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Web site Updates 

Market Status, Alerts, Price Surges, Stock Scanner, Momentum Scan, and Strongest ETFs are updated daily.  When we have finished processing the day's closing data, we post the results (usually the same afternoon) with a statement that the data has been updated for the morning of the next market day.  For example, if it is after the close of market on Friday and the data posted on the site is headed by the words "Market Update Completed for Friday Morning," then the update does not reflect market action for Friday.  It still reflects the market action as of the close of market on Thursday.  Once Friday's closing data has been processed and posted, the words "Market Update Completed for Monday Morning" will accompany it.  Tuesday is different from other days of the week in that it presents unavoidable timing problems for us.  Tuesday's data often does not make it to the site until early Wednesday morning.  Unavoidable delays may occur on any day.  If we have not completed the update before the market opens the following day, check "Comments" below to see if we have posted a message.  If there is no message, it probably means the delay is not the result of anything critical (such as a system failure), but that there have been only minor delays and that the information will soon be posted.  

If we ever miss updating our pages daily as described above, it must be because there are temporary technical problems that hinder our publishing.  In that case, we may not be able to communicate with you to let you know when to expect us to be on schedule again.  Please keep checking back, and be patient.  We are in good shape financially, and have absolutely no plans to discontinue operations.     

We added five key points regarding Bollinger Band squeeze alerts on the "Stock Alerts" page.

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We now include the closing price for all EFs that make it into the top 50 for "strength."  Again, this is our own strength algorithm.  It is far more complex and sophisticated than the RSI.  In a good market nearly everything looks good.  At those times you may not see much difference in the stocks ranked highly by each approach.  However, even then the RSI will produce some stocks you would not want to "touch with a ten foot pole."  In poor markets, most of the "strength" stocks our algorithm finds will look far better than much of the stuff turned up by the RSI--especially if the scans are applied to thousands of stocks. 

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Videos

If You Find a Link That Doesn't Work...

Please do not leave this site without reporting any link that is not functioning correctly.  There are too many pages on this site for us to immediately know when there is a problem.  If you let us know, we can fix it.  For example, we discovered that a few links in the tutorial section were not working.  We have no idea how long they were not operable, but it took us only a few minutes to fix them.  When we visit other sites, we are turned off by functions and links that do not work.  For example, if we try to send an e-mail, it comes back undelivered because the automated address is incorrect.  If we try to find a way to contact them about it, the "Contact Us" page is off-line or non-existent.  If we click on a link, it doesn't work.  It makes us wonder if the owners of the site are alive or if they care at all about their site.  We do care.  You can help us keep quality high by taking the time to let us know immediately when there is a problem.  Please!
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The Clock 

We have added a "clock" in the "Market review" section that reports the time at our location in California.  The clock helps provide a little orientation for people in Europe, Asia, and in other time zones regarding the timing of our Web site updates as explained in "FAQs" #13.  If visitors know the difference in time between their locations and our location, they can even use the clock to set their watches.  Our use of US Naval Observatory Master Clock time assures us of the accuracy of the time reported.  

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 Talk To Us 

Why not send us an e-mail with some feedback on the Web site?  We won't use your e-mail address to send you any ads nor will we sell it to anyone else.  It would just be nice to know what you think.  Unless you tell us not to, we will probably respond.  Tell us what sections of the site are most useful to you and why.

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Attention Subscribers

Reminder: The "Strength" measurement used in The Valuator is far more powerful than the RSI.  It measures recent stock strength and gives greater weighting to stocks that show more strength consistency.  It screens out much of the "junk" that the RSI lets through.  Our proprietary algorithm makes at least 4 separate weighted measurements and composite scores are created for each stock.  The composite scores are then ranked relative to each other.  Traders (and investors) should try to buy stocks early in the development of a strong positive trend.  Even when investing in these stocks, investors should wait for a pullback (they should try to time their entry to coincide with when the stock has pulled back to its rising trendline or to a significant moving average). To reduce their risk exposure, many traders wait for the stock to respond to the support expected at the trendline or moving average before they buy. 

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 Recent Changes    

In the "Price Surge" section, "surge" information for downside movement has been added to the scan.  We now post the 50 stocks with the most negative change in addition to the 50 stocks with the most positive change.  Price surges can now quickly be spotted for both directions along with any corresponding volume surges. 

The data table for "Stock Scanner" now covers the 120 stocks that are charted, and it now includes volume change information.  This information is currently located below the charts.  The charts are now grouped into "pages" to make it easy to locate a specific stock of interest you find in the table. 

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Content

The "Setup Watch List," the "Forum," and "Wendy's Place" (and the one-on-one telephone tutorials offered there) have all been taken "off-line" for now.  We anticipate bringing them back after we complete some other projects.  Meanwhile, we will continue with our daily updates to Market Review, Alerts, Stock Scanner, Momentum Scan, Strongest ETFs, Price Surges, and Notes (this page).  

The General Tiger Model (trading trainees) and the ETF Tiger Model 

Please be patient.  The reason these programs have not yet been described or made available on this site is because we are not taking any new subscribers at this time.  We will post an announcement on this site when we are ready to take on new enrollees.