Thursday, December 17, 2015

Yesterday's Euphoric Gains Evaporate...Stocks Sell Off Sharply Led By Energy Sector...Oil Falls Below $35 A Barrel...Lowest Since February 2009...

Only one sector moved higher on ThursdayXLU, XLV and XLP were the strongest sectors while XLE was the weakest sector

Breadth weakened as decliners led advancers 1.88 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.68 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY down 1.52 at 204.86 on 170.9 million shares
VIX up 1.08 at 18.94…
TNX down .49 at 22.38…
TLT up 1.37 at 122.55…on 9.9 million shares
XLF down .35 at 24.09…on 57.2 million shares

AAPL down 2.36 at 108.98 on 44.6 million shares
FB down .57 at 106.22 on 21.5 million shares

Technical Commentary:
SPY -1.52%, QQQ -1.46%, DIA -1.43%, IWM -1.07%.



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

The SPX MFC green line is turned up at 34. 

Short-term Chart Targets:
SPY =...209.73
QQQ = 115.29
IWM = 116.17…
                   
Support Levels
SPY = 204.80
QQQ = 112.17
IWM = 112.83

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: BABA, ETFC, KWEB, SFUN, AMZN, EA, FB, GOOGL, ILMN, LRCX, TSLA,
Diagonal Breakout: AA, AMBA, JNPR, NKE, GILD
At Support: JBLU, LC, MFRM, SLCA, VRSN

Moves
New Highs: RUN,   
H Breakout: SOHU, STI,  
D Breakout: SCTY (long term)
Bounce: CIEN
Support Break: HPQ,

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Only 4 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

40 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 0


Moving Below 30 DMA = 15
ADP, AMAT, CHKP, COST, FAST, INTU, KHC, MNST, PAYX, PYPL, REGN, SNDK, TXN, WYNN, YHOO

6-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Neutral
3-day Short Term Market Trend: Down

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