Today's Report

• Premarket futures are positive as Obama plans for more stimulus spending. Read my premarket report (The Kirk Report)

• A list of stocks facing threat of delisting (USA Today)

• Trade like Paolo Pellegrini (Market Folly)

• Looks like a groundhog day (David Brown)

• Three potential mega trades in Q4 (MarketClub)

• The S&P 500 jumps back to the 20 day moving average. Now we'll see if they can hold it (The Kirk Report)

• The earnings conundrum (Neels van Schaik)

• You have a right to everything but the Feds will own your soul (Robert Donaldson)

• A number of traders have forwarded this big picture view of the S&P this week (Minyanville)

• Good breadth so far. At the moment, 96% of the stocks within my stock screen machine are positive on the day (The Kirk Report)

• Deja vu - October is starting just like September (Bespoke)

• 5 ways to take smart risks in uncertain markets (Minyanville)

• Last Thursday morning's gap is now filled at S&P 1058 (The Kirk Report)

• After the gap fill, now looking for potential reversals in overbought situations like stocks up 6 or more days (Trade Ideas)

• The return of Initial Public Optimism (Portfolio.com)

• Want to learn about new IPOs in the pipeline? Here's a terrific resource ( RetailRoadShow.com)

• Optimism for earnings? Noteworthy to see Aloca $AA up +3.8% ahead of tomorrow's report (The Kirk Report)

• Was the pullback only another bullish whipsaw? Look for confirmation of the move at $138 on UPRO (The Kirk Report)

• If you invest, you need to follow the performance of these three charts (Daily Wealth)

• Everyone is expecting a M&A boom (Bloomberg)

• 12 juicy buyout candidates (The Business Insider)

• In case you missed it, my must-read interview of Tim Knight (Slope Of Hope)

• Ultrashort ETF $SRS has growing volume for months+ recent series of higher lows make it an intriguing long position (SlopeOfHope)

• Watch that wedge and ATR in the $SRS (The Kirk Report)

• Relative strength of staples and discretionary sectors (Afraid To Trade)

• Bill Luby tweaks his excellent trader stage development model (Vix & More)

• After filling the gap, the market is folding like a cheap suit. This is why I was on the hunt for overbought reversals earlier today (The Kirk Report)

• The psychology of trading (Bennett McDowell)

• Impressive - the bulls are coming back to circle the wagons yet again in the final hour (The Kirk Report)

• Pop quiz! Can you name the ETF with the lowest portfolio P/E? (Yahoo Finance)

• Between making a few trades today, I found time to reply to a few questions submitted by members (The Kirk Report)

• Did you know that a majority of companies now block employees from social networking sites? (Mashable)

• So true - many good trades are decidedly unsexy (Trader Feed)

• What has Obama accomplished so far? Jack squat! (SNL)

• This is where the rubber meets the road. Read my after-hours post (The Kirk Report)

• "Truth is too simple for us; we do not like those who unmask our illusions." - Ralph Waldo Emerson