Wednesday, January 26, 2011

SPX New High Close as Energy and Materials Stock Lead...


The SPX formed a white candle and made a new high close one point higher that its high on January 18 to close +5.45 at 1,296.63 on Wednesday.
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SPX white candle confirmed hammer closed at resistance
INDU spinning top did not confirm potential hanging man, new high close
COMPQ white candle bounce in bull flag
RUT large white candle support bounce closes above 30 DMA

Breadth strengthened on Wednesday as advancers led decliners 2.25 to 1 on the NYSE and 3.08 to 1 on the NASDAQ …

Exchange       NYSE          NASDAQ
Advancers      2,098             2,016
Decliners           929                654
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Index              Chg.    Close    Direction      Confirmation
VIX                 -0.95       16.64    Down             Yes – SPX
SOX              +3.82     442.94    Up                  Yes – COMPQ

Leading stocks > 1% on Wednesday included ATI, PCX, TIE, CLF, WLT, JEC, UAL, JNPR, SLW, CAM, RVBD, AKS, SLB, SWKS, SOHU, FWLT, IPI, MOS, ARUN, X, FCX, POT, CRM, SWN, UCO, CF, SNDK, ATW, TBT, GLW, F, NVDA, LVS, DECK, VECO, AGU, DE, NETL, GMCR, VMW, CAT, HANS, CAN, UNP, WHR, HUM, NTES  

Losing stocks < -1% included TSL, BA, LDK, MCP, HSY, CMG, DISH, DLR, TLT, MHS, ZION

Positives – SPX, VIX, NDX, SOX, TNX, AAPL, BIDU, breadth and sector strength, Euro, XLV, XLP, XLU were lagging sectors

Negatives – AMZN, GOOG, NFLX, PCLN

Interest rates rose on Wednesday and bond ETF TLT closed down -1.40.  The Euro moved up 31 pips to 1.3712 at 5 pm ET. 

Five of nine sectors rose on Wednesday with Energy XLE +2.40% and Materials XLB +2.12% leading all sectors.

Earnings
Wed – AMZN, MSFT, SNDK, KLAC, MMM, PG, T, F, RVBD, CRUS, GMCR, BMC, PCP, UAL
Thu – BA, CAT, CTXS, LRCX, NFLX, QCOM, SWK, UTX

Moves on Wednesday
Continuation – GLW, IBM, XLNX
Resistance Breakout – FLIR, INTC, ACN, NVDA
Bull Flag Bounce – WLT, CLF, JOYG, SLB, BIDU, WYNN, GILD, CTRP, NTAP, ADSK, FLEX, WFT, OIH, NOV, TIE, PCX, FWLT, SWKS, HUM, F, PNC, SINA, MCP, GM, A, LLTC, FAS
MACD Divergence Bounce – GME

Setup Charts to Watch on Thursday
Bull Flag Setups – HPQ, SNDK, DISH, HSY, MS, LDK, NYX, ESI, UNP, UNG, BK, SID, MHS, AMD
Breakout Setups – NVDA, TIE, HANS, DE, SMH, DTV, NDAQ, MYL
MACD Divergence – DECK, GES, HAS, NKE, HNZ
SPX
Resistance: 1,300
Support: 1,281, 1,256, 1,241

The short term 3 day trend is neutral.
The six-month trend is up.
The twelve-month trend is up.

Trade with the trend of the chart you are trading.

Bullish entry signal is a bounce off support and a break above the high of the low day or a break out of horizontal resistance.

Bearish entry signal is a break of short term support or a bounce down from the 30 DMA or other resistance.
 
AAPL +2.45large white candle, support bounce continuation in bull flag
AMZN -1.31spinning top inside day, earnings on Wednesday
NFLX -3.71white candle confirms Monday’s piercing line, close above high of low day
QCOM +0.34hammer in bull flag
GOOG -3.41bullish engulfing pattern confirms Monday’s hammer
BIDU +2.06white candle does NOT confirm Monday’s long tailed hammer

NDX 100 stocks stronger than the NDX include GILD, JOYG, WYNN, TEVA, SNDK, NTAP, CTRP, LRCX, CTXS, NVDA, ISRG, KLAC, BIDU, NIHD and FLIR.

Stocks weaker than the NDX: CA, SPLS, ALTR, YHOO, ADP, NFLX, SBUX, EXPE, PCLN, SHLD, AMGN, VRTX, HSIC, WFMI and AMZN.

Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Holding Above 30 DMA

SINA, NDAQ, SMH, FWLT, PCX, CLF, CRUS, HOLX, A, DE, FAS, GLW, JEC,  ACN, NYX, ATI, URE, POT, BA, SWN, UNG, TSL, DLR, GMCR, HANS, HUM, HSY, LDK, NTES, CAM,  SLB, TIE, SKX, MA, SPG, ESI, STI, CAT, DHR, DOW, FDX, LXK, MOS, NETL, PCP, VECO, AIV, SOHU, SWKS, X
Moving Above 30 DMA = 13
AGU, AKS, ATW, CF, IPI, JNPR, PNC, SWK, TBT, UAL, UNP, WHR, WLT
Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
MHS, TLT, V
Staying Below 30 DMA
BAC, CHL, MCP, ZION, ARUN, CMG, CRM, RVBD, SNDK, UCO, VMW, FCX, GS, LVS, DECK, AMD, HLF, CREE, GME, ICE, SLW, GES, HAS, CSTR, MCD, FAZ

Added: JNPR, SLW

Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
Short Term Market Trend: Neutral

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dave,
Thanks for all your teaching and insight on the market. I was able to capture a 95% profit on an option yesterday by following the chart and my rules. Than you
Michael

Anonymous said...

Dave,

Thank you so much.

Kathy :)