Monday, December 19, 2011

Futures Point to a Higher Open...Watch VIX Direction...

BMO – ES +6.75 and NQ +13.50 futures are higher 30 minutes before the open in pre-market trading and point to a higher open…volume is light for pre-market with more stocks quoting up than down…Financial stocks, XLF is up 6 cents on 13,100 shares in pre-market at this time…

TLT is down 16 cents and the Euro is down 1 pip in overnight trading…

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

Dave’s Insight for Monday:  flat Euro…lower bonds… Financials up…setting up a moderately 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…

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

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

Quoting DownSOHU, SINA, FAZ, AZGG, SLW, APOL, XLNX, ALTR, BIDU

Quoting UpLVS, CAT, GS, FAS, LNKD, WLT, IBM, CF, SLB, V, RCL, MCP, CRM, ANR, CSTR, HAL, DE, GOOG, AAPL, WYNN, VRTX, ROST, PCLN, DTV, AMZN, ERTS, QCOM, PAYX, SHLD, INFY