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I am planning to add a premium section to the Trade-Radar web site. This members-only area will consist of content similar to Alert HQ but more unique. In fact, I will be naming it Alert HQ Premium and there will be a modest recurring charge to access the data. Tell me what you'd like to see -- I would like to ask readers to submit ideas for content. Tell me what kinds of custom stock screens you would like to see and I'll try to build them. Just to get the ball rolling, let me describe what I have built so far. The following alert lists will be generated three times per week based on our scans of the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX: Value stocks breaking out Reasonable Value Momentum Stocks to Buy on a pullback Dividend Growth at Reasonable Value Over-priced and Over-bought Report Ebb and Flow Report - stocks on the move based on weekly data Top 50 stocks based on Total Return Ratio I think these alert lists will be unique in that I will be combining value analysis and tech...

With respect to the Trade-Radar Stock Inspector software , one of the requests I often get is that I should add a stock scanning facility. Users have said that they like all the analysis features in the software but that it's hard for individuals to unearth those good stocks that look like winners. My reply has usually been that I have already done the scanning for them and the results are available at Alert HQ where I provide free stock picks and alerts. Daily and weekly BUY and SELL signals are available as well as Trend Leaders, Trend Busters, Swing Signals, Gaps and Cash Flow Kings. But wait. There is another alternative: our affiliate friends at MarketClub have a technology they call Smart Scan. Using Smart Scan, you can easily spot winning stocks, futures, precious metals, and currencies that meet one of 24 preset scanning criteria, including uptrends or downtrends. As traders we have 3 potential positions we can take at all times: (1) We can be long the market (2) W...

This post is announcing that Tuesday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. It's been a while since I wrote a post highlighting the latest Alert HQ signals but I want to remind everyone that we have been putting up the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning signals regularly without interruption. Today we have the following: 25 Swing Signals -- 23 BUY signals and 2 SELL signals. 87 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 35 stocks that are new additions to the list and 43 that fell off the previous list. 15 Trend Busters , of which 11 are BUY signals and 4 are SELL signals. 125 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 75 are bearish gaps and 50 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- Over the weekend I wrote that Friday's market action was so bad that it seemed th...

This is a quick post announce that the Thursday Alert HQ signals are available. Predictably, SELL signals predominate. After two weeks of nearly non-stop selling that is no surprise. What is a surprise is that the Swing Signals list is nearly all BUY signals. There are only 20 Swing Signals today but only one is a SELL signal. A preponderance of BUY signals generally suggests that the market is ready to turn up. Should we trust this indication and bet on an upturn? Nineteen BUY signals comprise a shaky foundation for expectations for a rally. After all, today the market was merely less bad so these 19 stocks are a pretty small percentage of the 6000 or so stocks that we evaluated at Alert HQ tonight. Given that we look at so many stocks at Alert HQ I thought I'd show a chart of the Russell 3000 which can be used as an approximation of the whole stock market. So many analyses have focused on the emerging head and shoulders pattern and various support levels. In contrast, t...

This post lists all of this weekend's stock market BUY and SELL signals available at Alert HQ . Today we have the following stock picks and signals: Reversal Alerts based on daily data, we have 68 Alert HQ BUY signals and 4 SELL signals Reversal Alerts based on weekly data, we have 1 Alert HQ BUY signal and 145 SELL signals We have 30 Bollinger Band Breakouts based on daily data and 19 are bullish. We also have 141 Breakouts based on weekly data and 104 of them are bearish. We have 648 Cash Flow Kings 155 Swing Signals -- every one is a BUY signal except a paltry three SELL signals 42 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 18 stocks that are new additions to the list and 8 that fell off the previous list. 107 Trend Busters based on daily data of which all but two are BUY signals. We also have 330 Trend Busters based on weekly data  but in this cas...

This post is announcing that Thursday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 139 Swing Signals -- 139 BUY signals and not one SELL signal. 32 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 21 stocks that are new additions to the list and 6 that fell off the previous list. 69 Trend Busters , of which 65 are BUY signals and 4 are SELL signals. 115 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 66 are bearish gaps and 49 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- Stocks  started the day strongly and finished with a further last minute rally. The result is another set of bullish signals at Alert HQ. We again have unusual proportions of BUY signals. The Swing Signals list is has no SELL signals and the Trend Busters list has only 4 SELL signals. The Trend Leaders list...

This post lists all of this weekend's stock market BUY and SELL signals available at Alert HQ . Today we have the following stock picks and signals: Reversals based on daily data, we have 16 Alert HQ BUY signals and 17 SELL signals Reversals based on weekly data, we have 1 Alert HQ BUY signal and 403 SELL signals We have 34 Bollinger Band Breakouts based on daily data and 204 Breakouts based on weekly data. We have 618 Cash Flow Kings 3 Swing Signals -- every one is a BUY signal 18 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 4 stocks that are new additions to the list and 3 that fell off the previous list. 121 Trend Busters based on daily data of which only 3 are BUY signals. We also have 330 Trend Busters based on weekly data  and only 3 are BUY signals on this list, too. 140 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been c...

This post is a combination of our occasional Weekly Review and the Weekend Winners and Losers available at Alert HQ . Today we have the following stock picks and signals: Reversals based on daily data, we have 20 Alert HQ BUY signals and 9 SELL signals Reversals based on weekly data, we have 2 Alert HQ BUY signal and 331 SELL signals We have 24 Bollinger Band Breakouts based on daily data and 170 Breakouts based on weekly data. We have 605 Cash Flow Kings 76 Swing Signals -- every one is a BUY signal 18 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 4 stocks that are new additions to the list and 3 that fell off the previous list. 28 Trend Busters based on daily data of which 21 are BUY signals. We also have 183 Trend Busters based on weekly data (all are SELL signals!) 179 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. We see 66...

This post is announcing that Thursday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 345 Swing Signals -- 344 BUY signals and 1 SELL signal. 17 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 9 stocks that are new additions to the list and 2 that fell off the previous list. 44 Trend Busters , of which 35 are BUY signals and 9 are SELL signals. 187 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 70 are bearish gaps and 117 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- Stocks popped today and the Alert HQ signals have started to really turn around. The Swing Signals are usually the most responsive indicators and today's list of 345 signals, all but one BUY signals, shows the early signs of  a turnaround. Similarly, the Gap Signals list shows upside gaps strongly outnumbering down...

This post is announcing that Tuesday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 39 Swing Signals -- 38 BUY signals and 1 SELL signal. 10 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 4 stocks that are new additions to the list and 2 that fell off the previous list. 125 Trend Busters , all of which are SELL signals. 159 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 125 are bearish gaps and 34 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- Stocks struggled back from deep losses today but it wasn't enough to shift our Alert HQ signals to full-fledged bullishness. Though the Swing Signals list is bursting with BUY signals, the Trend Leaders list has fallen to an all-time low. The Trend Busters list has swelled but every single stock on the list is generating a SELL signa...

This post is announcing that Tuesday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 20 Swing Signals -- 13 BUY signals and 7 SELL signals. 54 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 24 stocks that are new additions to the list and 29 that fell off the previous list. 44 Trend Busters of which 3 are BUY signals and 41 are SELL signals. 145 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 92 are bearish gaps and 53 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- A decent day turned into a rout and our Alert HQ signals reflect the damage. The Trend Busters list shows that more stocks continue to break down below their previously bullish trend lines. We are seeing more downside gaps than upside gaps. The Trend Leaders list can't seem to increase from all time low levels....

This post is a combination of our Weekly Review (seldom seems to arrive on a weekly basis lately) and the Weekend Winners and Losers available at Alert HQ . Today we have the following stock picks and signals: Reversals based on daily data, we have 11 Alert HQ BUY signals and 121 SELL signals Reversals based on weekly data, we have 1 Alert HQ BUY signal and 140 SELL signals We have 37 Bollinger Band Breakouts based on daily data and 212 Breakouts based on weekly data. We have 599 Cash Flow Kings 14 Swing Signals -- 9 BUY signals and 5 SELL Signals 59 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 11 stocks that are new additions to the list and 17 that fell off the previous list. 30 Trend Busters based on daily data of which 3 are BUY signals. We also have 50 Trend Busters based on weekly data. 283 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed....

This post is announcing that Thursday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 74 Swing Signals -- 74 BUY signals and absolutely no SELL Signals! 65 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 43 stocks that are new additions to the list and 9 that fell off the previous list. 30 Trend Busters of which 22 are BUY signals and 8 are SELL signals. 277 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 68 are bearish gaps and 209 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- Despite the late day sell-off, Alert HQ signals look pretty darn bullish. Though numbers are within more normal ranges, it is significant that for the second time ever we see all BUY signals and no SELL signals on the Swing Trading Signals list. BUY signals outnumber SELL signals on the Trend Busters and ...

This post is announcing that Tuesday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 256 Swing Signals -- 254 BUY signals, no SELL signals and 2 Strong BUYs. A record! 31 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 14 stocks that are new additions to the list and 14 that fell off the previous list. 31 Trend Busters of which 12 are BUY signals and 19 are SELL signals. 282 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 88 are bearish gaps and 194 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- This post evokes a tug of war because of the divergent results we're getting today at Alert HQ. I've never had a list of Swing Trading Signals that was so large and had absolutely no SELL signals. This should be a hugely bullish sign but Alert HQ is also handing us some warning signal...

Instead of doing our usual quick post announcing that the weekend's free stock signals are now available at Alert HQ , I'd like to just focus on a few stocks that are standing out from the crowd. Since almost all the signals at Alert HQ are SELL signals, why dwell on the negative? Instead, I'd like to present eight stocks that are still looking good despite the current pull-back. The following stocks are the only ones that were added to the Trend Leaders list this week. Usually, there are over a hundred stocks that come onto the list in any given week. This time - just eight. What this means is that these eight stocks are exhibiting strong up-trends as measured by Aroon, MACD and DMI analysis. Symbol Name Price DPS Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc $35.72 IDSA Industrial Services of America, Inc. $19.62 CPEX CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $25.25 CBAN Colony Bankcorp, Inc. $8.62 CLW Clearwater Paper Corporation $60.01 FFFD North Central Bancshares, Inc. ...

This post is announcing that Thursday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 15 Swing Signals -- 2 BUY signals and 12 SELL Signals and one Strong BUY. 44 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 5 stocks that are new additions to the list and 166 that fell off the previous list. 174 Trend Busters of which 2 are BUY signals and 172 are SELL signals. 195 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 152 are bearish gaps and 43 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- A merely crummy day turned into a rout as stocks suddenly plunged in the afternoon. Intraday, the S&P 500 was down as much as 8.6%. Hard to believe that one could breathe a sigh of relief when stocks ended the day down only around 3.25% . Combine today's horrible market action with a pullba...

Yes, lately it seems like every few days there's another meltdown in the stock market. Volatility is up, stocks are down and bears are on a roll. It's no surprise that today's Alert HQ signals are so dismal. The following summarizes Tuesday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals . Today we have the following: 21 Swing Signals -- 4 BUY signals and 17 SELL signals. 205 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 45 stocks that are new additions to the list and 88 that fell off the previous list. 37 Trend Busters of which 4 are BUY signals and 33 are SELL signals. 196 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 116 are bearish gaps and 80 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- It's not often that you'll find a more bearish set of signals at Alert HQ. As listed above, there are so few BUY signals one would almost think that we are...

This is our usual quick post announcing that the weekend's free stock signals are now available at Alert HQ . Today we have the following stock picks and signals: Based on daily data, we have 4 Alert HQ BUY signals and 127 SELL signals Based on weekly data, we have 2 Alert HQ BUY signal and 25 SELL signals We have 143 Bollinger Band Breakouts based on daily data and 296 Breakouts based on weekly data. We have 609 Cash Flow Kings 23 Swing Signals -- 7 BUY signals and 16 SELL Signals 264 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 31 stocks that are new additions to the list and 119 that fell off the previous list. 26 Trend Busters based on daily data of which 8 are BUY signals. We also have 46 Trend Busters based on weekly data. 202 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. We see 93 downside gaps and 109 upside g...

This post is announcing that Thursday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 54 Swing Signals -- 46 BUY signals and 7 SELL Signals and one Strong BUY. 351 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 107 stocks that are new additions to the list and 130 that fell off the previous list. 10 Trend Busters of which 6 are BUY signals and 4 are SELL signals. 188 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 80 are bearish gaps and 108 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- On Tuesday it looked like stocks were heading for a downturn. Subsequent news related to sovereign debt in Europe seemed to confirm the bearish stance. Mr. Market, however, had other things in mind. Here we are two days later and the market is undergoing a resurgence. Most of Tuesday's losses h...

This post is announcing that Tuesday's Swing Signals, Trend Leaders, Trend Busters and Gap Signals are now available at Alert HQ . All are based on daily data. Today we have the following: 30 Swing Signals -- 9 BUY signals and 21 SELL signals. 374 Trend Leaders , all in strong up-trends according to Aroon, MACD and DMI. We have 62 stocks that are new additions to the list and 272 that fell off the previous list. 23 Trend Busters of which 6 are BUY signals and 17 are SELL signals. 175 Gap Signals -- stocks with upside or downside gaps or gaps that have been closed. 83 are bearish gaps and 92 are bullish gaps. The view from Alert HQ -- You know the market has taken a hit when 8 out of 9 Swing Signal BUY signals are inverse ETFs. The bearish tone is reinforced by our Trend Busters list where SELL signals are in the majority. The number of stocks on the Trend Leaders list has decreased significantly. Only the Gap Analysis list shows some small signs of bul...