QQQQ Morning Update

Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 8:50 AM EST

Closing prices:
44.14 +0.06 +0.14%
Impressed by Intel's Earnings

Intermediate-term outlook: BEARISH
Short-term outlook: BEARISH
Very short-term outlook: BULLISH
TODAY'S PRE-MARKET SENTIMENT: BULLISH
Current (8:40 am ET) QQQQ pre-market price: 44.77 +0.63 +1.43%

Intel (INTC) should power up tech shares today. Intel's sales forecast will provide some relief from economic data pointing to flagging consumer demand. The NASDAQ market is expected to bottom out in coming days. The preceding day candlestick pattern (hammer) was very bullish. Nevertheless, a lot depends on IBM earnings scheduled for today.

Preceding day market actions:
None

Current open positions:
1. Bull Debit Call Spread (opened on 11/29/07, 12/06/07, 12/07/07, 12/21/07, rolled on 01/07/08 and 01/28/07)
Long QQQFV Jun 48 Call
Short QQQFY Jun 51 Call
Average Debit 3.401
2. Bull Debit Call Spread (opened on 01/07/08, rolled on 02/13/08)
Long QQQFT Jun 46 Call
Short QQQFW Jun 49 Call
Total Debit 3.18
3. Long OZCAR Jan9 44 Call (bought at 5.33 on 2/5/08)
4. Bull Debit Call Spread (opened on 3/28/08)
Long QQQEO QQQQ May 41 Call
Short QQQER QQQQ May 44 Call
Debit 2.25
5. QQQQ (bought on 4/2/08 at 45.91, target 46.60)
6. Bull Debit Call Spread (opened 4/2/08):
Bought to Open QQQEP QQQQ May 42 Call
Sold to Open QQQES QQQQ May 45 Call
Debit 2.19, Target 2.41
7. Long UQQFR QQQQ Q2 Jun 44 Call (bought on 4/8/08 at 3.20, target 3.52)

Alerts:
None

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