Monday, September 30, 2013

Shutdown Looms as House/Senate Tangle...TSLA New High Close as FB Takes a Breathier...

All nine sectors moved lower on Monday…however XLU, XLV and XLB were the strongest sectors…XLP was the weakest sector. 
 
Breadth weakened… decliners led advancers…1.51 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.19 to 1 on the NASDAQ.
 
Monday – weakened, decliners led
Friday – weakened, decliners led
Thursday – strengthened –advancers led
Wednesday – weakened, mixed
Tuesday – strengthened, advancers led
 
 
SPY down .90 at 168.01…volume 143.9 million shares
VIX up 1.14 at 16.60…
TNX down .04 at 26.15…
TLT down .16 at 106.40...
XLF down .14 at 19.91…volume 39.8 million shares
 
AAPL down 6.00 at 476.75…volume 9.2 million shares
FB down 1.01 at 50.23volume 100 million shares
 
Technical Commentary: 
DIA – 0.79%, SPY – 0.53%, QQQ -0.24%, IWM + 0.03%.
 
Futures gapped lower on Sunday and traded lower until just after the opening bell on Monday morning.  US traders were apparently taking the Asian and European selloff as a buying opportunity.  In the end stocks did close lower than Friday, however the SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM closed higher than the opened.  IWM finished 3 cents higher.
 
All this as the House and Senate tangle over federal funding to avoid a partial government shutdown, the first since 1995/1996.  How can stock rally in the face of a shutdown?  Apparently institutions either don’t see a partial shutdown or they don’t see one lasting long enough to be devastating.  At least that is what a strong small cap and technology market segment is suggesting.
 
FB, MNST, ADSK and AAPL led to the downside while TSLA, CMCSA, BIDU and SHLD led to the upside.
 
TSL +4.25%, SOHU +4.01%, VECO +2.59%, CMG +2.34% and CREE +1.57% continued to rise despite lower stock prices in general.
 
Up or down, follow your rules when trading resumes on Tuesday…that’s what big money will do.
 
Resistance Chart Targets:
QQQ = 79.69
IWM = 107.48
SPY = 173.60
 
Remember it is big money that creates and sustains the trend.  As Granville once wrote, “technical analysis is the art of tracking the market, following the footsteps of the ‘smart money’ crowd.  The ‘smart money crowd’ is no mysterious ‘THEY.’  It is simply a collection of people who are reading the market correctly, seeing through the maze, unconfused by this hall of mirrors.”
 
Short-term market posture is SPY down, NDX, QQQ neutral.
Support Levels
ES = 1,672, 1,660
SPY = 168.33, 167.08, 165.31
QQQ = 78.40, 77.67
IWM = 105.52, 104.57
 
 
Q2 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – NKE, BBBY, ULTA, FIVE, CIEN, SPLK, CRM, GES, DSW, ADSK, ROST, GME, JRCC, RAX, SSYS, TMUS, SGMS, FWLT, MNST, GRPN, TSLA, AGU, BOFI, FOSL, ADM, MGM, WPO, CNK, KORS, SATS, MGM, EAT, VIAB, YOKU, AIG, CTRX, CHK, COP, LNKD, MELI, MYL, NUS, ZAGG, CMCSA, CTRP, GRMN, HES, MA, MCHP, SODA, YELP, QCOR, FISV, BWLD, MTW, VRTX, WYNN, SWK, SBUX, ALK, AMZN, CELG, CB, CLF, GILD, IP, MXIM, RCL, HSY, UA, UAL, V,   FB, BIDU, TRIP, COG, CTXS, ETFC, FFIV, AKAM, AAPL, EA, VMW, DAL, LCC, EMC, LLY, MCO, AKS, FCX, BTU, UTX, HAS, TXN, GE, HON, SLB, STI, WHR, CHKP, CMG, JCI, KEY, MS, OSTK, SWKS, UNP, UNH, BAC, IBM, SNDK, XLNX, CSX, GS, URI, YHOO, C, WFC
 
Negative Reactions – P, SHLD, PWRD, CREE, MCP, GMCR, SCTY, SUNE, Z, CAR, CHRW, FSLR, LINTA, ANR, CVX, CME, XOM, K, DTV, RVBD, X, COH, DISCA, ESRX, SOHU, DLR, CERN, CRUS, DECK, DNKN, EXPE, KLAC, POT, PCP, SWI, TPX, EQIX, ABC, CROX, ANGI, ATI, CAT, WDC, PNRA, STX, NSC, USNA, TRV, MCD, MO, NFLX, ZION, BHI, AMD, GOOG, ISRG, MSFT, EBAY, INTC, MAT, SCSS, USB, AXP, KO, MOS
 
 
Chart Signals Strategy Guidelines
When the market is trending up Chart Signals looks for support bounce and resistance breakout entries. 
 
When the market is trending down Chart signals looks for resistance pull back and support break entries. 
 
When the market is sideways in consolidation Chart Signals will look for support bounce, diagonal breakouts and pull backs at resistance where price action stays between support and resistance. 
 
Technical setups for short-term option trades be in and out by earnings release.
Over earnings release use earnings option strategies such as straddles, strangles, OTM calls or puts.
After earnings look for bullish setups in positive reaction stocks and bearish setups in negative reaction stocks.
 
 
The Market Forecast Green Line is pointed down. 
 
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Setups 
H Breakout: MSFT, CREE, ESI,
 
Diagonal Breakout: XLNX, ATI,
 
Bull Flag: ADSK, AKAM, AMAT, AMGN, AMZN, BBBY, COST, EBAY, FAST, GOOG, GRMN, INTC, WYNN, ALK, DDD, LVS, MCP, RCL, SPY, V, VRSN, Z,
 
Potential Bullish Divergence: SYMC, TIF,
 
Gap Up:
 
Gap Down: 
 
Bear Flag:
 
At Support: SNDK, C, QIHU,
 
Moves
New Highs: ROST, TSLA, CMG, SOHU, TSL,
 
Gap Up: CMG,
 
Gap Down: GS, NKE, SPLK,
 
H&D Breakout: CMCSA, VECO,
 
Breakout Test:  
 
Bounce:  
 
MACD Divergence Bounce: 
 
Bear Flag:  
 
Support Break: DELL, NTAP, NUAN, ANR, CLF, F, GLW, GRPN, SCTY,  
 
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37 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday and one was unchanged.
 
Leading NDX 100 stocks included: ISRG, REGN, TSLA, CMCSA, MXIM, AVGO, CHTR, BIDU, SBAC, FOXA, SHLD
 
Lagging NDX stocks included:  CTRX, FB, BIIB,  MNST, ADSK, CHRW, CA, LMCA, AAPL, MDLZ, LINTA, SIRI
 
Leading stocks > +2% on Monday included: LDK, TSL, SOHU, VECO, CMG, HLF
 
Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: XONE, Z, GRPN, YELP, JCP, MCP, CLF, AKS, VMW, CDE, FAS
 
Stocks to Watch on Tuesday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 72
TSLA, GRMN, PCLN, VIAB, FB, NFLX, WYNN, NVDA, ADSK, AMGN, AVGO, CTSH, GILD, VOD, SBAC, SHLD, AKAM, ALTR, BIIB, CELG, EXPD, MU, MXIM, ROST, YHOO, REGN, VRSK, FOXA, ADBE, ALXN, CHRW, DLTR, INTC, INTU, KLAC, SNDK, XLNX,TXN, AMZN, FAST, LINTA, SIRI, WFM, XRAY, LMCA, EBAY, EXPE, FISV, CHTR, BIDU, COST, MYL, PAYX, PCAR, SBUX, STX, AMAT, CERN, LLTC, SIAL, CMCSA, MDLZ, LBTYA, MAT, MCHP, BBBY, EQIX, DISCA, FOSL, ORLY, SPLS, SRCL, MSFT,
 
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
HSIC, NTAP
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
ADP, DTV
 
Staying Below 30 DMA
ATVI, BRCM, CA, DELL, FFIV, GOOG,QCOM, ADI, CSCO, WDC, AAPL,CHKP, CTXS, KRFT, NUAN, GMCR, GOLD, ESRX, VRTX, CTRX, SYMC, ISRG, MNST
 
Thirteen Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
5-Day Short Term Market Trend: Down, NDX, RUT = Neutral

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