Monday, March 2, 2026

RUT, NDX, SPX Closed Higher, DJI Close Lower...NVDA Rose...Breadth was Mixed...CRWD, AVGO, COST, CIEN Report EPS this week...


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SPX +2.74, 6,881, opened lower, bounced and closed slightly higher.   Breadth was mixed as advancers led on the NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges.  CRWD, AVGO, COST and CIEN report EPS this week.

NVDA +5.29, +2.16%, rose on volume of 209 million shares or 1.28% of outstanding shares on Monday. That’s 0.86% of outstanding shares.

SPX leaders: DINO, NOC, MPC, PLTR, AXON, COIN, VTRS, VLO, GLW, RTX, APA.
SPX decliners: AES, NCLH, EL, ELV, TEL, CCL, APH, STX, DLTR, MNST, F, BRK/B.

SPY traded above average volume of 87.4 million shares on Monday.
VIX +1.58, 21.44
NDX +0.13, opened lower, bounced and closed above the high of the low day in a channel.
DJI, 49,499, -0.10%, pulled back to short-term support and bounced in a bull flag pattern.


Mega caps, NVDA, MSFT, META, AAPL, TSLA rose and AVGO, AMZN, TSM, GOOGL, LLY, BRK/B fell on Monday.


Up: IWM, QQQ, SPY,
Down: DIA,

The SPY MFC green line turned up at 53.7, price-action closed above the high of the February 5 low day and is short-term bullish. +3.7. 

Four of eleven sectors, 47.1%, were higher on Monday led by XLE, XLI and XLK. 


43 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

48 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: ADI, WDC, ODFL, BKNG, CMCSA, LIN, HON, MU, ASML, BKR, COST, AEP, MDLZ, AMGN, GILD, FANG, FER, CSX, PEP, CCEP, ROST, CHTR, TMUS, KDP, XEL, AZN, CTAS, AMAT, ARM, KLAC, EXC, REGN, VRTX, WBD, DXCM, KHC, AAPL, CEG, SBUX, ABNB, AXON, NLFX, FAST, VRSK, ADSK, CDNS, CSCO, MRVL,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 0



Moving Below 30 DMA = 6
GEHC, LRCX, MAR, MNST, PCAR, STX,



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Friday, February 27, 2026

NDX, SPX, DJI, RUT Closed Lower...NVDA Largest SPX Point Decliner...VIX Rose...


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SPX -29.98, 6,878, closed lower in a sideways channel.  NVDA, which is approximately 8% of the S&P 500, accounted for approximately -23 SPX points.   Breadth weakened as decliners led on the NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges.

NVDA -7.70, -4.16%, fell on volume of 311.6 million shares or 1.28% of outstanding shares on Friday. That’s 2.73% (a small minority) of outstanding shares that traded in the two days or 97.27% (a vast majority) that held their shares.

SPX leaders: DELL, PSKY, XYZ, NFLX, AES, ADSK, MOH, IQV, LII, SBAC, CNC.
SPX decliners: UAL, APO, AXP, GS, DAL, SYF, KKR, MS, COF, BXP, CFG, WFC, RF.

SPY traded average volume of 83.3 million shares on Friday.
VIX +1.23, 19.86
NDX -0.30%, closed above the high of the February 17 low day in a channel.
DJI, 49,499, -1.05%, pulled back to short-term support in a bull flag pattern.


Mega caps, LLY, GOOGL, AMZN, BRK/B rose and TSM, AVGO, META, TSLA, MSFT, AAPL, NVDA fell on Friday.


Up:
Down: QQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM,

The SPY MFC green line turned down at 53.7, price-action closed above the high of the February 5 low day and is short-term bullish. -3.1

Eight of eleven sectors were higher on Friday led by XLV, XLE and XLP. 


48 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

54 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: MNST, ADI, WDC, ODFL, BKNG, CMCSA, LIN, HON, LRCX, MU, ASML, STX, BKR, COST, AEP, MDLZ, AMGN, GILD, FANG, FER, CSX, PEP, CCEP, ROST, CHTR, TMUS, MAR, KDP, XEL, AZN, CTAS, AMAT, ARM, KLAC, EXC, REGN, VRTX, WBD, DXCM, GEHC, KHC, AAPL, CEG, SBUX, ABNB, AXON, NLFX, FAST, VRSK, ADSK, CDNS, CSCO, MRVL, PCAR,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
ADSK, CDNS, CSCO, MRVL, PCAR,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
ISRG, MPWR, PDD, TXN,



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Thursday, February 26, 2026

SPX, NDX Closed Lower on NVDA EPS Reaction...RUT, DJI Closed Higher...Advancers Remained Positive...


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SPX -37.27, 6,908, closed lower in a sideways channel.  NVDA, which is approximately 8% of the S&P 500, accounted for approximately -18 SPX points.   Breadth weakened but remained positive as advancers led decliners on the NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges.

NVDA -10.67, -5.46%, EPS $1.62 beat $1.53 estimate, Sales $68.127B beat $66.003B estimate on 360.8 million shares 1.48% of outstanding shares.  It appears to be another classic case of weak hands selling quickly when strong hands (98.52% that didn’t sell) didn’t buy more than weak hands sold.  The question becomes if only a small minority of shareholders, (1.48% sold), who dropped the price by over 5%?

SPX leaders: PSKY, GDDY, SJM, ACN, TKO, EXPE, FICO, HUM, CTSH, MGM.
SPX decliners: UHS, EME, GLW, ALB, NVDA, VTRS, SNPS, AMAT, TTD, FSLR.

SPY traded below average volume of 71.6 million shares on Thursday.
VIX +0.70, 18.63
NDX -1.16%, red candle closed below the low of the high day in a channel.
DJI, 49,499, +0.03%, bounce continuation in a bull flag pattern.


Mega caps, BRK/B, META, MSFT rose and AAPL, LLY, AMZN, GOOGL, TSLA, TSM, AVGO, NVDA fell on Thursday.

Up: IWM, DIA,
Down: SPY, QQQ,

The SPY MFC green line is pointed up at 56.8, price-action paused and is short-term bullish. +4.3. 

Five of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday led by XLF, XLI and XLRE. 


50 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

53 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: MNST, ADI, WDC, TXN, ODFL, BKNG, CMCSA, LIN, HON, LRCX, MU, ASML, MPWR, STX, BKR, COST, AEP, MDLZ, AMGN, GILD, FANG, FER, CSX, PEP, CCEP, ROST, CHTR, TMUS, MAR, KDP, XEL, AZN, CTAS, AMAT, ARM, KLAC, EXC, REGN, VRTX, WBD, DXCM, GEHC, KHC, AAPL, CEG, PDD, SBUX, ABNB, AXON, NLFX, FAST, ISRG, VRSK,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
FAST, ISRG, VRSK,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 7
AVGO, CDNS, CSCO, MRVL, NVDA, NXPI, PCAR,



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