Tuesday, January 18th, 2005
1) At the close of Today, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratio ($wPCR) for major Indicieswere:
| Symbol | Name | $wPCR | Signal | Chart Reference |
| SPX | S&P-500 | 1.86 | BEARISH | $wPCR Chart |
| NDX | NASDAQ-100 | 0.76 | BEARISH | $wPCR Chart |
| BBH | BioTech HOLDRS | 0.77 | NEUTRAL | $wPCR Chart |
| SMH | Semiconductor HOLDRS | 0.89 | NEUTRAL | $wPCR Chart |
| XLF | AMEX Financial SPDR | 1.06 | NEUTRAL | $wPCR Chart |
2) At the Close of Today, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratio ($wPCR) Engine picked thefollowing stocks as good SHORT candidates due to their BEARISH (very high p/cratio) reading:
| Symbol | Name | $wPCR | Chart Reference |
| IACI | InterActive Corp. | 8.89 | $wPCR Chart |
| NFLX | Neflix | 5.99 | $wPCR Chart |
| GM | General Motors | 6.21 | $wPCR Chart |
3) And, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratio Engine picked the following stocks as good LONGcandidates due to their BULLISH (very low p/c ratio) reading:
| Symbol | Name | $wPCR | Chart Reference |
| PG | Proctor & Gamble | 0.00 | $wPCR Chart |
| SNE | SONY Corp ADR | 0.04 | No $wPCR Chart |
| HAL | Halliburton Co. | 0.05 | $wPCR Chart |
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Please note that dollar-weighted put/call ratio's forward-looking window is from one tothree trading days from the signal day (why? in a capsule form, it has to do the pressurethe options market makers are under to stay delta neutral while dealing with the 3-daystock settlement rule). Once you are in the trade, you should monitor the up-to-datedollar-weighted put/call ratio reading as confirmation of the trade's direction; or, incase of reversal of the dollar-weighted put/call ratio reading, as an exit signal.
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