Saturday, May 4, 2013

Futures Soar After Jobs Report...SPY, DIA New High Close...GILD, AIG, X Take Off...LNKD Gaps Down...


Eight of nine sectors moved higher on Friday…XLE, XLB, and XLI were the strongest sectors…XLU was the weakest sector.

Breadth weakened slightly…advancers still led decliners 2.72 to 1 on the NYSE and 3.00 to 1 on the NASDAQ…

Friday – weakened slightly, advancers led
Thursday – strengthened, advancers led
Wednesday – weakened, decliners led
Tuesday – weakened, advancers led
Monday – strengthened, advancers led


SPY up 1.62 at 161.37volume 96.4 million shares
VIX down .74 at 12.85
TNX up 1.21 at 17.52
TLT down 2.92 at 120.93...
XLF up .20 at 18.85volume 40.9 million shares                 

AAPL up 4.46 at 449.98volume 12.9 million shares
FB down .66 at 28.31volume 58.5 million shares


Technical Commentary:
QQQ + 1.18%, SPY +1.01%, DIA + 0.95% and IWM + 1.59%.
SPY and DIA broke out of horizontal resistance on Friday.  Look for higher
price targets.  IWM closed at horizontal resistance look for potential breakout.

The EURO stayed above its 30 DMA and rose 53 pips to close at 1.3114.

AAPL continued to rise while FB pulled back and tested its horizontal breakout
on Thursday.

Trade what you see on the chart of your position.  The intermediate term trend is up with a horizontal resistance breakout on Friday.  Traders should lock in profits when targets are reachedAs always look for re-entry according to your rules.

Chart Signals Strategy Guidelines
Technical setups for short-term option trades be in and out by earnings release.
Over earnings release use earnings option strategies such as straddles, strangles, OTM calls or puts.
After earnings look for bullish setups in positive reaction stocks and bearish setups in negative reaction stocks.



EPS Reaction Summary
EPS Gainers – AIG, ADP, CBOE, REGN, FB, BZH, EXPD, GM, MDC, STX, V, YELP, ICE, JRCC, VIAB, CMCSA, DDD, AVP, HLF, CERN, CVX, DHI, TWC, ANGI, AKAM, ALXN, ALTR, BIIB, COG, CLF, CROX, DOW, ESI, FFIV, HOG, LRCX, LVS, MO, PHM, RCL, SIAL, XLNX, BA, BRCM, GLW, HES, DAL, COH, DD, NFLX, ILMN, VECO, LCC, RF, ZION, TRV, LMT, CAT, CHKP, HAL, HAS, CMG, GOOG, KMB, STI, MSFT, BTU, PEP, UNP, VZ, MAT, AXP, JNJ, INTC, KO, C

EPS Losers – LNKD, TPX, ZAGG, CTRX, GRMN, MRK, SWI, AMZN, BIDU, CRUS, DECK, EXPE, HSY, KLAC, MXIM, QCOM, PTEN, ABC, MMM, AMGN, T, JNPR, PNRA, VMW, GE, IBM, ISRG, MCD, MS, PM, UNH, SNDK, EBAY, BAC, USB, GS, LLTC


Key Earnings this week:
Monday – DDS, SLR, LBTYA
Tuesday – DIS, DTV, MDLZ, SYMC, Z
Wednesday – ATVI, CTSH, GRPN, RAX, TSLA
Thursday – XRAY, DISH, PCLN
Friday –


The Market Forecast Green Line is pointed up in the Upper Zone.

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Setups
H Breakout: GILD, MMM, BZH, MDC, GMCR, EXPD, SYMC, YHOO, ORCL, LVS, X, CMCSA, CRUS, IWM, LCC, ATVI, DTV

Diagonal Breakout: GRPN, TPX, AMGN

Bull Flag: YELP, PM, JRCC, ANGI, TSLA, VRTX, DD, DECK, ESI, GRMN, MYL, KO, PEP

Potential Bullish Divergence: UNH

Gap Up:

Gap Down:

Bear Flag:  SWI, NUAN, EXPE, QCOM, CTSH, X, IBM, JNPR, DELL, GE

At Support: FIVE, BIDU


Moves
New Highs:  STX, V, ESRX, PHM, NTES, DDD, INTC, TXN, OIS, AKAM, BBY, WDC, MSFT, AMAT, GLW, JNJ, NVDA, WYNN, VZ, COH, NKE, SBUX, ILMN, FSLR,

Gap Up: AIG, GE, AMZN, NFLX

Gap Down: LNKD, ZAGG CTRX

H&D Breakout: SPY, FAS, ADBE, SPLK, DIA, ZION, BA, NTAP, GOOG, XLNX, EBAY, FB, DAL, DTV, Z, AAPL, SSYS, BRCM

Bounce: VECO, MNST, DOW, ROST, UNP, TRV, COST, C, HD, BIIB, MXIM, CSCO, VMW, UNG, JCP, CMG, VRTX, HSY, LRCX, JNPR, RCL, ABC

MACD Divergence Bounce: SNDK, MU, ATVI

Bear Flag:  FAST, FFIV

Support Break:  UNG

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85 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday…


Leading NDX 100 stocks included:  REGN, GILD, STX, EXPE, CTSH, MNST, MU, PCAR, NTAP, ADBE, SPLS, ADP, ADSK, MCHP, MXIM

Lagging NDX stocks included:  FB, VRTX, BBBY,CTRX, ORCL, AVGO, BIDU, VIAB, DISCA, GOLD, FAST, CERN, EQIX

Leading stocks > +2% on Friday included: X, AKS, ATI, VMW, VECO, CLF, GLW, CREE, HLF, F UCO, SWI, CIEN, FAS, FCS, CSTR, JSDU, V, RVBD, CRUS, SSYS, ZION, CDE

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included:  TSL, TPX, YELP, LDK, FAZ


Stocks to Watch on Monday
Holding Above 30 DMA = 73
STRZA, ADP, GILD, BIIB, MAT, PAYX, YHOO, SBAC, ADBE, MSFT, SRCL, MDLZ, REGN, VOD, BBBY, LIFE, ROST, MNST, WYNN, DLTR, INTC, DTV, NWSA, SBUX, VRTX, WFM, ATVI, COST, WDC, AKAM, AMAT, GOOG, NVDA, SIAL, SIRI, STX, TXN, BMC, BRCM, CA, SYMC, ALXN, ESRX, ORLY, PCAR, XLNX, CERN, CMCSA, FB, AAPL, CHRW, FOSL, KLAC, LINTA, MCHP, XRAY, VRSK, CHKP, ORCL, SHLD, VIAB, EQIX, VMED, LBTYA, AMGN, CELG, EXPD, GRMN, LLTC, MYL, PCLN, ADI, DISCA

Moving Above 30 DMA = 7
ADSK, CSCO, ISRG, MU, NTAP, SPLS, PRGO

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


Staying Below 30 DMA
CTRX, FISV, GOLD, FAST, NUAN, AMZN, BIDU, EXPE, MXIM, QCOM, HSIC, EBAY, SNDK, AVGO, CTSH, DELL, INTU, ALTR, CTXS, FFIV

Five Month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
Short Term Market Trend: Up

1 comment:

Dave P said...

Could Friday's candle on the SPY be seen as a hanging man or even an evening star?