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UCS Update: much ballyhoo about nothing

Nothing, nada! The markets are down today. So much for the Apple bounce. Average volume on the ProShares Technology Fund with 63,701 traded so far. Recently, a huge trade came over at around 10:40 am- the offer price about 38,500 shares on an offer of $31.25. I am also looking at my Level II screen- the bid and offer spreads are averaging around .05 cent to .19 cents. Nothing poppin off yet. Might be a good time to start setting up some trading strategies for the week on the fund.

06/08/09 10:58:43 AM

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