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OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
AAPL       4/21/12        630.0000         227           11.7100      dn 3.3800 
BAC        4/21/12         10.0000         226            0.1300      dn 0.0600 
BAC        4/21/12          9.0000         212            0.5500      dn 0.1100 
AAPL       4/21/12        650.0000         212            5.3000      dn 1.9500 
AAPL       5/19/12        600.0000         199           44.5000      dn 2.9500 
SBUX       4/21/12         57.5000         168            1.0900      up 0.3600 
AAPL       4/5/12         630.0000         151            2.2000      dn 2.8000 
JPM        4/21/12         48.0000         134            0.1500      dn 0.0900 
RIMM       4/5/12          13.0000         125            0.3200      up 0.0200 
AMZN       4/5/12         205.0000         124            0.1500      dn 0.3300 

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OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
BAC        4/5/12           9.0000         361            0.0300      up 0.0000 
BAC        4/21/12          9.0000         211            0.2400      up 0.0500 
GLD        4/21/12        156.0000         183            1.5400      up 0.6400 
F          6/16/12         10.0000         110            0.0800      up 0.0200 
AAPL       4/5/12         620.0000         104            2.8300      up 0.7800 
GLD        4/21/12        152.0000         102            0.5600      up 0.2500 
GLD        4/21/12        157.0000         100            1.8200      up 0.6800 
RIMM       4/21/12         13.0000          96            0.5800      dn 0.0300 
GPS        4/21/12         26.0000          94            0.6000      up 0.0400 
PBR        4/21/12         24.0000          84            0.2200      up 0.1000 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
14143    21569        35712

-CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
STX        4/5/12          28.0000        3827            0.1900      dn 0.1700 
SNDK       4/21/12         50.0000        3057            0.2000      dn 1.3200 
AAPL       4/5/12         625.0000        2052            4.4000      dn 3.3500 
ANR        9/22/12         19.0000        2035            1.0900      up 0.1900 
AAPL       4/5/12         630.0000        1918            2.2900      dn 2.7100 
GLD        5/19/12        160.0000        1756            2.7200      dn 0.8800 
AAPL       4/5/12         635.0000        1393            1.1200      dn 1.9300 
GMCR       4/5/12          45.0000        1387            0.5700      dn 0.3800 
GMCR       4/5/12          47.0000        1341            0.1300      dn 0.1700 
GLD        12/22/12       210.0000        1336            1.2500      dn 0.0900 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
AAPL       4/5/12         620.0000        2674            2.8000      up 0.7000 
CBS        5/19/12         33.0000        1720            1.1500      up 0.2500 
CBS        5/19/12         30.0000        1720            0.3500      up 0.0500 
GLD        5/19/12        156.0000        1486            2.9000      up 0.8000 
C          4/21/12         34.0000        1385            0.5300      up 0.2200 
AAPL       4/5/12         615.0000        1338            1.5000      up 0.2600 
GLD        4/21/12        156.0000        1193            1.5400      up 0.6400 
GRPN       4/21/12         18.0000        1071            3.3000      dn 0.1000 
GS         4/21/12        115.0000        1049            1.2100      up 0.2700 
RIMM       4/21/12         13.0000         899            0.5800      dn 0.0200 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
267575    250433        518008

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Gapping up

MAGS +21.7%,  MON +2%, GMXR +35.2%,  ZNGA +1.7% , MIND +11%,  NOOF +12.5%, PLUG +7.7%, AMLN +2.5%,

CHTR +0.8%, AIG +1.1% ,  CIEN +1%,  SBUX +0.7% ,

Gapping down

SNDK -7.5%, HOV -4.3%, GFI -3.8%, HMY -3.7%, RIO -3.5%, MT -3.5%, BCS -3.4%,

AU -2.9%, RIG -2.9%, BBL -2.4%, DB -2.4%, STO -1.8%, CCL -1.8%, BP -1.6%, SLV -1.5%,

GDX -1.5%, BHP -1.3%, TOT -1.2%,

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A lack of global coal demand took down Australia’s trade deficit for a second month…

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Global markets are said to be down due to a potential halting of fed easing…

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Asia

Europe

Futures

Currencies

Commodities

LIBOR, EURIBOR, 10 year yields for Italy, Spain, France, and Germany

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Jez Liberty has published his monthly trend following index.

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Asia

S&P Futures

[youtube://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLCupyGi0pg&feature=related 450 300]

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A flurry of selling pressure has undercut the major equity averages. The action has taken the Dow down to a new session low. Still, its loss remains only modest in size.

Financials and Energy stocks are leading the downside action. Both sectors are grappling with losses of 0.8%, which makes them today’s poorest performing groups. Energy stocks, in particular, have been hurt by players in the oil and gas drilling industry, whereas Financials have been hampered by losses among the likes of Bank of America (BAC 9.56, -0.12), JPMorgan Chase (JPM 45.38, -0.44), Morgan Stanley (MS 19.52, -0.29), and Goldman Sachs (GS 123.15, -1.75). DJ30 -38.15 NASDAQ +1.41 SP500 -3.76 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 930/515 mln/1400 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1235/190 mln/1600

Market Update

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3D heat map

S&P A/D Line

NASDAQ A/D Line

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 -CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
AAPL       4/5/12         630.0000         377            6.2800      up 4.0500 
F          4/21/12         13.0000         370            0.2500      up 0.1100 
AAPL       4/5/12         635.0000         310            4.2000      up 2.9500 
HAL        4/21/12         35.0000         300            0.2700      dn 0.0900 
AAPL       4/5/12         640.0000         180            2.4300      up 1.6700 
AAPL       4/21/12        650.0000         140            7.3000      up 2.4500 
GIS        10/20/12        41.0000         116            0.8000      up 0.0500 
AMZN       4/21/12        205.0000         115            2.7600      up 0.3600 
AAPL       4/21/12        620.0000         108           20.6500      up 5.5200 
AAPL       4/5/12         650.0000         107            1.1800      up 0.9100 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
BRCD       7/21/12          3.5000         276            0.0400      up 0.0200 
BRCD       5/19/12          2.5000         270            0.0100      dn 0.0300 
AAPL       4/5/12         625.0000         210            5.1000      dn 6.1500 
AMD        4/21/12          5.0000         184            0.0100      dn 0.0100 
RIMM       6/16/12         12.0000         174            0.6600      up 0.1400 
AAPL       4/5/12         620.0000         151            3.1000      dn 4.1000 
BRCD       7/21/12          3.0000         138            0.0400      dn 0.0900 
BRCD       7/21/12          4.0000         138            0.0600      up 0.0100 
BRCD       5/19/12          3.0000         135            0.0200      dn 0.0400 
BRCD       5/19/12          2.0000         135            0.0200      dn 0.0200 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
8762    10301        19063

-CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
F          5/19/12         14.0000        5057            0.1700      up 0.0600 
AAPL       4/5/12         630.0000        4474            6.3000      up 4.0400 
AAPL       4/5/12         625.0000        3155            8.7000      up 5.1000 
AAPL       4/5/12         635.0000        3068            4.2000      up 2.9400 
PZG        9/22/12          2.5000        2937            0.4500      up 0.1500 
AAPL       4/21/12        630.0000        2763           14.7500      up 4.0000 
BAC        4/5/12          10.0000        2613            0.0200      dn 0.0200 
AAPL       4/5/12         620.0000        2364           12.1000      up 6.2500 
AAPL       4/5/12         640.0000        2276            2.7000      up 1.9500 
F          4/21/12         13.0000        2006            0.2500      up 0.1000 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
AAPL       5/19/12        630.0000        1894           30.7600      dn 4.1400 
RIMM       4/21/12         13.0000        1824            0.3100      up 0.1000 
AAPL       5/19/12        605.0000        1721           20.0600      dn 2.4900 
AAPL       4/5/12         610.0000        1624            1.3000      dn 1.7700 
AAPL       4/5/12         615.0000        1558            2.1000      dn 2.7000 
AAPL       4/5/12         620.0000        1553            3.2500      dn 3.7500 
LVS        4/5/12          57.5000        1247            0.4000      dn 0.1100 
AAPL       4/5/12         625.0000        1237            5.2200      dn 4.8800 
AAPL       4/5/12         600.0000        1174            0.6400      dn 0.6000 
AAPL       4/5/12         605.0000        1120            0.8700      dn 1.1000 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
272638    202694        475332

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NYSE

New Highs 88 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME
-------                       ------      ----                ------
AES Tr III 6.75% Tr pfd.      AESpC       50.14                  882
Airgas Inc                    ARG         90.48               57,631
Amer Campus Communities       ACC         45.49               75,508
Amer Vanguard                 AVD         23.97              170,790
Amphenol                      APH         61.84               77,664
Anheuser Busch                BUD         73.92               90,473
Arabian American Dev          ARSD        10.60              103,402
Asbury Automotive             ABG         28.68              107,140
Avalonbay Communities         AVB         141.73              46,233
Ball Corp                     BLL         43.22              108,919
Bluegreen Corp                BXG         4.57                 5,700
Carlisle Cos                  CSL         52.70               46,500
Church & Dwight               CHD         49.95               42,079
Coca-Cola Femsa               KOF         108.88              29,692
Colgate-Palmolive             CL          98.76              278,406
Colonial Properties Tr        CLP         22.08               65,404
Community Bank Sys            CBU         29.47               31,678
CompanhiaSBEDP                SBS         80.79               41,994
Energ Gerais-Cemig C          CIG/C       21.77                  800
Cons Ed 4.65% pfd. C          EDpC        102.00               1,000
Constellation Brands A        STZ         24.43              452,038
Constellation Brands B        STZ/B       24.38                  200
Copa Hldgs Cl A               CPA         81.00               23,430
Core Labs                     CLB         134.99              45,469
Credicorp                     BAP         134.88              36,730
Culp Inc                      CFI         11.78                8,460
DWS Hi Incm Opps Fd           DHG         16.25                9,301
Douglas Emmett                DEI         23.17               52,391
EastGroup Properties          EGP         51.05               92,726
Ecopetrol                     EC          62.69               55,722
Education Realty Trust        EDR         10.99               57,087
El Paso Corp                  EP          30.53            1,140,154
Equity One                    EQY         20.43               31,753
Family Dollar                 FDO         65.21              673,092
GNC Holdings A                GNC         35.60              533,841
Gazit-Globe                   GZT         10.80               19,028
Global Cash Access            GCA         8.17                97,254
Group 1 Auto                  GPI         59.73              117,340
Haemonetics                   HAE         71.50               11,281
Health Net                    HNT         40.52              104,079
Hitachi Ltd                   HIT         66.99               24,208
Hospitality Properties Tr     HPT         26.92               57,374
Imperva                       IMPV        41.07                1,760
IBM                           IBM         210.61             714,606
Jarden Corp                   JAH         40.89               50,054
Just Energy Group             JE          14.14               31,391
KKR Finl 7.5% Notes 2042      KFI         25.10               12,194
Kayne Andrsn Midstr Engy      KMF         28.17               38,950
Kenneth Cole                  KCP         16.39                5,516
Kilroy Realty                 KRC         47.29               41,136
Kinder Morgan                 KMI         40.25              425,154
LeapFrog Cl A                 LF          8.69                59,279
Liberty Property Tr           LRY         36.28               66,612
Macy's Inc                    M           40.98              670,726
McGraw-Hill                   MHP         48.89              126,908
McKesson Corp                 MCK         88.92              104,103
Myers Industries              MYE         15.50               17,254
Novo Nordisk                  NVO         151.16             101,783
Nuveen Ins CA                 NXC         15.15                  774
Nuveen Ohio Qual Income       NUO         17.92                7,951
Omnicare Inc                  OCR         36.31              403,556
Par Pharma                    PRX         40.00               20,777
Polaris Indus                 PII         75.41              107,141
Post Properties               PPS         47.98               56,220
Primerica                     PRI         26.57               87,993
Primus Telecommunications     PTGI        16.40                1,200
RSC Hldgs                     RRR         23.12               32,516
Roundys                       RNDY        11.98              577,373
Select Income REIT            SIR         23.59                8,225
Sempra Energy                 SRE         62.47              464,106
Simon Property Group          SPG         147.14              92,515
JM Smucker                    SJM         81.97               68,630
Sovran Self Storage           SSS         50.91                4,666
Stewart Info Svcs             STC         14.87               22,686
Sturm Ruger                   RGR         52.99               98,506
Sun Communities               SUI         44.05               14,670
Taro Pharmaceutical Indus     TARO        39.94               10,215
Tempur-Pedic                  TPX         85.93               74,510
Tennant Co                    TNC         46.24               17,685
Teradata Cp                   TDC         70.00              101,607
Textron Inc                   TXT         29.18              511,078
Thai Fund Inc                 TTF         16.13                6,500
Thermon Group Holdings        THR         22.10               23,949
Total Sys Svcs                TSS         23.28               52,846
Tyler Tech                    TYL         39.60               10,307
Utd Rentals                   URI         44.71              166,044
Virtus Glbl MultiSector       VGI         20.25               57,107
Xinyuan Real Estate           XIN         3.95               294,931 

New Lows 8 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME
-------                       ------      ----                ------
BlackRock Utility & Infr      BUI         17.65              159,810
Christopher & Banks           CBK         1.84                 7,127
EXCO Resources                XCO         6.48               871,887
GasLog Ltd                    GLOG        12.25              122,789
Memc Elec Materials           WFR         3.45             1,163,192
NTT DOCOMO Inc                DCM         16.54               45,767
Supervalu                     SVU         5.50             1,065,774
YPF SA                        YPF         23.50              472,253

NASDAQ

New Highs 68 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME
-------                       ------      ----                ------
Aceto                         ACET        9.98                22,577
Acorn Energy                  ACFN        11.25               33,765
Align Technology              ALGN        28.99               53,310
Amsurg                        AMSG        28.33               10,397
Analogic                      ALOG        69.72                5,724
Apple                         AAPL        631.29           7,525,581
Arctic Cat                    ACAT        44.42               32,724
Array BioPharma               ARRY        3.53               140,279
Bank of The Ozarks            OZRK        32.19                9,841
BBC Capital Trust II 8.5%     BBXT        32.30                2,700
CalAmp                        CAMP        5.38                17,064
Carmike Cinemas               CKEC        14.92               14,787
Carrols Restaurant Group      TAST        15.89                9,987
Chefs' Warehouse              CHEF        27.26                3,810
Citizens Republic Bancorp     CRBC        15.85                6,570
Columbia Banking System       COLB        23.45                4,561
Computer Task                 CTGX        15.53                3,191
Conn's                        CONN        19.83              584,035
Descartes Systems Group       DSGX        9.29                 4,978
Discovery Comm A              DISCA       51.19               99,199
EnteroMedics                  ETRM        2.85               396,986
Equinix                       EQIX        161.56             128,228
eResearch Tech                ERT         8.08                33,362
Euronet Worldwide             EEFT        21.34               18,937
FEI Co                        FEIC        49.92                6,178
F5 Networks                   FFIV        138.80             285,847
Fiserv                        FISV        70.67               61,011
Fonar Corp                    FONR        3.24               153,482
Hackett Group                 HCKT        6.28                24,120
Hain Celestial Group          HAIN        45.70               50,025
Heritage Commerce             HTBK        6.77                13,905
Home BancShares               HOMB        27.29                4,238
ICU Medical                   ICUI        50.43                4,327
Infinity Pharmaceuticals      INFI        12.55               22,756
Integrated Silicon Sol        ISSI        11.50               21,861
Interval Leisure Gp           IILG        17.88                4,748
iShrNasdaqBiotch              IBB         124.70              37,280
Madison Square Garden         MSG         34.80               13,695
Medivation                    MDVN        78.40              197,114
Monster Beverage              MNST        63.74              101,237
O'Reilly Automotive           ORLY        94.00              107,482
On Assignment                 ASGN        18.30               31,500
PDF Solutions                 PDFS        8.59                13,276
PLX Tech                      PLXT        4.23                14,767
Pacer Intl                    PACR        6.53                98,735
Parametric Tech               PMTC        28.80              145,939
Peapack Gladstone             PGC         14.20                1,477
PwrShs S&P SmCp Hlth Cre      PSCH        35.74                  860
Pozen                         POZN        6.51               283,754
ProShs Ult Nsdq Biotech       BIB         98.03                  752
Quality Distribution          QLTY        14.12               19,819
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals     REGN        121.75             115,603
Repligen                      RGEN        6.25                38,140
Retalix                       RTLX        19.05                9,960
Ryanair Hldgs PLC (ADS)       RYAAY       36.82               70,145
SXC Health Solutions          SXCI        78.75              378,164
A Schulman                    SHLM        27.96               13,940
Shuffle Master                SHFL        18.73              109,413
Smith & Wesson Hldg           SWHC        8.60               486,420
Snyders-Lance                 LNCE        26.38               12,785
Spirit Airlines               SAVE        21.18              183,061
Starbucks                     SBUX        56.94              647,022
Tractor Supply Co             TSCO        92.86              125,976
US Ecology                    ECOL        22.30               11,474
Ulta Salon Cosmetics          ULTA        95.15              133,246
VeriSign                      VRSN        39.17              229,756
Waterstone Fincl              WSBF        3.28                 2,300
Zumiez                        ZUMZ        38.65               72,354 

New Lows 12 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME
-------                       ------      ----                ------
A123 Sys Inc                  AONE        0.92             1,380,940
Analog Devices                ADI         39.54              268,413
CafePress                     PRSS        17.24               12,876
First Solar                   FSLR        23.33            1,302,918
Giga-Tronics                  GIGA        1.13                 4,128
MDC Partners  (Cl A)          MDCA        10.88                6,436
Nexxus Lighting               NEXS        0.51               102,890
SMART Technologies            SMT         2.95                 5,002
SatCon Tech                   SATC        0.30               386,093
Sunshine Heart                SSH         8.50                   200
Swisher Hygiene               SWSH        2.04               275,669
YRC Worldwide                 YRCW        6.26                18,156

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Just a buc 50 away from new highs….

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“NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Shares of the following companies were among those making notable moves ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. stock-market open:

Advancers

CVR Energy Inc.’s CVI +1.68%  shares climbed 6% after investor Carl Icahn said 55% of its outstanding shares were tendered into his $2.26 billion, or $30 a share, unsolicited bid for the crude-oil refiner.

Vringo Inc.’s VRNG +6.45%  shares jumped nearly 12%. Tech Crunch’s James Altucher argued in a posting Saturday that the maker of social-networking software’s patent suit against Google Inc. GOOG +0.17%   could prove lucrative. Read his viewpoint.

Decliners

Uranium Energy Corp.’s UEC -6.48%   shares skidded 6.7% to $3.60 a day after it said it would conduct a secondary public offering of nearly 5.6 million shares priced at $3.60 each. “

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Cavium Inc. (CAVM) fell 3.4 percent to $29.52. The San Jose, California-based chipmaker forecast revenue in the first quarter will fall as much as 7 percent from the prior quarter.

CVR Energy Inc. (CVI) gained 7 percent to $29.10. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn extended to April 30 the deadline for his unsolicited offer for the producer of refined products and fertilizer, after 55 percent of shares were tendered under his $30-a-share bid for the company.

Guidewire Software Inc. (GWRE) (GWRE US) fell 5 percent to $28.50. The developer of software for the property and casualty insurance industry filed plans to offer 7.5 million shares.

Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack (PBY US): The Philadelphia- based automotive retailer reported a fourth-quarter loss of 8 cents a share, compared with the average analyst estimate of a 13-cent profit.

Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (SIAL) : The maker of chemicals for research laboratories acquired biomedical supplier Research Organics Inc. Terms of the deal weren’t undisclosed. The St. Louis-based company said the deal will be “neutral” to earnings in 2012.

Solazyme Inc. (SZYM) (SZYM US) rose 6.8 percent to $15.28. The maker of oil products from genetically modified algae formed a joint venture with Bunge Ltd. (BG) for a commercial-scale renewable tailored oils production facility in Brazil.

Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) fell 6.5 percent to $3.61. The developer of a mine in Texas said it plans to sell up to 5.6 million shares at $3.60 each.

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