RUT, NDX, SPX, DJI Closed Higher...Breadth Strengthened, VIX Closed Lower after Ceasefire Negotiations Fail...Earnings Season Kicks Off BMO...

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SPX +69.35 6,886 opened lower after Middle East talks failed over the weekend but closed higher as one narrative suggested that traders preferred failed negotiations to an offensive war.  Breadth turned positive as advancers led on both the NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges. Volume was below average and VIX closed slightly lower. 

Earnings season starts with JPM, BLK, C, JNJ, WFC reporting before the open on Tuesday.

NVDA +0.68, +0.36%, bounced in a channel on 133.2 million shares.

MU +5.97, +1.42%, closed higher in a channel.

SPX advancers: ORCL SNDK FICO CDNS KKR IT NOW FIS FDS ACN ALB DELL.

SPX decliners: FAST CAG EIX PCG NEM TGT CIEN T LITE GIS KHC SRE.

SPY below average volume of 54.0 million shares.

VIX -0.11, 19.12, 

NDX +1.06% closed higher for a nineth day.

DJI, 48,218, +0.63%, a second pause day.

Mega caps MSFT, AVGO, GOOGL, TSLA, META, AMZN, NVDA, BRK/B rose and TSM, AAPL, WMT fell on Monday.

Up: IWM, QQQ, SPY, DIA,  

Down:

The SPY MFC green line is up at 74.4, price-action is short-term bullish. +10. 

Nine of eleven sectors (83.6%) were higher on Monday led by XLK, XLF and XLY. 

75 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

58 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: ROST, NLFX, MRVL, ARM, EA, AMD, BKR, AMD, AEP, INSM, LIN, AMD, AZN, CSX, FAST, ODFL, AMZN, INTC, KLAC, MAR, MPWR, STX, WDC, CSCO, ADI, BKNG, MCHP, TXN, AMAT, AVGO, BKR, GOOGL, LRCX, MELI, AAPL, ALNY, ASML, FER, MDLZ, MU, NVDA, NXPI, ORLY, PCAR, SBUX, HON, META, MNST, FANG, GEHC, ABNB, CCEP, CDNS, CHTR, PANW, PYPL, QCOM, ROP, SNPS,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday:

Moving Above 30 DMA = 9

ABNB, CCEP, CDNS, CHTR, PANW, PYPL, QCOM, ROP, SNPS,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 4

COST, FAST, KHC, XEL,

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