Friday, December 21, 2018

SPY, DIA, QQQ Hit 52-week Low on Friday...VIX Closes Above 30...




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SPY made a 52-week low, closing near its low of the day on Friday, on slightly higher volume.

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The DJIA, closed down 414 points at 22,445led by weakness in BA, GS, AAPL, V and AXP.  This is the twelfth close below 25,000 since Dec 6.

All eleven sectors were lower on Friday, led by real estate XLRE +0.99% and staples XLP +0.62%.

SPY down 5.03 at 240.70 on 255.3 million shares, 100% above average volume. Down on slightly higher volume.
VIX up 1.73 at 30.11 
Oil down .80 at 45.42
TLT down .02 at 120.72 on 9.9 million shares. 

NKE +7.17%, MCD +0.27%, led the DJIA, 3 advancers, +2
KMX +3.95%, ABMD +2.11% and FL +1.75%, led the SPX.
JD +5.88%, NTES +3.65%, TSLA +1.39%, and AVGO +1.25% led the NDX.

Long term up trend intact.  3-day short term trend is down.

Up
Down: DIA, SPY, IWM, QQQ

Breadth weakened on Friday, as decliners led 2,326 to 653 on the NYSE and led 2,447 to 668 on the NASDAQ

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

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

The 6-month intermediate trend is down.  The ten-day trend is down.

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


of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

2 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  NTES, AVGO,

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


Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
QCOM, VOD, WDAY,

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