Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Futures Point to a Higher Open...Stronger Euro...Strong November Housing Starts...

BMO – ES +17.25 and NQ +30.25 futures are higher 30 minutes before the open in pre-market trading and point to a higher open…volume is moderate for pre-market with more stocks quoting up than down…Financial stocks, XLF is up 22 cents on 719,400 shares in pre-market at this time…

TLT is down -$1.26 and the Euro is up 112 pips in overnight trading…

Lower short term borrowing costs in Spain and a positive report showing a rise in German business optimism…US housing starts and building permits rose sharply in November…

NDX leaders AAPL, AMZN, BIDU, GOOG, PCLN and QCOM are trading higher…

Dave’s Insight for Tuesday:  higher Euro…lower bonds… Financials up…setting up a higher open …watch for Euro and SPX near support…Follow YOUR rules for entry, exits and stops...TRADE THE TREND…

We are looking at Setups of MACD Bullish Divergence, Diagonal Breakout, Higher Lows and Higher Highs with Higher Lows…there are plenty of Setups with the SPX near support…Check Friday and Monday Post for list of Setups...

Chart Signals will be watching XLF, TNX and VIX today as key factors in any SPX move…

SPX
Resistance: 1,230, 1,249, 1,260
Support: 1,216, 1,205

Quoting DownFAZ, TLT

Quoting UpGOOG, PCLN, ISRG, AAPL, FFIV, BIDU, AMZN, CRM, FAS, CF, GS, UCO, CAT, IBM, CMG, WLT, CLF, SINA, DE, SLB, VMW, MOS, DECK, LNKD, V, RCL, MCP, NKE, FCX, LVS, HAL, SLW, ANR, C, URE, SNDK, POT, X, JNPR, DOW, SOHU, COH, ZAGG, ANF, CROX, TBT, CREE, PCX, CIEN, CHL, RVBD, SWK, SWKS, TSL, NVDA, WYNN, WFM, KLAC, NFLX, INFY, QCOM, ADSK, DTV,ALXN, EXPD, FSLR, FAST, VMED, BRCM, SHLD, SBUX, ORCL, EBAY, URBN, CTSH,LRCX, MSFT, AMGN, AKAM, CA, MYL, INTC, TEVA, CSCO