Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Stocks Rally as Biotech VRTX, BIIB, CELG and Semiconductors INTC, MU Help Lift NDX...

All nine sectors moved higher on Wednesday…XLV, XLK and XLI were the strongest sectors…XLP was the weakest sector.

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 2.98 to 1 on the NYSE and 2.03 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

Wednesday – strengthened, advancers led
Tuesday – weakened, decliners led
Monday – strengthened, advancers led
Friday – strengthened, advancers led
Thursday – weakened, decliners led


SPY up 1.31 at 194.84 on 69 million shares, below average volume
VIX down 1.23 at 12.90…
TNX down .29 at 24.13…
TLT up .75 at 115.51...
XLF up .10 at 22.55 on 22.7 million shares, below average volume

AAPL up 1.27 at 97.24 on 31.9 million shares
FB up .94 at 73.77…on 29.2 million shares


Technical Commentary:
QQQ +1.06%, IWM +0.78%, SPY +0.68%, DIA +0.60%.

The SPY bounce and Market Forecast green line continued to rise today. While markets do zig zag higher as opposed to moving in a straight line, Chart Signals looks for a continuation move to the upside over the next several trading days

The NDX led all indexes with percentage gains in biotech VRTX, BIIB, CELG and semiconductors INTC and MUNDX point gainers included INTC, MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, BIIB, FB, AAPL and GILD.

Traders continue to follow your entry rules, now.

Trade with the trend of the chart you are trading and continue to move your profit protection stops.  Continue to follow your rules.


Short-term up trend Chart Targets:
SPY = 194.30, 195.78, 196.62, 198.05...
QQQ = 96.31, 97.52, 98.28
IWM = 112.23, 114.31...

Support Levels
SPY = 191.57, 189.51...
QQQ = 93.57, 91.73, 90.44…
IWM = 110.15, 108.86...

Earnings season is winding down while the ramp up for retail earnings begins. 

This week:  PCLN, GOGO, CSIQ, JDSU, CREE, RAX, VJET, XONE, SINA, NTES, ADSK, NTAP, JCP, JD

Q2 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – CSIQ, PCLN, NVDA, MNST, ANR, FSLR, GTAT, LNKD, SFUN, SSYS, SUNE, UBNT, YOKU, AKS, AMGN, CHRW, ESRX, HCA, HES, LRCX, TSN, TWTR, WYNN, X, YNDX, CMG, BIIB, ISRG, SWI, UA, VRSN, AAPL, APD, CA, CHKP, CMCSA, CTXS, DAL, DECK, DOW, FFIV, FB, FTI, GD, LXK, LMT, NBR, NDAQ, NOK, OSTK, ORLY, PETS, RHI, STLD, SWK, TSCO, TXN, WHR, XRX, ZION, BX, C, GOOGL, GS, HON, INTC, KSU, JPM, PM, SCSS, SWKS, URI, AA, STZ, APOL, BKS, KBH, MON, MU, NKE, SCHN,

More than 10% - TWTR, CMG, BIDU, BIIB, ISRG, LNKD, OSTK, SWI, SFUN, SSYS, SUNE, UA, VRSN, X

Negative Reactions – CREE, GOGO, JDSU, RAX, SCTY, YELP, CTSH, MYL, AEM, AET, AKAM,  BWLD, BZH, CL, CMI, COP, DDD, ESI, GLW, GRMN, HLF, JEC, KRFT, LNG, MTW, RYL, SLCA, UPL, UPS, VRTX, XOM, ALK, ALXN, AMZN, ANGI, ATI, BA, CAT, CELG, DHI, DNKN, EA, ETFC, FCX, GM, HOG, ILMN, JNPR, KLAC, KMB, KO, LLTC, MCD, NFLX, P, PHM, QCOM, SBUX, STI, STO, T, TPX, TRIP, TRV, UTX, V, XLNX, AMD, BAC, BHI, JCI, JNJ, LVS, MAT, SLB, SNDK, STX, USB, YHOO, FAST, FDO, CAMP, BBBY, GIS, CCL, WAG,

More than -10% - AMD, ANGI, BWLD, CAMP, DHI, HLF, MXIM, P, SNDK, XLNX,


Reversal in progress – GIS, WAG,


Reversal of Initial Reaction – BBBY, YHOO, APOL, KBH, MON,


The SPY Market Forecast green line is pointed UP at 32.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: SOXL, P, AAL, AIG, CTRP, ETFC, IBM, MS, SFUN, SOHU, SWI, SWKS, TPX, VRSN, AAPL, CELG, CMCSA, ESRX, EXPE, GILD, MAR, NFLX, SBUX,
Diagonal Breakout: IWM, SBUX, AA, EMC, LOCO, CTXS, MU
Bull Flag: SCSS, SSYS, SCTY, TLT, Z, EBAY, ROST, WDC,
Potential Bullish Divergence:
Gap Down: VJET, XONE,
C- Pattern: IWM, FAS, SOXL, SPY, AIG, ATI, BBY, SUNE, UBNT, ADBE, AKAM, AMZN, AVGO, KLAC, MU, NXPI, TXN, TER, TRIP, SNDK, STX,

Moves
New Highs: LNKD, MFRM, X, TSLA, BRK.B, CAR, BITA
H Breakout: SPY, QQQ, FAS, AAPL,
D Breakout: DAL, RCL, CTXS, MU, STX, TXN,
Bull Flag Bounce: TWTR, UA, BIDU, FB, INTC,
Gap Up:
Gap Down: CREE, JDSU
Bounce:
MACD Divergence Bounce: FEYE,
C- Pattern: YELP, EA, DAL, GTAT,
Support Break:

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81 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: VRTX, BIIB, INTC, SIRI, CELG, MU, TRIP, AMZN, ADSK, GOOG

Lagging NDX stocks included: FFIV, WDC, MAT, GMCR, NFLX, PCLN, CTRX, SNDK, TRIP, VRTX

Leading stocks > +2% on Wednesday included: CSIQ, P, JD, JASO, TSL, FEYE, YOKU, UAL, SWKS, DAL, QIHU, Z

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: JDSU, SFUN, LOCO


Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 43
CHRW, BIDU, INTC, WDC, SYMC, GILD, SBAC, NTAP, EBAY, COST, FB, BBBY, CERN, EXPE, REGN, AMGN, CTXS, FFIV, PCLN, ISRG, YHOO, SPLS, ESRX, DLTR, TSLA, FOXA, MSFT, NFLX, ADP, CTRX, DISCA, MNST, NVDA, ROST, WFM, AAPL, ATVI, CHKP, INTU, MAR, PAYX, BIIB, EQIX

Moving Above 30 DMA = 7
ADSK, ALXN, CELG, FISV, SIAL, SIRI, VRSK

Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
ORLY, TSCO                                                                                           

Staying Below 30 DMA
SRCL, DTV, AKAM, CHTR, CMCSA, CSCO, GOOG, LMCA, SBUX, VOD, VRTX, ADBE, MDLZ, EXPD, PCAR, MU, MYL, AMZN, HSIC, KLAC, LINTA, AVGO, DISH, ILMN, QCOM, TRIP, ALTR, GMCR, KRFT, LLTC, NXPI, TXN, VIAB, XLNX, AMAT, LBTYA, VIP, SNDK, MAT, ADI, GRMN, FAST, MXIM,

Sixteen Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up

3-Day Short Term Market Trend: Up

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