Friday, July 27, 2012

SPY Horizontal Resistance Ascending Triangle Breakout...Wow, Trends Do Persist Through Complex Consolidations...

All nine sectors moved higher on Friday for the second straight day.  XLV, XLI, and XLK were the strongest sectors and each gained more than 2%XLV, XLI, XLK, XLY and XLF were stronger than SPY.

The SPY +1.84%, breaks out of its complex consolidation ascending triangle on heavy volume closing near the high of the day.

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 5.15 to 1 on the NYSE and 3.41 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

Exchange      NYSE    NASDAQ
Advancers     2,528       1,921
Decliners          490          563

The SPX moved up +25.95 at 1,385.97 closing above its 30 DMA and above the 75% level of its April - July trading range of 1,422 – 1,266


Chart Patterns
Breakout: JNPR, HLF, JDSU, COH, SWK, CIEN, GS, VMW, DHR, ALGN, SHW, COST, AMZN, EXPE, CL, VMW, MTW, KLAC,

Breakout Setup: AVGO, FISV, ADSK, CRUS, MCHP, INFA, FAS, GES, C, CREE, CREE, ANF, SMH, URE, V, MOS, IBM, ICE



Chart Patterns to Watch
Earnings Reaction Week July 16 - 20
Stocks Up
BIDU, HAL, ETN, ALTR, T, BIIB, BRCM, JNPR, LLTC, LMT, NSC, PCAR, PNRA, RVBD, TPX, WHR, VMED, AEM, AKAM, BA, BMY, CAT, CROX, DLR, LLY, HES, SWI, V, WDC, WFM, ALXN, MMM, AMZN, AMGN, CELG, CL, DECK, EXPE, GILD, INFA, KMB, KLAC, MXIM, POT, VECO, HSY

Stable
STLD, TXN, VMW, DD, SAVE, SPG, CTXS, COP, DAL, F, LRCX, ALK, XOM, NTGR, RCL, UTX,

Stocks Moving Down
MCD, ZION, AKS, AAPL, CHRW, NFLX, BTU, VMI, CLF, GLW, LVS, ORLY, LCC, ZNGA, TSLA, CA, CERN, CSTR, FB, SBUX, UAL,

Earnings of Interest Next Week July 30 – Aug 3
Monday: CRUS, FISV, HLF, STX,
Tuesday: ADM, BMC, COH, XRAY, DB, FMC, KLIC, LIFE, MDC, VLO,
Wednesday: ICE, MA, WTW, YELP,
Thursday: ATVI, AIG, AVD, APA, DTV, HSIC, KFT, LBTYA, LNKD, MELI, MCHP, UPL, ZAGG,
Friday: AGU, NYX, BID,


Technical Commentary:
SPY and DIA broke out of horizontal resistance and QQQ closed at horizontal resistance.  IWM had the largest broad index gain on Friday and is still below horizontal resistance.  Semiconductor stocks took off this week helping to lead NDX higher.

Look for a potential pause early in the week after Friday’s breakout and a potential return move or test of the break out area.

The Euro, interest rates and financial stocks rose while the VIX and bonds moved lower.


Friday Highlights:
SPY closes up 2.50on 236.4 million shares the heaviest rising volume day in 2012, closed above 30 DMA for the second straight day.

The Euro moved up 36 pips, closed at 1.2216
TNX +1.27 at 15.55
VIX down -0.83 at 16.70
XLF up 28 cents at 14.76

AAPL up +10.28 at 585.16 on 14.4 million shares...
FB down -3.14 at 23.70 on volume of 123.1 million shares, after earnings on Thursday...
KYAK up +54 cents, +1.66% at 33.05 on .276 million shares
FIVE +1.76 at 29.65 on .226 million shares…


The Market Forecast green line is pointed up.


93 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday…



Leading NDX 100 stocks included EXPE, PCLN, FOSL, AMZN, GILD, VRSN, RIMM, AMGN, PCAR, MU

Lagging NDX stocks included SBUX, CA, CERN, WFM, LRCX, BMC, STX

Leading stocks > +2% on Friday included ANR, GRPN, INFA, AKS, DECK, JNPR, SOHU, FAS, CRM, HLF, GES, TSLA, SINA, ATI, MCP, X, DE, JDSU, TSL, COH, TPX, SWK, C, CIEN, GS, A, CREE, FCX, VMW, HUM, TBT, RVBD, ANF, GLW, SWKS, LNKD, CRUS, TIF, ZAGG, SMH, SLB, URE, VECO, ZION, DLR, CMG, CLF

Losing stocks < -2.0% included CSTR, FB, FAZ, CROX

Stocks to Watch on Monday

Holding Above 30 DMA = 31
URE, MOS, CHL, ANF, SLB, TLT, WDC, UCO, TPX, SWK, TIF, DLR, GS, JNPR, RVBD, SWI, CIEN, COH, CROX, CRUS, DHR, FAS, GES, HLF, IBM, NKE, SMH, SWKS, V, VECO, VMW

Moving Above 30 DMA = 8
C, CREE, DE, FCX, ICE, JDSU, STI, ZAGG

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


Staying Below 30 DMA
FAZ, LNKD, ATI, CRM, TSLA CMG, DECK, ESI, RCL, X, ZION, BAC, UAL, FB, AKS, CSTR, LDK, MCP, CLF, GLW, INFA, NTES, TSL, A, CDE, SOHU, TBT, HUM, SINA, F, GRPN, ANR, LVS

Seven Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
Short Term Market Trend: Up

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