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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005

1) At the Close of Today, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratios ($wPCR) for Broad-basedMarket Indices (where very high $wPCR readings are BULLISH) and Narrow-based SectorIndices (where very low $wPCR readings are BULLISH) were:

Symbol	Name	$wPCR	Signal	Chart Reference
SPX	S&P-500	2.37	BEARISH	$wPCR Chart
NDX	NASDAQ-100	1.30	BEARISH	$wPCR Chart
BBH	BioTech HOLDRS	1.19	NEUTRAL	$wPCR Chart
SMH	Semiconductor HOLDRS	6.00	BEARISH	$wPCR Chart
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR	1.08	NEUTRAL	$wPCR Chart
XLE	Energy Select Sector SPDR	0.21	BULLISH	No $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 $w P/CRatio) reading:

Symbol	Name	$wPCR	Chart Reference
FRE	Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp.	10.00	$wPCR Chart
PDLI	Protein Design Labs	4.85	$wPCR Chart
BSC	Bear Stearn & Co.	3.80	$wPCR Chart

3) And, our Dollar-weighted Put/Call Ratio Engine picked the following stocks as goodLONG candidates due to their BULLISH (very low $w P/C Ratio) reading:

Symbol	Name	$wPCR	Chart Reference
HMY	Harmony Gold Mng Co ADR	0.06	$wPCR Chart
MU	Micron Technology	0.06	$wPCR Chart
ADI	Analog Devices	0.17	$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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