinix                       EQIX        116.59             196,248 
Expedia                       EXPE        31.50              355,415 
Forward Air                   FWRD        36.41                8,955 
Fred's                        FRED        14.95               17,520 
Halozyme Therapeutics         HALO        10.88               50,775 
Hibbett Sports                HIBB        48.94                8,072 
Intel                         INTC        26.73           11,491,219 
Intl Bancshares               IBOC        19.97               17,467 
Intuit                        INTU        57.58              202,172 
Jacksonville Bancorp          JXSB        14.29                  300 
Lincoln Electric Hldgs        LECO        42.74                9,207 
magicJack VocalTec            CALL        15.96               23,640 
Microsoft                     MSFT        29.93           17,010,104 
Mid-Con Engy Ptrs L.P. Un     MCEP        19.70                6,599 
Mission West Properties       MSW         9.48                 1,700 
Monster Beverage              MNST        104.87              56,265 
Papa John's Intl              PZZA        39.26                6,323 
Pinnacle Fincl Partners       PNFP        16.99               20,598 
PwrShrs QQQ Tr Series 1       QQQ         60.10            5,063,411 
Superior Uniform              SGC         13.50                  700 
US Home Systems               USHS        8.00                31,053 
VOXX International            VOXX        13.07               42,248 
Volterra Semiconductor        VLTR        29.40              180,542 

New Lows 5 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Columbia Laboratories         CBRX        0.65             5,086,833 
Dataram                       DRAM        0.77                   390 
Marchex   (Cl B)              MCHX        4.86                28,939 
NCI                           NCIT        7.60                51,261 
ProShr Ul Sh QQQ              SQQQ        15.69              221,979

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Most Active Options Trades

-CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
RDN        5/19/12           3.5000        2205            0.5000      up 0.0000 
JPM        1/19/13          45.0000        1647            1.5700      up 0.0500 
BAC        2/18/12           8.0000        1249            0.1200      up 0.0300 
ABX        4/21/12          50.0000        1243            1.3100      up 0.0900 
INHX       3/17/12          26.0000        1238            0.4000      dn 0.1000 
DTV        2/18/12          43.0000        1217            1.2500      up 0.1200 
BAC        2/18/12           7.0000        1176            0.5200      up 0.1500 
YHOO       2/18/12          16.0000        1145            0.4500      dn 0.1500 
GE         4/21/12          20.0000        1050            0.4300      dn 0.0200 
MHR        1/19/13          10.0000        1000            0.3200      dn 0.1300 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
MMR        2/18/12          12.0000       10076            0.7000      dn 0.0900 
MMR        3/17/12          12.0000       10000            1.3400      up 0.0000 
IGT        2/18/12          16.0000        2037            0.4700      up 0.1200 
MPC        2/18/12          30.0000        1500            0.2000      up 0.0600 
BAC        2/18/12           8.0000        1383            0.7800      dn 0.2300 
GE         4/21/12          17.0000        1000            0.3300      up 0.0100 
YHOO       1/27/12          16.0000         898            0.4000      up 0.0300 
HAL        4/21/12          32.0000         853            1.5100      up 0.1800 
CPN        6/16/12          15.0000         742            1.0500      dn 0.0500 
FST        5/19/12          13.0000         650            1.4000      dn 0.4000 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
242212    241575        483787
 -CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
BAC        2/18/12           8.0000         368            0.1200      up 0.0400 
SLB        1/27/12          72.5000         243            1.6900      dn 1.9100 
SLB        2/18/12          77.5000         243            0.6700      dn 0.1600 
BAC        2/18/12           7.0000         213            0.5200      up 0.1500 
TIF        2/18/12          77.5000         200            0.0500      up 0.0000 
HAL        2/18/12          35.0000         187            1.5500      dn 0.7200 
RIMM       2/18/12          14.0000         150            2.2500      dn 1.0000 
BAC        3/17/12           8.0000         127            0.2400      up 0.0700 
ABX        2/18/12          50.0000         123            0.3500      dn 0.1400 
SUN        5/19/12          42.0000         114            0.5000      dn 0.1000 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
HD         5/19/12          38.0000         680            0.7200      up 0.0200 
BAC        2/18/12           8.0000         480            0.7800      dn 0.2400 
HD         5/19/12          42.0000         340            1.5600      up 0.2100 
MSFT       2/18/12          30.0000         165            0.8300      dn 0.0600 
YHOO       1/27/12          16.0000         115            0.4100      up 0.0600 
SUN        5/19/12          30.0000         114            0.4700      dn 4.5300 
JPM        2/18/12          34.0000         104            0.1900      dn 0.0800 
CHK        2/18/12          21.0000          98            0.4400      dn 0.6300 
MSFT       1/27/12          28.0000          97            0.0100      dn 0.0300 
QCOM       2/18/12          57.5000          86            1.3000      dn 0.3700 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
15570    11551        27121

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