Friday, May 10, 2013

SPY, QQQ, IWM New High Close, Financial Sector Up as TNX Jumps, Bonds Fall...AAPL, FB Flag...MCP, TSLA, FSLR Sizzle...


Seven of nine sectors moved higher on Friday…XLV, XLY, and XLF were the strongest sectors…XLE was the weakest sector.

Breadth strengthened…advancers led decliners 1.73 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.97 to 1 on the NASDAQ…

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


SPY up .53 at 163.41volume 103.2 shares
VIX down .54 at 12.59
TNX up .87 at 19.00
TLT down 1.29 at 118.75...
XLF up .08 at 19.25volume 53.3 million shares                 

AAPL down 3.80 at 452.97volume 11.9 million shares…forming a bull flag
FB down .36 at 26.68volume 30.8 million shares…continuing to form a bull flag


Technical Commentary:
IWM + 0.76%, QQQ + 0.61%, SPY + 0.32%, and DIA +0.13% closing on new highs on Friday.    

The Euro fell 52 pips to its five-week support level on Friday.  TNX interest rates jumped as bonds TLT fell -1.29 breaking four-week support.  XLF financial sector is forming a pennant pattern.

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.

EPS Reaction Summary
EPS Gainers –  MCP, WCRX, NVDA, PCLN, GMCR, GRPN, TSLA, EA, DVA, WFM, CTSH, DTV, LBTYA, 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 – DISH, XRAY, ATVI, RAX, MNST, Z, 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


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

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Setups
H Breakout:  FFIV, ORCL, JCP, SWK, JNPR, AMAT, BBBY, ESRX, NTAP, NFLX

Diagonal Breakout:  ANGI, TPX, GS, JRCC, ADBE, UNG, Z, DELL, FB, QCOM, ANR, ATI, CMG, WLT

Bull Flag:  AAPL, CNX, GILD, STI, GRPN, UAL, RVBD, MSFT, STX, WDC, YELP, CMCSA, ROST, SIRI, ALK, BAC, SSYS

Potential Bullish Divergence:

Gap Up:

Gap Down: 

Bear Flag: 

At Support: NUAN, LNKD, UNG


Moves
New Highs:  SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA, AKAM, BRCM, CLF, COH, CREE, DTV, FSLR, GLW, GMCR, INTC, MU, P, PHM, SMH, SOHU, TIF, TSLA, ZION, ANF, RCL, SWKS, WYNN

Gap Up:  MCP,

Gap Down:  RAX

H&D Breakout:  SHLD, FSLR, ESI, PCLN, FIVE, ALXN, P, CSCO, FAST, CRM, LVS, SPLK, HUM, TSL, BIDU, BBRY, JNPR, NFLX,

Bounce:  SWI, MYL, YHOO, JCP, LVS, SPLK, DECK, NKE, AMGN, ATVI, MNST, TRIP, VECO, VMW, X, ZAGG, CMG

MACD Divergence Bounce:

Bear Flag: 

Support Break:  TLT

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85 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday…one was unchanged…


Leading NDX 100 stocks included:  SHLD, ALXN, EXPE, VRTX, NVDA, REGN, FAST, ATVI, CELG, PCLN, AKAM, YHOO, GRMN, PRGO, AMGN, INTU

Lagging NDX stocks included:  CTSH, GOLD, FB, ISRG, AAPL

Leading stocks > +2% on Friday included: MCP, TSL, TSLA, LDK, ESI, SOHU, CLF, DECK, ANR, SINA, TPX, ZAGG, SWI, HUM, GES, CRM, AKS, CREE, VECO, LVS, TBT, VMW

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included:  HLF, LNKD

Stocks to Watch on Monday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 80
STRZA, ADP, GILD, BIIB, MAT, PAYX, YHOO, SBAC, MSFT, SRCL ,REGN, VOD, BBBY, LIFE, ROST, WYNN, DLTR, INTC, DTV, NWSA, SBUX, VRTX, WFM, COST, WDC, AKAM, AMAT, GOOG, NVDA, SIAL, SIRI, STX, TXN, BMC, BRCM, CA, SYMC, ALXN, ESRX, ORLY, PCAR, XLNX, CERN, CMCSA, AAPL, FOSL, KLAC, LINTA, MCHP, XRAY, VRSK, CHKP, ORCL, SHLD, VIAB, EQIX, VMED, LBTYA, CELG, EXPD, GRMN, LLTC, MYL, PCLN, ADI, ADSK, MU, NTAP, SPLS, ALTR, BIDU, HSIC, FISV, SNDK, AVGO, EBAY, FFIV, GOLD, MXIM, ISRG

Moving Above 30 DMA = 6
AMZN, ATVI, CSCO, FAST, QCOM, PRGO

Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
FB

Staying Below 30 DMA
ADBE, MNST, MDLZ, CHRW, DISCA, AMGN, CTRX, NUAN, EXPE, CTSH, DELL, INTU, CTXS


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

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

what's a h&d breakout ?