Thursday, November 15, 2018

SPY, DIA, IWM Form Piercing Line as QQQ Forms Bullish Engulfing Following Intra-day Reversal...




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After-hours NVDA -16.77%, WSM -13.14% and AMAT -7.77% fell after reporting EPS.  NVDA and AMAT negative reactions brought QQQ and /NQ down in after-hoursLook for a potential lower open in QQQ and /NQ Friday morning.

On Thursday CSCO +5.50% and NTES +5.32% gained after EPS announcements, while NTAP -6.31% and WMT -1.96% fell.

The broad indexes had another volatile day opening lower before an intra-day reversal resulted with SPY, DIA and IWM forming a bullish piercing line candle.  QQQ formed a bullish engulfing candle. SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM are forming a right shoulder in their inverse head & should price pattern.

The DJIA, closed up 208 points at 25,289led by strength in MMM, AAPL, CAT, JPM and V.  This is the twelfth straight close above 25,000.

Seven of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by technology XLK +2.51% and energy XLE +1.47%.

SPY up 2.82 at 273.02 on 135.1 million shares, 6% above average volume. Up on higher volume.
VIX down 1.27 at 19.98 
Oil up .78 at 56.78
TLT down .05 at 114.04 on 7.8 million shares. 

CSCO +5.50%, MMM +3.46%, led the DJIA, 22 advancers, +16.
ANET +6.41%, MU +4.94% and MCHP +4.62%, led the SPX.
JD +6.33%, TTWO +6.09%, XLNX +5.63%, and NTES +5.32% led the NDX.

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

Up: QQQ, IWM, SPY, DIA,
Down:

Breadth strengthened on Thursday, as decliners led 1,698 to 1,252 on the NYSE and led 2,087 to 957 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 40 and is short-term bearish.

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


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

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Sideways
3-day Short Term Market TrendSideways


86 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

65 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  SBUX, WBA, CDNS, TSLA, PEP, XLNX, CMCSA, DLTR, ESRX, INTC, QRTEA, SHPG, CHTR, COST, MELI, AAL, BKNG, FOXA, MDLZ, SIRI, ULTA, MNST, PYPL, SYMC, FAST, MCHP, MYL, VRSK, WDAY, CTXS, HSIC, ORLY, SNPS, XRAY, ADI, CSX, MAR, NXPI, TMUS, VOD, MXIM, NTES, ADP, AMAT, ASML, AVGO, BIIB, CHKP, CSCO, CTAS, FISV, HAS, HOLX, ILMN, INCY, INTU, JD, KLAC, LRCX, MU, PAYX, PCAR, SNPS, STX, TXN,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 23
ADP, AMAT, ASML, AVGO, BIIB, CHKP, CSCO, CTAS, FISV, HAS, HOLX, ILMN, INCY, INTU, JD, KLAC, LRCX, MU, PAYX, PCAR, SNPS, STX, TXN,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
EXPE,

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