Tuesday, January 7, 2014

QQQ Leads Stocks Higher in Classic Bull Flag Bounce...SPY, IWM, DIA Bull Flag Setup...TWTR Drops...MU, APOL Soar in After-hours...

Eight of nine sectors moved higher on Tuesday…XLV, XLK and XLU were the strongest sectors…while XLB was the weakest sector. 

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners…2.02 to 1 on the NYSE and 2.33 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

Tuesday – strengthened, advancers led
Monday – weakened, decliners led
Friday – strengthened, advancers led
Thursday – weakened, decliners led
Wednesday – New Year’s
Tuesday – strengthened, advancers led


SPY up 1.12 at 183.48 volume 86 million shares
VIX down .63 at 12.92…
TNX down .24 at 29.37…
TLT up .26 at 102.86...
XLF unchanged at 21.91 volume 47.5 million shares, above average

AAPL down 3.89 at 540.04 volume 11.3 million shares
FB up .72 at 57.92…volume 77.2 million shares


Technical Commentary: 
SPY + 0.61%, DIA + 0.66%, IWM + 0.84%, QQQ + 0.93%.

Since Friday when the SPY closed just below unchanged and the VIX closed lower Chart Signals has been looking for a support bounce and on Tuesday the market bounced led by QQQ and IWMQQQ formed a classic bull flag entry signal led by GOOG, CMCSA, MSFT, AMGN, AMZN, CSCO, EBAY, FB, PCLN and MU.

SPY, IWM and DIA are in bull flag patterns and could give an entry signal on Wednesday.  Many stocks including ADBE, ADSK, AKAM, ALXN, CA, CERN, CMCSA, EBAY, NTAP, SYMC, YHOO, and RAX gave bull flag entry signals on Tuesday while many other stocks are setting up for a potential bounce Wednesday.  

After the close MU +1.55, +7.13% gained after reporting better than expected revenues and earnings.  Revenue increased 42% from last quarter and 120% over the same quarter a year ago.  MU’s Lexar unit announced they will begin selling flash drives with 128 GB and 256 GB options.

APOL +2.61, +9.71% in after-hours trading reported EPS $1.04 versus 90 cent estimate, revenue came in $4.28M below $860.58M estimate and the APOL raised its 2014 sales guidance.

SCHN reports before the open Wednesday.  Watch for any potential impact on X, AKS, ATI, NUE and STLD, all of which are forming bull flag patterns.

TWTR -4.83, -7.29%...traders get the message and sell on Wednesday.

Trade with the trend, move your protective stops. Continue to follow your rules.

Remember it is big money that creates and sustains the trend.  As Granville wrote, “technical analysis is the art of tracking the market, following the footsteps of the ‘smart money’ crowd.  The ‘smart money crowd’ is no mysterious ‘THEY.’  It is simply a collection of people who are reading the market correctly, seeing through the maze, unconfused by this hall of mirrors.”

Short-term up trend Chart Targets:
SPY = 184.69, 186.06, 186.90
QQQ = 87.79, 88.74
IWM = 115.98, 116.70, 118.54

Q4 earnings season unofficially starts next Thursday, January 9 with the AA earnings release after the close.

Tuesday – APOL, MU
Wednesday – BBBY, MON, SCHN
Thursday – AA, FDO,

Q4 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – MU, APOL



Negative Reactions –

The Market Forecast Green Line is above 80.

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Setups 
H Breakout: AMGN, BIDU, CTRX, EQIX, FB, HSIC, KRFT, NVDA, A, CMG, SINA, TSL,
Diagonal Breakout: 
Bull Flag: ESRX, NXPI, TSLA, ATI, CIEN, DDD, DRYS, MCP, RCL, SCTY, SSYS, TPX, UAL, X,
Potential Bullish Divergence:  
Gap Up:
Gap Down:
Bear Flag: 
At Support:  
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs: CMCSA, EXPE, GOOG, INTU, STX, WDC, WYNN, CSIQ, NTES, P, SFUN, SPLK, VRSN, YNDX, YOKU, Z,  
Gap Up: SPLK,          
Gap Down: MAT, NFLX,      
H Breakout: CHTR, GMCR, TRIP, BBRY, IBM, P, VECO, Z,
Diagonal Breakout: MU,  
Breakout Test: 
Bounce: ADBE, ADSK, AKAM, ALXN, CA, CERN, CMCSA, CTSH, EBAY, FISV, NTAP, PCLN, REGN, SBUX, SIAL, SNDK, SYMC, TRIP, YHOO, ANGI, GOGO, NTES, RAX,
MACD Divergence Bounce: 
Bear Flag: 
Support Break:   

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78 out of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: TRIP, MU, EXPE, GMCR, CMCSA, ILMN, WDC, STX, EQIX, SPLS

Lagging NDX stocks included: NFLX, DISH, GRMN, CTXS, VRTX, MAT, AAPL, GILD, MXIM, DISCA

Leading stocks > +2% on Tuesday included: GOGO, SFUN, VECO, CSIQ, SPLK, BBRY, ANGI, SCSS, CREE, SOHU

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: GME, TWTR, ANR, JCP, WLT

Stocks to Watch on Wednesday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 65
CTSH, FISV, INTU, WDC, GOOG, AMZN, ILMN, LLTC, EXPE, ADSK, ESRX, ALXN, MDLZ, MNST, YHOO, DISH, SIAL, CMCSA, LBTYA, GMCR, DTV, STX, BIDU, BRCM,  FB, WYNN, AVGO, INTC, EQIX, TSLA, ORLY, ADBE, AKAM, VIAB, CA, CHKP, FFIV, LINTA, PCAR, TSCO, SNDK, VRTX, XLNX, ADP, ATVI, CTXS, PAYX, CTRX, DISCA,  FOXA, KRFT, AMAT, MAT, NVDA, ALTR, BBBY, CSCO, SYMC, SBAC, CHTR, DLTR, ROST, HSIC, MXIM, SIRI

Moving Above 30 DMA = 12
AMGN, EBAY, ISRG, MU, MYL, NTAP, QCOM, SPLS, SRCL, ADI, VIP, TRIP

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


Staying Below 30 DMA
CELG, GILD, KLAC, TXN, NXPI, AAPL, BIIB, CHRW, EXPD, WFM, FAST, VRSK, NFLX, PCLN, GRMN, MSFT, CERN, COST, SBUX, LMCA, REGN, GOLD

Sixteen Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-Day Short Term Market Trend: Neutral

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