Friday, August 24, 2012

SPY Bounce on Bullish Engulfing...Points to Trend Contiuation...

Eight of nine sectors moved higher on Friday…XLP, XLV and XLY were the strongest sectors.
 
Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners led 1.83 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.63 to 1 on the Nasdaq…
 
Exchange      NYSE    NASDAQ
Advancers     1,908       1,508
Decliners       1,039          920
 
Friday Highlights:
SPY moved up 84 centsclosing at 141.51…volume was 99.4 million shares…
 
VIX down 0.78 at 1518…confirmed bounce in SPY
Euro down 49 pips at 1.2512
TNX +0.12 at 16.78
TLT down 12 cents at 124.81…
XLF up 8 cents at 15.13…
 
 
AAPL up 59 cents at 663.22volume 15.6 million shares
FB  up 3 cents at 19.41… volume 29.6 million shares…
 
The Market Forecast green line is in upper zone.
 
Technical Commentary:  Stocks opened lower and reversed following Fed Chariman Bernanke comments that Fed had more resources to ease financial condition.  Many stocks bounced with potential entry signals and many other bounced forming a new low day and setting up a potential entry signal on Monday.
 
Chart Targets
SPY = 143.10 S&R Measuring
ES = 1,425.75 S&R Measuring
 
Short-term support at
140.92, 139.80 = SPY
1,403, 1,387 = ES
2,743, 2,700 = NQ
 
 
ADSK -5.58 or -22.63%...following earnings…
 
NTES up +1.03 or 2.03%...
 
 
Setup Chart Patterns
Bull Flag: SPY, WDC, EL, DAN, URI, TEN, PCAR, XRAY, MU, VRSN, INTU, NVDA, CMCSA, VOD, AVGO, BBBY, WYNN, ISRG, CHKP, FFIV, FOSL, RVBD, BIDU,CLF, JDSU, GLW, JNPR, SMH, COH, SINA, VMW, GM, F, CREE, RCL, CIEN, ZION, CA,
 
Horizontal or Diagonal Breakout: SLB, SWKS, BMC, CTXS,           
 
Bounce – Friday – EXPE, GOLD, NTAP, RAX, AMZN, MSFT,
SHLD, CROX, ORCL, QCOM, DTV, ALTR, FAST, SOHU, F – bullish engulfing
ADP, BRCM, LLTC, MXIM, LIFE, VOD, RVBD, COH,   – gap engulfing
BIDU, XRAY, INTU  – inside day
MCHP, MU, VRSN, CLF, JDSU,   - hammer
NVDA, ISRG, SMH – bullish harami
GLW – dragonfly  doji
 
 
76 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday…
 
 
Leading NDX 100 stocks included: NTAP, SHLD, ALXN, GILD, FAST, NVDA, WFM, AMZN, SNDK, DTV
 
Lagging NDX stocks included:  ADSK, ADBE, RIMM, NFLX, SPLS, APOL, VRTX, GRMN, CHKP, INTC
 
Leading stocks > +2% on Friday included: CROX, SOHU, GES, NTES
 
Lagging stocks < -2.0% included:  TSL, TSLA, LDK, ANR, JNPR, ESI, ATI
 
 
Stocks to Watch on Monday…
Holding Above 30 DMA = 43
SLB, WDC, UCO, TPX, SWK, GS, JNPR, RVBD, SWI, CIEN, CROX, DHR, IBM SMH, SWKS, VECO, CRUS, CREE, C, FAS, FCX, JDSU, NKE, RCL, STI, TBT, TIF, BAC, CDE, CRM, SINA, SOHU, F, AKS, DECK, ZION, ANF, INFA, COH, ICE, LVS, LNKD, HUM
 
Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
URE
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
ATI, TSL, TSLA, X
 
Staying Below 30 DMA
ANR, GES, MOS, V, VMW, DE, GLW, HLF, COH, VECO, LNKD, A, CHL, NTES, GRPN, ANR, CLF, DLR, TLT, ZAGG, FAZ, CMG, ESI, UAL, FB, CSTR, LDK, MCP
 
 
Twelve Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
Short Term Market Trend: Neutral

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