Wednesday, May 23, 2012

SPY Tests Support, Bounces as Euro Falls...AAPL, ZAGG Higher...P Up After-hours...


The SPY which spent the morning testing the support low made on Friday reached a low of 129.99 before buyers stepped in around 12:30 pm EDT and made a strong recovery to close up 7 cents.  The Euro fell and TNX interest rates slipped -0.72.  Financial stocks and bonds rose.  The SPX closed at 1,318.86 above its 1,300 support area.

Six of nine sectors moved higher on Wednesday. XLB, XLI, and XLY were the strongest sectors.

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 1.54 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.17 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

Exchange        NYSE       NASDAQ
Advancers       1,826          1,358
Decliners         1,182          1,156

SPY moved up 7 cents on 204.7 million shares…and was down 76 cents in after-hours trading…

AAPL traded between a low of 553.23 and a high of 572.80, closing up +13.59 at 570.56 on 20.9 million shares...

DELL -2.59, -17.18% following earnings and weak guidance Tuesday after the close…

FB +1.00 at 32.00 on 73.7 million shares had its first higher close.....

GRPN +8 cents, +0.67% in bull flag following reversal pattern…


C Pattern Continuation: ZAGG, SHLD, SIAL, WFM, ALXN

C Pattern Entry: SWKS, CRM, AVGO, SRCL

C Pattern Setup: DHR, V, A, GOOG, AAPL, INTU, DLTR, CTXS, CMCSA

Bounce: CRUS, SWI, MNST, BMC, ORLY, VRSN, WCRS, BBBY, CERN, CTXS, ROST

Daily/Weekly Bull Flags: GRPN, VECO, BIIB, NWSA

MACD Histogram Bullish Divergence: RVBD, CIEN, MCP, CROX, SOHU, VMW, TPX, JDSU, MOS, INFA, F, BIDU, NFLX, QCOM, NNVDA, SBUX, SHLD, VMED, PNRA, MSF, MRVL, MCHP, INFY, GOLD, FISV, EXPD, CTRP, CHKP, CELG, ADBE, AKAM, ALTR


Technical Commentary:

The SPY moved lower and reversed higher after the Euro sold off and penetrated its 1.2622 support.  The SPY stayed above Friday’s support low of 129.55 and closed above the S1 level of Monday’s large white candle.

Wednesday Highlights: 
SPY closes up 7 cents
The Euro fell 94 pips, closed 1.2585
TNX -0.72
VIX moved lower -0.15, below 25 at 22.338
XLF closed up 5 cents


65 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday…


Leading NDX 100 stocks included AVGO, EXPE, NFLX, FSLR, SBUX, EA, ATVI, GOLD, BIDU, NVDA

Lagging NDX stocks included DELL, VMED, INTC, STX, MSFT, ALXN, NWSA, MYL, TEVA, NTAP

Leading stocks > +2% on Wednesday included PCX, GES, ZAGG, SWI, ANR, LDK, CSTR, TSL, SINA, CLF, FB, CRUS, ATI, CDE, SWK, BAC, MCP, SOHU, CMG, MOS, SWKS, LNKD, UAL, F

Losing stocks < -2.0% included JNPR, CREE, GLW, UCO, TPX

Stocks to Watch on Thursday

Holding Above 30 DMA = 8
TLT, CRUS, SWI, VECO, FAZ, NTES, GRPN, ZAGG

Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
CRM, LDK, SWKS

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


Staying Below 30 DMA
LNKD, UAL, CHL, URE, CREE, TSL, STI, WDC, DLR, NKE, ANF, ATI, CSTR, DE, GLW, IBM, SLB, VMW, CMG, DHR, ESI, FAS, FCX, SMH, TIF, UCO, V, AKS, ANR, JNPR, X, HLF, SOHU, DECK, HUM, CROX, LVS, CIEN, PCX, RCL, RVBD, CLF, MCP, SWK, TPX, ZION, INFA, BAC, A, TBT, F, JDSU, C, GS, TSLA, COH, MOS, ICE, SINA, GES, CDE

Eight Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Down
Short Term Market Trend: Neutral

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Can someone describe what Dave calls a "C" pattern? Thank you.