Wednesday, October 31, 2018

SPX Closes with a Two-day Rally, but Down for October...FB Gains on Positive EPS Reaction...




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Stocks fell big in October, and among the biggest losers were ALGN, WDC, NVDA, EA, WYNN, AMZN, CELG, ALXN, NFLX, ADSK and ATVI in the NDX. IBM, CAT, DWDP, HD, NKE and UTX were weak in the DJIA.


The relatively few October gainers included TSLA, TWTR, CBOE, HRL, JWN, WBA, GM, CMCSA, CME, XLNX, DLTR, SBUX, VZ, WMT, PG, MCD and MRK


Earnings season continued on Wednesday. Positive reactions included FB, TAP, GM, FLT, HFC, INCY, MGM, EBAY and ICENegative reactions: BAX, K, APC

The DJIA, closed up 241 points at 25,115led by strength in GS, AAPL, V, BA and CAT.  This is the first close above 25,000 in five days.

Eight of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by technology XLK +2.38% and communications XLC +2.06%.

SPY up 2.86 at 270.63, on 128.1 million shares, 8% above average volume. Up on lower volume.
VIX down 2.12 at 21.23 
Oil down 1.49 at 64.86
TLT down .58 at 113.58 on 8.7 million shares. 

V +3.83%, CAT +3.29%, led the DJIA, 22 advancers, -4.
TAP +9.95%, GM +9.09% and FLT +7.98%, led the SPX.
TMUS +7.24%, CTRP +6.74%, INCY +6.21%, and ISRG +6.19% led the NDX.

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

Up: QQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM,
Down:

Breadth weakened on Wednesday, as advancers led 1,779 to 1,177 on the NYSE and led 1,862 to 1,200 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is pointed up at 19 and is short-term bullish.

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


The 6-month intermediate and long-term trends are still up.  The three-month trend is down.  The ten-day trend is down.

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Down
3-day Short Term Market TrendUp


73 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

22 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  SBUX, WBA, CDNS, TSLA, PEP, XLNX, CA, ROST, CMCSA, DLTR, ESRX, EXPE, INTC, QRTEA, SHPG, CHTR, COST, MELI, PYPL, TMUS, TTWO, VRSK,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 7
CHTR, COST, MELI, PYPL, TMUS, TTWO, VRSK,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
FOXA, KHC, MDLZ,


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