Sneak Peek: Nasdaq OMX (NDAQ) Trying to Trade Its Way Out Of The Doghouse David Gibbs More Articles 25 July 2010 8/8.561 Earnings Expectations (High / Mean / Low): $0.51/$0.489/$0.47 Expectations are much higher for other stocks such as the CME group (NASDAQ: CME) which also repounds Tuesday morning. CME, the world’s largest futures exchange operator, has already said that the second quarter was its second-most busiest ever in terms of daily trading activity thanks to an all-time record in May probably helped by the unprecedented crash on May 6 and the resulting market volatilities. No such comments from the Nasdaq camp but that does not mean that shares at current levels are not important. Over the past few months, shares have plummeted by as much as 26 percent as normally light summer trading seems to get much lighter with every day that passes. But as with all good things these periods also have to come to an end making NDAQ shares a potentially decent opposite option. When working day is in the rearview mirror and street participants are expected to grow taking long weekends in the hamptons and start getting back to business level. This could yield similar results in NDAQ shares. If they can beat the numbers on and provide strong guidance, they can look for shares to drive up to $20 and keep a close stop. In eight of its last 11 releases, NDAQ has beaten forecasts, albeit often by only a small margin. 8/8.562 8/8.562 Divulgation: No NDAQ holdings. What you need to know about employers