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CONTINUING PLAY LIST:

LEGEND

DATE: date play first appeared on report.

PLAY: Denotes the type of pattern or play.
Upside play types: A Wedge=Ascending triangle/wedge; BO=Breakout; Cup=Cup base; Cup hdl=Cup w/handle; DB hdl=Double bottom w/handle; Dbl btm=Double bottom; Flat=Flat base; FlyPlat=Flying Plateau; Pennant=Pennant; Rv H&S=Reverse head & shoulders; Saucer=Saucer base; Test 18=Testing 18 day MVA; Test 50=Testing 50 day MVA; Test BO=Testing the breakout (could be 10 day MVA test, etc.)
Downside play types: CCall=Covered Call; DWedge=Descending triangle/wedge; Dbl Top=Double top; H&S=Head & shoulders; Put (generic downside);

PIVOT=Buy point

Tgt=Target stock price for the play. Applies to stock and options.

Vol=Volume for the most recent session.

TgtV=Target volume to enter the play.

Stop=Stop advisory point. This is advisory and we may or may not exit a play if it hits this level depending upon market conditions.

Still look good: ADI; LIFC; PLL; XOMA

Stock Date Play Close +/- Pivot Tgt Vol TgtV Stop

ADI 08/04 Cup 40.98 -0.72 40.43 47.65 3.6M 5M 39.98
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rally and close just above the 10 day MVA forming a tight doji on higher volume. Tapped yesterday's high intraday but could not hold the gain.

AMSC 08/19 Test BO 13.3 +0.35 12.08 14.48 553K 900K 11.68
Current. Volatile session. Formed a doji on slightly higher volume. Needs to break through resistance at 13.40 on stronger volume. Tapped 13.85 intraday but could not hold the gain. Still in uptrend and moving up the 10 day MVA.

AMT 08/16 Cup hdl 11.49 +0.01 10.64 12.77 3.1M 2.8M 10.64
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rally and close fractionally higher on above average volume as the stock continues to move up the 10 day MVA.

ANAD 08/16 Cup hdl 4.83 -0.01 4.27 5.32 459K 625K 4.36
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA and rallied to close fractionally down on slightly higher volume.

ANEN 08/28 Cup hdl 12.54 +0.07 11.88 14.35 40K 127K 11.05
Buy Not Issued. Continues to move up the 10 day MVA on lower volume. Stock has never made the move that we were looking for so we will drop for now, but keep our eye on it.

ANSR 08/11 Cup hdl 3.66 +0.01 3.43 4.22 218K 350K 3.19
Current. Volatile session. Tapped 3.51 at the low and 3.80 at the high to close fractionally higher forming a tight doji on lower, but average volume.

APCC 08/27 Test BO 17.88 -0.21 18.12 21.88 1.8M 1.8M 17.25
Buy Not Issued. Tested below the 10 day MVA to rally and close just above the 10 day MVA on lower, but average volume. Stock had opened higher but could not hold the gain.

ARTG 08/12 Test 50 2.46 +0.09 2.26 2.72 1M 1M 2.15
Current. Continue to move up the 10 day MVA on above average volume.

ASF 08/26 Put 10.92 +0.18 9.82 8.25 548K 450K 10.81
Current. Moved up on strong volume. Tested the simple 50 day MVA but could not hold to close just under the simple 50 day MVA. Will look for the stock to fall so we can exit the play.

ASKJ 08/26 Rv H&S 19.39 -0.31 19.34 23.25 2.2M 3M 17.99
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rebound and close down but managed to hold most of yesterday's gain. Volume was lower, but above average.

ASPT 08/09 Test BO 9.03 +0.06 8.06 10.12 795K 791K 8.10
Current. Continued to move up the 10 day MVA on higher volume.

ATML 08/26 Cup hdl 4.6 -0.12 4.36 5.28 10M 10M 3.98
Current. Tapped 4.50 at the low to rebound and close down for the day on lower, but above average volume. Opened higher but could not hold the gain.

AVNX 08/14 Flat 5.25 +0.44 4.68 5.92 2.9M 2M 4.49
Current. Broke out and exploded higher on an excellent volume surge.

BDY 07/16 Test BO 27.36 +0.41 19.58 23.25 305K 376K 24.18
Current. Continued to move up the 10 day MVA on higher volume forming a tight doji.

BHE 08/12 FlyPlat 45.14 +0.62 42.95 49 547K 550K 41.94
Current. Moving up the 10 day MVA on higher volume.

BKST 08/30 Test 18 29.3 -0.03 28.88 33.42 50K 90K 27.44
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rally and close fractionally down forming a tight doji on lower volume.

CCMP 08/13 Cup hdl 66.28 -0.15 65.5 74.88 501K 1.2M 64.81
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rebound and close slightly down forming a tight doji and lower volume.

CDIC 08/20 Cup hdl 4.75 +0.32 4.55 5.55 767K 271K 4.18
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rally and move up with a nice gain on stronger volume.

CELL 07/21 Cup hdl 25.83 -0.72 19.25 23.25 896K 225K 24.78
Current. Opened lower and recovered some of the loss but still closed down for the day on much higher volume. Still managed to hold last Wednesday's gain. May go down to test the 10 day MVA.

CHIR 08/28 DB hdl 52.85 +1.72 52.95 60.75 4.4M 2.8M 49.55
Current. Gapped higher at the open and just kept going up on excellent volume surge.

CHS 07/23 Test BO 33.57 +1.26 27.05 31.25 2.2M 2.2M 28.36
Current. Great move up on higher volume.

CMVT 09/02 Rv H&S 18.01 +0.82 17.92 21.42 5.5M 4M 16.51
Current. Entered the play and the stock exploded higher on stronger volume.

COGN 09/02 Cup hdl 33.32 +1.52 32.02 38 2.7M 1.2M 29.92
Buy Not Issued. Huge gap up and continued from there on stronger volume. Stock moved up too fast to get into the play and did not want to chase it. Will wait for a pull back.

COLT 07/24 BO 6.78 -0.42 5.3 6.68 99K 200K 5.69
Current. Moved down on higher volume. May test the 10 day MVA.

CSC 08/04 DB hdl 44.14 +0.05 43.42 48.45 1.1M 2.4M 42.12
Current. Closed slightly higher forming a tight doji on slightly higher, but still below average volume. Broke through resistance at 44.08 but on lower volume. Needs more volume to make a good break.

DKS 03/18 DB hdl 37.08 -0.67 23.81 28.42 304K 225K 34.94
Current. Tested the exponential 50 day MVA to rebound and close slightly under the 10 day MVA on lower volume. Tapped 38.22 at the day's high but could not hold the gain.

DKS 02/19 DB hdl 37.08 -0.67 22.75 27.35 304K 225K 34.94
Current.

DRIV 08/25 Cup hdl 29.35 +1.36 25.75 30.25 1.2M 1.7M 24.15
Current. Nice move up on higher volume as the stock continues to climb the 10 day MVA.

DRIV 08/06 Test 50 29.35 +1.36 24.18 27.48 1.2M 1.7M 23.48
Current.

EMBT 07/26 Cup hdl 10.29 +0.26 9.33 11.12 809K 400K 9.15
Current. Tapped 10.95 at the day's high but could not hold the gain. Stock did close with a gain on very strong volume. Still in nice uptrend.

ERICY 08/11 Test 18 16.07 +0.44 14.82 17.74 4.4M 5M 14.82
Current. Gapped up at the open to form a tight doji on much higher volume.

FARO 08/16 Test 50 11.9 +0.06 10.35 12.12 390K 220K 10.32
Target Hit. Hit the target and took our gain. Formed a tight doji on very high volume.

FFIV 08/18 Flat 20.45 -0.14 19.58 23.48 450K 745K 18.55
Current. Tested yesterday's gain to rally, but still close down forming a tight doji on below average volume.

GPRO 06/17 A Wedge 57.75 -3.6 41.75 48 841K 766K 58.92
Current. Stock dropped below the 18 day MVA on much higher volume. May test the 50 day MVA since it has not tested in 4 months at this point we will look for a new entry point. If stock does not rebound and hold over 60 we will look to exit and take our gain.

GPRO 04/05 Dbl btm 57.75 -3.6 26.5 30.75 841K 521K 58.92
Current.

HBIO 08/14 Test BO 6 +0.6 5.1 6.54 660K 153K 4.94
Current. Bounced off the 10 day MVA on shot up on excellent volume surge.

HDTV 08/21 Cup hdl 4.12 -0.15 4.12 5.12 118K 125K 3.78
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA then rebounded to close down on lower, but above average volume. Managed to hold Friday's gain.

HOV 08/25 Cup hdl 65.25 +2.28 61.05 70 904K 1.5M 57.38
Current. Nice move up on higher volume and continues to move up after the close when it reported good earnings.

HYC 08/20 Flat 5.4 +0.32 5.22 6.55 489K 225K 4.72
Current. Exploded higher on big volume increase.

ICST 08/30 Cup hdl 33.08 -1.03 35.32 42.38 730K 2.7M 33.42
Buy Not Hit. Dropped below the 10 day MVA to hold just above the 18 day MVA on lower volume.

IMA 07/28 A Wedge 24.35 +1.25 22.2 26.65 153K 115K 21.22
Current. Excellent move up on higher volume.

INFA 08/23 Test BO 9.12 +0.02 8.22 9.95 765K 1.1M 7.92
Buy Not Issued. Moved up to form a tight on below average volume. The stock has not shown the volume we are looking for to enter the play.

INTC 07/31 FlyPlat 28.22 -0.52 25.88 30.95 60M 75M 26.68
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rebound and hold just above the 10 day MVA on slightly higher volume.

JNPR 08/20 Flat 17.63 +0.33 15.45 18.68 15M 15M 16.02
Current. Volatile session today to close slightly higher on above average volume.

LF 08/20 Cup hdl 38.91 +1.01 35.34 42 1M 845K 33.55
Current. Nice move up on strong volume.

LFG 08/13 H&S 46.75 +0.9 45.55 42 121K 200K 46.02
Current. Bounced off the 10 day MVA to close under the simple 50 day MVA on below average volume. Tested the simple 50 day MVA but could not hold.

LIFC 08/27 Cup hdl 6 0 6.18 7.55 144K 210K 5.48
Current. Tapped 5.86 at the day's low to rebound and close flat forming a tight doji on slightly higher volume.

LM 05/06 Cup hdl 73.55 +0.58 58.5 67.78 464K 610K 69.88
Current. Continue to move up the 10 day MVA on lower, but still above average volume.

MERX 07/15 Cup hdl 12.6 -0.31 10.52 12.75 66K 248K 11.48
Target Hit. Took the gain. Stock pulled back on lower volume.

MKSI 07/21 Cup hdl 26.5 -0.55 22.25 27.95 231K 488K 24.12
Current. Tapped 27 at the day's high but could not hold the gain to close just above the 10 day MVA forming a tight doji and low volume.

MKSI 07/14 Cup hdl 26.5 -0.55 22.8 27.95 231K 488K 24.12
Current.

MMSI 08/05 Test BO 21.75 +0.45 20.44 24.33 268K 183K 20.46
Current. Continue to move up on higher volume.

MOBE 08/30 Cup hdl 8.37 +0.1 8.22 10.22 834K 781K 7.64
Current. Gapped up at the open but could not hold the entire gain. Closed fractionally higher on lower, but above average volume. Still in uptrend moving up the 10 day MVA.

MOVI 08/30 Flat 22.12 -0.11 22.21 26.72 896K 418K 20.72
Current. Tested yesterday's gain at the low and then rebounded to close slightly lower on much higher volume.

MRVL 08/02 Cup hdl 41.27 -0.82 38.5 46 2.1M 4.9M 39.88
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rebound and close just above the 10 day MVA. Tapped 42.48 at the day's high but could not hold the gain

MWD 08/12 A Wedge 48.94 -1.05 49.54 55 7.3M 5.8M 47.28
Buy Not Issued. Tested yesterday's gain to close down on much higher volume. Closed above the 10 day MVA.

MXIM 08/27 Test BO 42.92 -2.63 45.04 51.85 9.2M 9.5M 41.89
Buy Not Issued. Tested the 18 day MVA to recover and hold just above the 18 day MVA on very strong volume. Stock will need to hold at the 18 day MVA then rebound.

MYL 08/19 Rv H&S 36.2 -0.18 36.71 43.74 1.3M 1.5M 35.65
Current. Tested the 18 day MVA to rally and hold at the 10 day MVA on lower volume.

NENG 08/04 Test BO 6.44 +0.01 5.12 6.35 745K 232K 5.29
Current. Continue to move up the 10 day MVA on lower, but above average volume.

NFI 08/23 Put 56.02 -0.68 52.75 48 364K 500K 53.18
Buy Not Issued. Moved down to hold at the 18 day MVA on lower volume. Tested the exponential 50 day MVA intraday but could not hold. Will see if the stock drops from here on higher volume.

NFLX 08/26 DB hdl 33.3 -0.35 30.62 36.65 1.7M 1.5M 29.58
Current. Gapped up at the open to lose the gain and close down on lower, but above average volume. Still in an uptrend.

NSM 08/30 Test BO 28.82 -0.63 29.72 35 4.3M 5M 27.38
Buy Not Issued. Pull back on lower, but still above average volume.

ONNN 06/21 Test BO 4.37 -0.35 3 3.75 898K 900K 4.22
Current. Tested below the 10 day MVA to rally and close holding the 10 day MVA on lower, but above average volume.

ONT 09/02 Test 50 2.72 -0.05 2.92 4 1.7M 1.6M 2.72
Buy Not Issued. Gapped up at the open but could not hold the gain to close slightly lower on lower, but above average volume.

PLL 08/25 Cup hdl 24.97 -0.03 24.6 28.88 743K 800K 23.47
Buy Not Issued. Tapped 24.70 at the day's low to rally and form a tight doji on higher volume. Have not entered the play because the stock has not made the move with the volume we were looking for.

PLXT 08/25 Cup hdl 5.28 -0.22 5.55 6.93 79K 325K 4.98
Buy Not Issued. Opened higher but lost the gain to hold at the 10 day MVA on very low volume.

PTEK 08/26 Cup hdl 7.15 -0.45 6.74 8.65 987K 276K 6.54
Current. Gave back yesterday's gain on lower volume. Tapped 7at the low but rallied up to 7.15.

QCOM 08/21 DB hdl 40.37 -0.84 40.52 48.65 12M 12M 39.62
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rebound to close just above the 10 day MVA on higher volume. Tapped 41.29 but gave back most of the day's move.

QRSI 08/20 Cup hdl 9.12 -0.01 8.6 10.72 123K 184K 7.98
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rally and close fractionally lower on below average volume. Gapped up at the open only to lose the gain. Still in an uptrend.

SINA 08/18 Test 50 32.77 -1.51 32.2 38.25 12M 10M 31.22
Current. Pulled back to close just above the 10 day MVA on higher volume. Needs to break through resistance at 35 on strong volume to make its next move up.

SLM 08/23 Put 39.93 +0.11 40.35 38.25 2.1M 1.5M 40.88
Buy Not Issued. Tapped 39.50 at the low to rally and close fractionally higher forming a tight doji on higher volume. Did not enter the play, the doji could indicate a change in the downside pattern.

SNIC 08/11 Test BO 14.18 +0.41 12.15 14.55 784K 900K 12.64
Target Hit. Took our gain. The stock moved up on lower volume.

SNWL 08/19 Test 50 6.47 -0.01 5.85 7.12 782K 800K 5.88
Current. Gapped up at the open but lost the gain to close fractionally lower on lower, but average volume. Tapped 6.32 at the day's low to rally up to 6.47 at the close. Still in nice uptrend.

SOHU 09/02 Cup 34.05 -0.42 36.14 42.92 7M 5M 32.12
Current. Opened on the exponential 50 day MVA to close slightly below the 50 day MVA on strong volume. Tapped 36.30 at the day's high but could not hold the gain.

SPIL 08/21 Test BO 4.46 -0.09 4.33 5.41 1.2M 904K 4.03
Current. Pull back on higher above average volume. Managed to hold Friday's gain and then some.

SPRT 08/28 A Wedge 8.99 -0.28 9.18 11.25 331K 910K 8.15
Buy Not Issued. Opened higher, but lost the gain to close down on very low volume. Maintained Thursday's gain.

STM 08/27 DB hdl 24.25 -0.55 24.14 27.78 2.1M 3M 23.88
Current. Pull back on lower, but average volume. Held Thursday's gain.

TKLC 08/02 Test BO 16.96 +0.14 15.96 18.95 635K 1M 15.85
Current. Moved up on lower volume.

TSA 08/23 DB hdl 33.32 +0.12 31.69 38 240K 400K 31.15
Current. Moved slightly up forming a tight doji on lower volume. Still in uptrend pattern.

TSCO 06/03 Rv H&S 35.61 -0.02 23.42 27.62 377K 603K 31.48
Current. Slight pull back on lower volume.

TSCO 04/24 Cup hdl 35.61 -0.02 21.88 26 377K 603K 31.48
Current.

TUES 08/06 Cup hdl 33.98 +0.34 30.68 36.78 388K 309K 32.68
Current. Bounced off the 10 day MVA to close higher on lower, but above average volume. Tapped 34.72 at the day's high but could not hold the entire gain.

TXN 08/21 DB hdl 23.65 -0.39 23.64 28.88 13M 15M 22.22
Current. Opened higher but lost the gain to close down on slightly higher volume. Tapped 23.45 but recovered to close at 23.65.

VRTS 08/19 CCall 36.08 +1.19 19.76 20 12M 8.5M 31.94
Current. Nice move up on strong volume.

VVTV 07/19 Cup hdl 16.79 -0.07 16.95 20.45 91K 250K 16.48
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to rally and close just above the 10 day MVA on lower volume.

WEBX 08/26 Cup hdl 19.33 -0.21 18.55 22.25 1.6M 1.5M 17.68
Current. Pull back on slightly higher volume. Still in a good pattern.

WONE 08/23 Flat 3.07 -0.54 3.64 4.38 296K 150K 3.29
Exited. Exited as the stock plummeted below the 18 day MVA on strong volume.

XICO 07/02 A Wedge 10.49 +0.01 7.25 8.65 95K 172K 9.45
Current. Tested the 10 day MVA to recover and close fractionally higher on higher, but below average volume.

XOMA 07/28 Test BO 9.1 -0.12 8.35 10.24 1.1M 1.5M 8.93
Current. Pulled back to hold just above the 18 day MVA on lower volume. Tapped 9.48 at the day's high but could not hold the gain.

ZMH 08/09 Test BO 53.08 -0.17 51.12 59.55 2.4M 3M 49.68
Current. Slight pull back on lower, but above average volume.

Good Investing!
Jon L. Johnson and your IH Alerts Team

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