Thursday, January 27, 2011

SPX New High Close...NFLX Gaps to New High...AMZN Gaps Down in After-Hours...

The SPX formed a spinning top and made a new high close +2.91 at 1,299.54 on Thursday.
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SPX spinning top new high close resistance breakout
INDU spinning top new high close
COMPQ white candle bounce to resistance
RUT spinning top bounce continuation

Breadth weakened on Thursday as advancers led decliners 1.29 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.06 to 1 on the NASDAQ …

Exchange       NYSE          NASDAQ
Advancers      1,696             1,369
Decliners        1,309              1,290
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Index              Chg.    Close    Direction      Confirmation
VIX                 -0.49       16.15    Down             Yes – SPX
SOX              +8.34     451.28    Up                  Yes – COMPQ

Leading stocks > 1% on Thursday included CRUS, SWK, UAL, SWKS, CMG, AMD, POT, SOHU, ATW, NDAQ, WHR, URE, STI, SNDK, HUM, ICE, LCC, F, FAS, SINA, SMH, ZION, MCP, LVS, SKX, RVBD, HOLX, GLW, GS, DISH, NYX, NETL, UNP, HLF, DEC, DLR, ARUN  

Losing stocks < -1% included UCO, UNG, SLW, CLF, FCX, PCX, ESI, FAZ, X, VECO, GMCR, JEC, WLT, SLB, CAM, NTES, HSY, SWN, DHR, TIE, CREE, MCD

Positives – SPX, VIX, NDX, SOX, NFLX, PCLN, QCOM, BIDU, XLF leads sectors, sector strength, Euro, XLP lagging sector

Negatives – TNX, AMZN after hours, breadth weakened

Interest rates fell on Thursday and bond ETF TLT closed up 41 cents.  The Euro moved up 23 pips to 1.3735 at 5 pm ET. 

Six of nine sectors rose on Thursday with Financials XLF +0.88% and Consumer Discretionary XLY +0.79% leading all sectors.

Earnings
Thursday
BA beats, lowers EPS
CAT beats, raises
CTXS beats, raises
LRCX beats, lowers
NFLX beat, EPS, raises,
QCOM beats, raises
SWK beats, raises
UTX beats, confirms

SPX
Resistance: 1,300, 1,311, 1,321
Support: 1,281, 1,256, 1,241

The short term 3 day trend is up.
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 -0.64spinning top near recent resistance
AMZN +9.06large white candle, -17.30 after hours following earnings
NFLX +27.84gap up white candle horizontal breakout
QCOM +3.04gap up white candle breakout
GOOG +0.29spinning top above hammer
BIDU +1.10white candle new high close at recent resistance

NDX 100 stocks stronger than the NDX include NFLX, MU, QCOM, AMZN, ALTR, AMAT, YHOO, PCLN, SNDK, CHKP, BBBY, STX, XLNX, CTXS and LINTA.

Stocks weaker than the NDX: LRCX, CTRP, DELL, CELG, GILD, ERTS, JOYG, ISRG, MYL, ATVI, VRTX, TEVA, SIAL, BIIB and PAYX.

Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA

SINA, NDAQ, SMH, FWLT, PCX, CLF, CRUS, HOLX, A, DE, FAS, GLW, JEC,  ACN, NYX, ATI, URE, POT, BA, SWN, TSL, DLR, GMCR, HANS, HUM, LDK, NTES, CAM,  SLB, TIE, SKX, MA, SPG, ESI, STI, CAT, DOW, FDX, LXK, MOS, NETL, PCP, VECO, AIV, SOHU, SWKS, X, AGU, AKS, ATW, IPI, JNPR, PNC, SWK, TBT, UAL, UNP, WHR, WLT
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
CMG, ICE, LVS, MHS, SNDK
Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
CF, DHR, HSY, UNG
Staying Below 30 DMA
TLT, V, BAC, CHL, MCP, ZION, ARUN, CRM, RVBD, UCO, VMW, FCX, GS, DECK, AMD, HLF, CREE, GME, SLW, GES, HAS, CSTR, MCD, FAZ

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

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