Thursday, August 24, 2017

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After the Close part 1 Review of Thursday’s action…
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After the Close part 2…

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Two sectors were higher and one was unchanged, led by healthcare XLV +0.29% and energy XLE +0.06%.

SPY down .57 at 243.99 on 50.7 million shares, 19% below average.  Down on similar volume.
VIX down .02 at 12.23.
Oil down .75 to 47.62
TLT down .47 at 126.83…on 5.5 million shares, 18% below avg.  Down on lower volume. 

CSCO +1.03%, and MRK +0.90%, led the DJIA, 15 advancers.
SIG +16.67%, FOSL +9.75% and PVH +5.73% led the SPX.

DLTR +5.62%, QVCA +2.65%, XRAY +2.63%, and MXIM +1.87%, led the NDX.

Intermediate and long term up trend intact.  3-day short term trend is up.

Up: IWM,
Down: DIA, SPY, QQQ

Breadth strengthened on Thursday as advancers led 1,437 to 1,408 on the NYSE and led 1,695 to 1,111 on the NASDAQ.

The SPY MFC green line is flat at 35, short-term bearish.

Uptrend sectorsXLU,
Neutral sectors: XLK, XLP, XLF, XLY, XLRE, XLV, XLB, XLI
Down trend sectors: XLE

Intermediate-term trending stocks:  PYPL, ADBE, NVDA, FB, ATVI, EA, BA, MCD, V, CCL, RCL, ALGN, ANET, SQ, CC, AABA, TTWO, PGR, TRU, LYV, ALL, TAL, BABA, A, EDU, SHOP, EXPE,


30 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

38 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
ADI, CHKP, MXIM,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
COST, CTSH, LBTYA, LRCX, MSFT,


The intermediate and long-term trends are still up.

6-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-day Short Term Market Trend: Up



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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Dave,
I still have my "I'm a great trader" sticker on my computer !! I would appreciate any thoughts you have on the "food" stocks given trade today. I happen to own COST and got hit today. Still in the channel the way I see it.

Don said...

Hi Dave,
I really appreciate your discussions on reading the charts. I also appreciate the insights to improve mindset and not to listen to all the noise.

Thanks!!!!!
Don