General Filters
                              A.Skim Investors Business Daily (IBD) and  TheWall Street  Journal  for  any  stock  specific  news  or  pending  economicannouncement.                              B.Review the market action of the prior day -- which I keep by hand – it takes 10 minutes and all the  data  is  availablefrom IBD. If you keep it by hand, you think about it, and you  have  recordsof how the market reacted at  certain  inflection  points  such  as  volume,breadth, moving average, swing point highs and lows. You would be amazed  athow often markets repeat. This  simple  worksheet  will  be  an  exhibit  inchapter 5 with a full month of data recorded for you.                              C.Check the earnings calendar  for  next  fourweeks and the brokerage firms’ upgrades and downgrades. The site I  use  forthis is www.dailystocks.com. This site is free, comprehensive  and  includesmany other links of information and data you will find useful.