Friday, August 17, 2012

SPY, AAPL All-time New High Close...RUT Leads...

Five of nine sectors moved higher on Friday… XLK, XLI, and XLY were the strongest sectors.

Breadth weakened as advancers led decliners 1.62 to 1 on the NYSE and  1.85 to 1 on the Nasdaq

Exchange      NYSE    NASDAQ
Advancers     1,830       1,591
Decliners        1,123          857


Friday Highlights:
SPY gained 19 cents…closed at 142.18…volume was 90.8 million…

VIX down - .84 at 13.45…12 month closing low…
Euro -23 pips at 1.2332…
TNX down -0.20 at 18.16…
TLT up +59 cents at 121.60…
XLF up +5 cents at 15.13…


AAPL up +11.77 at 648.11…volume 15.8 million shares
FB down -82 cents at 19.05… volume 129.2 million

The Market Forecast green line is in upper zone.



Technical Commentary:
The SPY inched to an all-time New High Close at 142.18 while surpassing its 2007 intra-day high of 142.27 by 3 cents.  The ten week up trend did continue this past wee, as the SPY did break out on Thursday as the Euro bounced.  The Euro paused on Friday but provided enough support for the SPY to move higher.

IWM, (RUT) +0.70% led the broad indexes again on Friday which has bullish implications as money appears to be flowing into small caps which have been lagging.

AAPL also made an all-time new high close as GOOG reached a 52-week high.    

Short-term support at
140.92, 139.80 = SPY
1,403, 1,387 = ES
2,743, 2,700 = NQ

Chart Signals looks for the eleven week up trend to continue and the Euro continues to be an important factor.   Continue to have stops under support and if the SPY does break support protect profits.  The SPY did reach its 141.66 Fib extension 161.8 and the ES its 1,411 Fib extension 161.8 price targets this week.  

Next Chart Targets: 
SPY = 143.10 S&R Measuring
ES = 1,425.75 S&R Measuring


Setup Chart Patterns
Bull Flag: EXPE, ALTR, ESRX, GRMN, INTC, LRCX, MU, NVDA, RIMM, AKS, CLF, JNPR, SMH, VECO, X

Horizontal or Diagonal Breakout: ADSK, BRCM, CHKP, FFIV, FOSL, GMCR, GOLD, KLAC, NTAP, ATI, CIEN, COH, CREE, CROX, FCX, LVS, RAX, RCL, RVBD, SINA, SLB, SOHU, SWK, SWKS, VMW, ZION, ADP, ALTR, AMZN, AVGO, BBBY, BIDU, BMC, CA, CTXS, FAST, MSFT, SNDK, WFM, WYNN

 
 
Bounce
Friday - ADSK, CIEN
Thursday – BRCM, CHKP, FFIV, FOSL, GMCR, GOLD, KLAC, NTAP, ATI, CLF, COH, CREE, CRM, CROX, FAS, FCX, IBM, ICE, LVS, MOS, RAX, RCL, RVBD, SLB, SOHU, SWK, SWKS, URE, VMW, WDC, AVGO


50 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday…


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: STX, FLEX, EBAY, FOSL, FAST, ATVI, AAPL, CTXS, BBBY, NTAP

Lagging NDX stocks included:  MRVL, WCRX, LIFE, CELG, CERN, SHLD, ALXN, BIIB, SIRI, EXPE

Leading stocks > +2% on Friday included: DECK, CROX, ZION, UCO, TPX, CIEN, TSL, GLW

Losing stocks < -2.0% included:  MCP, GRPN, FB, NTES, LNKD, ANR, LDK

Stocks to Watch on Monday…
Holding Above 30 DMA = 49
MOS, SLB, WDC, UCO, TPX, SWK, GS, JNPR, RVBD, SWI, CIEN, CROX, DHR, HLF, IBM SMH, SWKS, V, VECO, CRUS, X, CREE, C, FAS, FCX, GES, JDSU, NKE, RCL, STI, TBT, TIF, VMW, ATI, BAC, CDE, CRM, SINA, SOHU, F, AKS, DECK, ZION, ANF, INFA, COH, ICE, LVS, URE

Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
GLW

Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
LNKD, TSLA

Staying Below 30 DMA
A, CHL, NTES, DE, GRPN, ANR, CLF, DLR, TLT, ZAGG, FAZ, CMG, ESI, UAL, FB, CSTR, LDK, MCP, TSL, HUM


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

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks Dave.