Monday, May 6, 2013

QQQ, SPY, DIA Advance...AAPL Gains Closing Above 460...


Six of nine sectors moved higher on Monday…XLF, XLE, and XLI were the strongest sectors…XLU was the weakest sector.

Breadth weakened…advancers still led decliners 1.54 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.39 to 1 on the NASDAQ…

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



SPY up .41 at 161.78volume 66.8 million shares
VIX down .17 at 12.66
TNX up .19 at 17.71
TLT down .30 at 120.63...
XLF up .20 at 19.05volume 23.8 million shares                 

AAPL up 10.73 at 460.71volume 17.7 million shares
FB down .74 at 27.57volume 43.9 million shares


Technical Commentary:

QQQ + 0.39%, SPY +0.26%, DIA + 0.05% and IWM + 0.64%.

QQQ advanced on Monday as did the SPY and IWM all making new highs.  DIA held steady making little gains.

AAPL broke through its diagonal resistance with a gain of 10.73 today closing above its $460 mark.  AAPL is near its horizontal resistance of both February and March.

TSLA closed up 9.07% up 4.95 with earnings being reported on Wednesday.

FSLR advances after hours after earnings report.


Trade what you see on the chart of your position.  The intermediate term trend is up with a horizontal resistance breakout setup.  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.


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:  BIDU, ALK, C, MYL, NTAP, SHLD, YHOO, C,

Diagonal Breakout: FIVE,

Bull Flag: ADBE, AMAT, COST, CSCO, ESRX, FB, GILD, MNST, ORCL, XLNX, ATI, LVS, YELP

Potential Bullish Divergence:

Gap Up:

Gap Down:

Bear Flag: 

At Support: LNKD, AMGN,


Moves
New Highs:  CMCSH, GOOG, MSFT, BBUX, SIRI, STX, WDC, CMG, CREE, FAS, NTES, SPLK, TSLA UAL, ZION, SPY

Gap Up:

Gap Down:

H&D Breakout: AAPL, ADSK, FFIV,

Bounce:

MACD Divergence Bounce:

Bear Flag:  SWI

Support Break: 

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53 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday…and two were unchanged…


Leading NDX 100 stocks included:  BIDU, AVGO, FFIV, SPLS, AAPL, EXPD, MYL GOOG, ADI, STX, WDC, NTAP, VRTX, BBBY, LINTA

Lagging NDX stocks included:  FB, MNST, ATVI, ESRX, MDLZ, AMGN, CTSH, BIIB, GILD, REGN, EXPE, ALXN, CERN, ADBE, PCAR

Leading stocks > +2% on Monday included: TSLA, CLF, BAC, CRUS, HLF, CIEN, SOHU, JDSU, SWKS, VMW, FAS, JNPR, SINA, CREE, ZION, GS, HUM

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included:  GRPN, ZAGG, FAZ

Stocks to Watch on Monday
Holding Above 30 DMA = 78
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, CELG, EXPD, GRMN, LLTC, MYL, PCLN, ADI, DISCA, ADSK, ISRG, MU, NTAP, SPLS, PRGO

Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
ALTR, BIDU, HSIC

Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
AMGN, CSCO

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

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