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Our focus is on the development of proprietary geodesic models that characterize the behavior of leveraged long/short ETFs in pairs trades using first principles of Hamilton-Lagrange-Euler mechanics. Because of tracking errors & daily compounding phenomena, equal weightings of leveraged ETFs in a pairs trade are virtually never 50-50. Daily data & graphics will show subscribers where neutral pair weightings have moved along the path of the pairs geodesic thereby providing multiple market direction & re-balance indicators.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

SDS-SSO Model Update - May 12, 2009

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Today's Commentary

today's trading on the major averages were flip-floppy but not that exciting to watch from my vantage point. the Nasdaq composite was down virtually the entire day while the Dow 30 and S&P 500 were mostly + or - trying to figure out which way they wanted to go. both market indexes looked like they were going to demonstrably finish in positive territory only to run into a late day sell-off. closing results were as follows:

Symbol___Last______Change
Dow______8,469.11___50.34___0.60%
Nasdaq___1,715.92__-15.32__(0.88%)

S&P 500____908.35___-0.89__(0.10%) source: Yahoo! Finance

Not much changed in model parameters compared to yesterday. the spread between neutral weightings continues to widen and slowly approaching levels a year prior in May-2008 which were slightly below extreme values experienced in Oct-2008, Nov-2008 & Mar-2009. the reversal from Mar-2009 lows has been dramatic and in my opinion to much too fast for a sane market recovery scenario.

as usual, stay cool headed and wait for EOD data to make trading decisions ahead of time. according to the thesis of the model, a years gains or losses aren't made in 1 day, which means don't fret emotional intraday market activity.
best regards,
mike james

Managing Member
Equity Informatics, LLC
phone:302-220-3864

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