The Trend Trader For ETF Trading on Thursday, March 18, 2010 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Bob Hunt of The Pattern Trapper

The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite ETF markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness. Before you place your next trade, be sure to consult the Trend Trader.

The Trend Trader for ETFs For Trading On Thursday, March 18, 2010 Presented by the Pattern Trapper - PatternTrapper.com - 952-892-5550 Trend Trader readings are based on Daily Pivot calculations.  For a detailed explanation Click Here!     The top 40 ETFs by net assets    In alphabetical order by symbol Close % Change 3x1 7x5 Minor Trend Major Trend Trend Reading  AGG - iShares Lehman Aggregate Bd Fd 104.92 + 0.08 104.76 104.48 Bullish  BND - Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 79.62 + 0.03 79.52 79.33 Bullish  DBC - DB Commodity Index Tracking Fd 23.76 + 0.89 23.51 23.66 Bullish  DIA - SPDR DJ Industrial Average ETF 107.52 + 0.42 106.92 106.11 Bullish  DVY - iShares DJ Select Divid Index 46.46 + 0.63 46.08 45.61 Bullish  EEM - iShares MSCI Emerg Mkt Index F 42.05 + 1.08 41.51 41.29 Bullish  EFA - iShares MSCI EAFE Index Tr 56.27 + 0.54 55.74 55.29 Bullish  EWJ - iShares MSCI Japan Index Fd 10.39 + 0.39 10.31 10.23 Bullish  EWZ - iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fd 73.57 − 0.54 73.48 72.85 Bullish  FXI - iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 41.62 + 1.61 41.07 41.28 Bullish  GDX - Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF 46.27 + 0.33 45.73 45.41 Bullish  GLD - SPDR Gold Trust 109.59 − 0.73 109.45 108.90 Bullish  HYG - iShares iBoxx $ High Yield 88.40     0.00 88.28 88.12 Bullish  IJH - iShares S&P Midcap 400 Index T 79.65 + 0.73 78.81 77.91 Bullish  IJR - iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index 60.20 + 0.77 59.62 59.09 Bullish  IVV - iShares S&P 500 Index Trust 117.48 + 0.56 116.54 115.47 Bullish  IVW - iShares S&P 500/Barra Gwth Ind 60.01 + 0.50 59.59 59.17 Bullish  IWB - iShares Russell 1000 Index Tru 64.67 + 0.64 64.12 63.52 Bullish  IWD - iShares Russell 1000 Val Index 61.30 + 0.69 60.65 60.03 Bullish  IWF - iShares Russell 1000 Gwth Inde 51.94 + 0.58 51.60 51.19 Bullish  IWM - iShares Russell 2000 Index Tr 68.47 + 0.59 67.93 67.45 Bullish  IWN - iShares Russell 2000 Val Index 64.48 + 0.80 63.84 63.33 Bullish  IWR - iShares Russell Midcap Index 89.94 + 0.84 88.92 87.97 Bullish  LQD - iShares iBoxx $ InvesTop Inv 106.79 + 0.37 106.25 105.76 Bullish  MDY - S&P Midcap Dep Receipts 144.80 + 0.71 143.31 141.71 Bullish  QQQQ - PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 47.67 + 0.27 47.45 47.10 Bullish  SDS - UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares 31.22 − 1.27 31.76 32.35 Bearish  SHY - iShares Leh 1-3yr Treas Bd Fd 83.45 + 0.02 83.42 83.41 Bullish  SLV - iShares Silver Trust 17.08 + 0.18 16.97 16.88 Bullish  SPY - S&P Dep Receipts 117.10 + 0.59 116.12 115.10 Bullish  TBT - UltraShrt Lhman 20+ Yr Trea 46.79 − 0.81 47.40 48.23 Bearish  TIP - iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fd 104.80 + 0.21 104.45 104.07 Bullish  UNG - United States Natural Gas Fund 7.77 − 1.65 7.89 8.08 Bearish  VEA - Vanguard Europe Pacific 34.80 + 0.58 34.47 34.18 Bullish  VEU - Vanguard Intl FTSE World ex US 44.58 + 0.70 44.13 43.83 Bullish  VTI - Vanguard Total Stock Mrkt ETF 59.71 + 0.64 59.21 58.68 Bullish  VUG - Vanguard Growth ETF 55.60 + 0.54 55.23 54.76 Bullish  VWO - Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF 41.97 + 1.01 41.45 41.28 Bullish  XLE - S&P Sel Energy Spdr Fund 59.06 + 1.10 58.37 58.34 Bullish  XLF - S&P Sel Financial Spdr Fund 15.92 + 1.21 15.69 15.46 Bullish

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About the author

Bob Hunt is the creator of the Pattern Trapper On-Line Trading Course and the Pattern Trapper ADVANCED Short term Trading Strategies index mentoring program as well as the editor of the daily Pattern Trapper Futures Trading Newsletter. Bob has been an active independent trader since 1982. He began offering market analysis and trading advice to the public in 1999 with the inception of The Pattern Trapper.

Bob specializes in helping traders make sense out of market action by offering a perspective that makes them much more easily understood. The path to learning successful trading techniques starts with an understanding of price behavior. To begin to understand price behavior you must first learn how to create structure out of inherently un-structured market environments. The whole focus of the Pattern Trapper approach is to show traders how to create that structure - to teach them how to create "templates" for interpreting market behavior and spotting opportunity.

Bob is registered with the National Futures Association as a Commodity Trading Advisor.