Wednesday, March 2, 2011

SPX Forms Inverted Hammer at Feb 23 - 24 Horizontal Support Level...

Dave is traveling home from an AT Workshop in Phoenix tonight...


SPX spinning top at support
INDU spinning top at support
COMPQ spinning top at support, higher low
RUT spinning top at support, higher low

Breadth strengthened on Wednesday and turned positive as advancers led decliners 1.73 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.25 to 1 on the NASDAQ

Exchange       NYSE          NASDAQ
Advancers      1,901             1,472
Decliners        1,094              1,170

Index              Chg.    Close    Direction      Confirmation
VIX                 -0.31       20.70     Down            Yes – SPX
SOX              +6.31     456.09     Up                 Yes – COMPQ

Leading stocks > +2% on Wednesday included PCX, WLT, CAM, CIEN, UCO, TBT, CLF, MA, CSTR, SMH, VMW

Losing stocks < -2.0% included SINA, NVDA, SOHU, JDSU, UAL

Positives – breadth and sectors strengthened, TNX, Euro, AAPL, AMZN, BIDU, PCLN, bonds fell

Negatives –

Downward momentum halted on Wednesday as selling pressure decreased and buying pressure increased. 

Interest rates moved higher on Wednesday and bond ETF TLT was down -1.42.  The Euro rose 88 pips to 1.3863 at 5 pm ET

SPX
Resistance: 1,311, 1,321, 1,330
Support: 1,300, 1,281, 1,271

The short term 3 day trend is neutral.
The six-month trend is up.
The twelve-month trend is up.

Trade with the trend of the chart you are trading.

Bullish entry signal is a bounce off support and a break above the high of the low day or a break out of horizontal resistance.

Bearish entry signal is a break of short term support or a bounce down from the 30 DMA or other resistance.

AAPL +2.81 spinning top, close above 30 DMA
AMZN +2.58 piercing line at horizontal support
NFLX -0.40 spinning top does not confirm hammer at earnings gap support
QCOM -0.94 black candle in bull flag pullback
GOOG +0.03 spinning top at horizontal support
BIDU +1.66 spinning top at earnings gap support

NDX 100 stocks stronger than the NDX include XLNX, LRCX, KLAC, YHOO, ALTR, BRCM, VRTX, CEPH, WFMI, EXPD, AKAM, SRCL, STX, NWSA and CTXS.

Stocks weaker than the NDX include NVDA, JOYG, COST, ADSK, FLEX, QCOM, FSLR, NIHD, AMGN, RIMM, CMCSA, HSIC, SBUX, FISV and CSCO.

Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Holding Above 30 DMA

NDAQ, VLO, CLF, JDSU, CRUS, GLW, NYX, URE, DISH, DLR, HUM, NTES, CAM,  SLB, SPG, CAT, NETL, ATW, SWK, ICE, JNPR, AMD, DHR,  ARUN, CIEN, HSY, DECK, GMCR, GES, RVBD, SLW, ESI, HLF, TLT, MOS, SWKS, AGU, POT, FAZ, MCP
Moving Above 30 DMA = 7
CMG, HAS, MA, MHS, SMH, V, VECO
Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
HANS, IPI, SOHU
Staying Below 30 DMA
AIV, AKS, ATI, BA, CF, DOW, FAS, GES, SWN, TIF, UNP, ACN, CRM, CSTR, LDK, SNDK, STI, TSL, TIE, A, BAC, DE, FDX, FWLT, GS, JEC, LVS, LXK, NVDA, PCP, PNC, TBT, UAL, X, PCX, SINA, SKX, WLT, ZION, VMW, UNG, WHR, F, LCC, CHL, FCX, CREE, GME, UCO

Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
Short Term Market Trend: Neutral

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