Tuesday, February 8, 2011

SPX, INDU, COMPQ, NDX and RUT New High Close...



The SPX formed a white candle closing up +5.52 at 1,324.57, a new high close and closing above its 1.321 price target intra-day.  Next breakout price target 1,330.

SPX white candle, new high close
INDU white candle, new high close
COMPQ white candle new high close
RUT white candle horizontal breakout, new high close

Breadth weakened on Tuesday as advancers led decliners 1.77 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.38 to 1 on the NASDAQ …

Exchange       NYSE          NASDAQ
Advancers      1,927             1,542
Decliners        1,084              1,112

Index              Chg.    Close    Direction      Confirmation
VIX                 -0.47       15.81    Down             Yes – SPX
SOX               -0.35     461.25    Down             No – COMPQ

Leading stocks > +2% on Tuesday included MCP, VECO, CSTR, SNDK, GMCR, SLW, MCD, PNC  
Losing stocks < -2.0% included NDAQ, NVDA, NTES, TSL, DISH

Positives – NDX, COMPQ, SPX, VIX, INDU, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, QCOM, TNX rose, XLF second leading sector

Negatives – SOX, breadth weakened slightly, sectors were modestly weaker

Interest rates moved higher on Tuesday and bond ETF TLT closed down 82 cents.  The Euro moved up 43 pips to 1.3624 at 5 pm ET. 

Seven of nine sectors moved higher on Tuesday with Consumer Discretionary XLY +1.19% and Financials XLF +0.71% leading all sectors. 

Earnings – continue to watch earnings releases this week...

Four Flags, Amusing, but not a Park...
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SPX
Resistance: 1,321, 1,330
Support: 1,311, 1,300, 1,281

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 +3.32white candle, new high close
AMZN +6.63large white candle, support bounce continuation
NFLX -0.39hammer at old resistance, new support
QCOM +1.03white candle, new high close
GOOG +4.08white candle, support bounce nearing resistance, potential bear flag
BIDU +0.88white spinning top above gap support

NDX 100 stocks stronger than the NDX include: URBN, SNDK, AMZN, MICC, SHLD, EXPE, SBUX, NWSA, QCOM, WYNN and SIAL

Stocks weaker than the NDX include: TEVA, NVDA, CTRP, BRCM, AMAT, ILMN, ADSK, MYL and FLEX

Stocks to Watch on Wednesday
Holding Above 30 DMA

SINA, NDAQ, SMH, NVDA, FWLT, PCX, CLF, CRUS, HOLX, DE, FAS, GLW, JEC,  ACN, NYX, ATI, URE, DISH, BA, POT, SWN, TSL, DLR, HANS, HUM, LDK, NTES, CAM,  SLB, TIE, MA, SPG, STI, CAT, DOW, MOS, NETL, SOHU, SWKS, ATW, SWK, TBT, ICE, JNPR, PCP, X, AGU, AMD, BAC, CF, DHR, IPI, LXK, PNC, SKX, V, ZION, ARUN, CIEN, CMG, HSY, MCP, DECK, GMCR, TIF, UAL, A, CRM, GES, RVBD, HAS, SLW, VECO
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
GS, HLF, MCD, MHS, UNP
Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
AKS, ESI
Staying Below 30 DMA
AIV, LVS, WLT, UCO, UNG, WHR, F, FDX, TLT, CHL, VMW, FCX, CREE, GME, CSTR, FAZ

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

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