Friday, September 4, 2020

SPX Bull Flag Tests HBO Forms Hammer...Markets Closed Monday for Labor Day...



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NDX -149.23.09, -1.27%, pulled back for a second day and formed a long-tailed hammer and bull flag price pattern.  The move lower was led by weakness in DOCU, PYPL ADBE, NVDA, ZM, GOOGL, FB and AMZN. 

SPX -28.10, -0.81%, closes at 3,426, forms a bull flag price pattern.                   

Three of eleven sectors were higher on Friday, led by XLF, XLI and XLB.

Financial leaders:  UNM, LNC COF, SYF
Industrials leaders: FDX, CARR, UAL, TDG
Basic Materials leaders: FCX, CE, LYB, WRK

SPY down -2.82 at 342.57 on 139.1 million shares, above average volume, down on lower volume.
VIX down -2.85 at 30.75

JPM, GS, BA, AXP led the DJIA, 11 advancers, +9
UNM, LNC, COTY, COF led the SPX, 193 advancers
AVGO, TSLA, CDW, TCOM led the NDX, 25 advancers

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

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

Breadth strengthened on Friday as decliners led 1,790 to 1,221 on the NYSE and led 2,141 to 1,279 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 83 and is counter trend defensive.  Price action is a is a 2-day bull flag pullback with a hammer candle pattern on Friday.


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

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

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

25 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

53 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  AMZN, NVDA, AAPL, VRSK, COST, MNST, CHTR, CMCSA, CTAS, ISRG, LULU, ORLY, CPRT, CSX, TCOM, QCOM. SBUX, AVGO, FB, NXPI, TMUS, TXN, BKNG, ULTA, MAR, PAYX, EXPE, ADBE, ANSS, INTU, MSFT, PEP, TSLA, FOXA, GOOGL, NTES, SNPS, WDAY, ZM, MCHP, ADI, KHC, ROST, AMGN, ALXN, DOCU, NFLX, CERN, INTC, ALGN, XLNX, XEL, CDW, WDC,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
CDW, WDC,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 9
ADP, ADSK, AMD, ASML, CTSH, FISV, LBTYA, PYPL, SPLK,


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