Today's Report

• Positive headlines on earnings, jobless claims & retail sales. Read my premarket report. (The Kirk Report)

• Must read: How to quickly spot sector relative strength or weakness (Deron Wagner)

• Lessons from Paul Tudor Jones (First Adopter)

• AAII Trader Sentiment for week ending 10/7/09: Bullish to 35% from 44%, Neutral to 24% from 21%, Bearish to 41% from 35% (TradeHawk)

• We've got a potential gap and crap on our hands this morning. Be careful (The Kirk Report)

• Impressive moves down under (The Kirk Report)

• Emerging Markets Bull 3X (EDC) not able to hold that morning gap at new recovery highs. Keep it front and center. (The Kirk Report)

• Equity Only Put/Call Ratio back in the sell zone this morning (The Kirk Report)

• Insider selling in E Trade (ETFC) tops this list of noteworthy insider selling (J3 Services)

• S&P testing its 10-day highs (The Kirk Report)

• Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities $TIP test April's trading highs (Trader Feed)

• 10 tips for placing ETF orders (Morningstar)

• Widespread analyst skepticism over the future prospects for gold (Bespoke)

• Big move for Ceragon Networks (CRNT) today. Missed this one as it refused to get oversold in the dip. (The Kirk Report)

• Biggest money makers since March 9th (Ticker Sense)

• Interesting comparison of % of S&P 500 stocks above their 50 day moving average (Traders Narrative)

• The dollar-adjusted S&P 500 (Financial Times)

• Is this really the most hated rally in Wall Street history? (The Big Picture)

• Trading off of earnings. It's not what it used to be (Bob Lang)

• Testing investment strategies (The Oblivious Investor)

• There are a number of earnings calendars but I appreciate Yahoo's search function (Yahoo Earnings Calendar)

• It's time for another member mailbag! (The Kirk Report)

• Need more monitor screen space without using more graphics cards? New plug & play USB monitors (DoubleSight)

• A nice comparison of broker commissions (FinViz)

• I've received a number of requests for my personal ETF watchlist. Here's the spreadsheet (The Kirk Report)

• Behold the power of basic materials (FinViz)

• Did you know that nonsense can sharpen your intellect? (New York Times)

• Four days of gains, but S&P 1070 proved to be a tough nut to crack. Read my after-hours report (The Kirk Report)

• "The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility." - Charles C. Colton