Friday, August 7, 2020

NDX Pauses After 7-day Rally...SPX Inches Higher on Late Rally...


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NDX -127.70, -1.13%, opened lower and closed lower, pausing after a 7-day rally.
SPX +2.12, +0.06%, opened lower and closed slightly higher, a breakout continuation.

FB rose +3.16, +1.19%, while AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL and MSFT fell leading the NDX to a lower close on Friday. 

4 SP500 stocks, MAR, RCL, DUK, PPL report before the open on Monday.

Nine of eleven sectors were higher on Friday, led by XLF, XLU and XLI.

Financial leaders:  LNC, PRU, CMA, BK
Utilities leaders:  XEL, DUK, EXC, LNT
Industrials leaders:  UPS, FDX, FLS, WAB

SPY up .24 at 334.57 on 57.3 million shares, below average volume, up on higher volume.
VIX down .44 at 22.21

AXP, TRV, RTX led the DJIA, 20 advancers, +3
UPS, HST, LNC, FDX led the SPX, 357 advancers
BIIB, TMUS, MAR, XEL led the NDX, 35 advancers


The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.

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

Breadth strengthened on Friday as advancers led 1,893 to 1,079 on the NYSE and led 1,959 to 1,416 on the NASDAQ

The SPX MFC green line is pointed up at 99 and is short-term bullish.  Price action is a horizontal breakout continuation.


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

The 6-month intermediate trend is sideways.  The ten-day trend is up.

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

35 of 100 NDX stock closed higher on Friday.

69 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  AMZN, CDNS, IDXX, NVDA, SWKS, AAPL, FAST, MELI, PYPL, TSLA, NTES, MXIM, LRCX, EA, TTWO, ATVI, ANSS, AMGN, DOCU, DXCM, PEP, VRSK, XLNX, CHKP, COST, MNST, CHTR, CMCSA, CTSH, KHC, PCAR, AMD, CTAS, ISRG, LULU, ORLY, XEL, CPRT, CSX, EXC, TCOM, CSCO, MRNA, SIRI, VRSN, AMAT, BIIB, INTU, QCOM. SNPS, ROST, SBUX, KLAC, ADBE, AVGO, FB, MSFT, NXPI, TMUS, DLTR, TXN, BIDU, ALGN, BKNG, ULTA, FISV, MAR, PAYX, WBA, 

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
PAYX, WBA,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 8
ADSK, EXPE, GOOGL, ILMN, JD, NFLX, SPLK, ZM,


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