Thursday, February 13, 2014

NASDAQ Gains For 6th Straight Day...Many Stocks Hit All-Time High...In After Hours Trading A Down 6%...GNC Down 15.82%...

All nine sectors moved higher on Thursday…XLU, XLB and XLK were the strongest sectors…while XLI was the weakest sector.  

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 2.86 to 1 on the NYSE and 2.66 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up .94 at 183.01 volume 98.8 million shares
VIX down .16 at 14.14…
TNX down .27 at 27.36…
TLT up .60 at 106.52...
XLF up .08 volume 31.9 million shares

AAPL up 8.51 at 544.43 volume 10.9 million shares
FB up 2.88 at 67.33…volume 61.8 million shares


Technical Commentary: 
DIA + 0.36%, SPY + 0.52%, QQQ + 0.74%, IWM + 1.27%.

Stocks traded higher for the most part on Thursday with the NASDAQ gaining for the 6th straight day of trading…closing up 39.38…while the S&P 500 was up 10.57 and the DJIA gained 63.63.

Many stocks closed at their all-time high including: CRM, GLW, MTW, SPLK, ADBE, ADSK, ESRX, FB, GMCR, GOOG, PCLN, SNDK, TRIP, and XLNX.

ANGI gapped down on earnings reaction and closed down 6.84% on volume of 83.2 million shares.  WFM gapped to support after earnings closing down 4.00 or 7.21%.

SCTY broke diagonal resistance with a bounce…gaining 4.45 or 6.23%...earnings will be reported later this month on February 24th.

In after-hours trading and after reported earnings A is down 3.60 or 5.99%...Also reporting earnings with a negative reaction is GNC which is trading down 8.29 or 15.82% in after-hours trading.





Trade with the trend of the chart you are trading and move your protective stops.  Be mindful of reversal patterns like double bottoms and MACD divergences.  Continue to follow your rules.


Short-term up trend Chart Targets:
SPY = 182.54, 184.69…
QQQ = 89.00, 92.25, 94.26
IWM = 113.65, 117.37…

Support Levels
SPY = 179.81, 178.08
QQQ = 87.74, 86.97
IWM = 111.34, 110.40

Q4 earnings season
The majority of earnings season is done, however there are still several companies including AMAT, CSCO, DISCA, DISH, GRMN, KRFT, NTAP, NVDA, PCLN, REGN, TRIP, TSLA and WFM that will report over the next several days…

Q4 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – REGN, CBOE, MCO, ATVI, AKAM, EXPE, GMCR, NXPI, ONNN, ORLY, SCSS, SWI, TWX, DIS, YELP, AGNC, KORS, KEYW, IDXX, XYL, YUM, NOV, SPG, TSN, ZNGA, ALXN, BRCM, BX, CMG, GOOG, JDSU, MTW, PHM, RYL, VIAB, V, BA, DOW, FB, LVS, QCOM, VLO, AKS, AAL, CHKP, EA, F, ILMN, LXK, CAT, RCL, JNPR, MSFT, KMB, PG, MXIM, SBUX, NFLX, FFIV, URI, UNP, EBAY, MCD, CREE, TXN, UTX, NUAN, XLNX, BHI, DAL, RF, MS, SLB, STI, AXP, SWKS, BAC, LLTC, WEN, MON, MU, STZ, APOL

Negative Reactions – WFM, NTAP, ANGI, RAX, CI, LNKD, VRSN, ADP, CTSH, HUM, MDC, P, TSO, TWTR, ADM, BWLD, CERN, CHRW, GILD, CVX, MA, MAT, PCAR, AMZN, MMM, CELG, CL, XOM, ESI, HOG, OSTK, POT, SHW, WHR, BA, CTXS, EMC, TSCO, CRUS, GLW, DD, F, VMW, YHOO, AAPL, STX, ZION, HON, KSU, SWK, STT, ALTR, ISRG, KLAC, KEY, JCI, LMT, WDC, ABT, BAX, ATI, COH, FCX, AMD, IBM, HAL, JNJ, TRV, VZ, GE, COF, INTC, UNH, C, GS, CSX, FAST, AA, FDO, BBBY, SCHN

Reversal of Initial Reaction – CTSH, P, ADM, CERN, GILD, GLW, HON, FAST, FDO, AA


The Market Forecast Green Line is pointed up above 45 and rising.

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Setups
H Breakout: A, GLW, GRPN, IBM, JDSU, P, QIHU, SCSS, SWI, X, Z, EBAY, GILD, GRMN, MSFT, WDC,
Diagonal Breakout: CIEN, GOGO, SOHU, UAL, AAPL,  
Bull Flag:     
Potential Bullish Divergence: 
Gap Up
Gap Down
Bear Flag: CREE, KKD,
At Support:  
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs: CRM, GLW, MTW, SPLK, ADBE, ADSK, ESRX, FB, GMCR, GOOG, PCLN, SNDK, TRIP, XLNX,
Gap Up:    
Gap Down: ANGI, CMCSA, NTAP, WFM,
H Breakout: FSLR, IWM, NKE, SPWR, CTSH,   
Diagonal Breakout: SCTY, SSYS,   
Breakout Test: 
Bounce: CSIQ, DDD, RAX, SFUN,
MACD Divergence Bounce:   
Bear Flag:   
Support Break:  

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87 out of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: AMAT, FB, VRSK, SNDK, NVDA, ILMN, ADBE, CELG, CTXS

Lagging NDX stocks included: WFM, CHTR, DISCA, CMCSA, NTAP, CSCO, FOXA

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday included: SCTY, UNG, CSIQ, TSL, DDD, SPWR, SFUN

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: ANGI, BBRY

Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 61
ILMN, ESRX, EQIX, FFIV, SBAC, MU, BIIB, MXIM, TSLA, NXPI, NFLX, ALTR, REGN, ALXN, WYNN, FB, GMCR, GOOG, ADBE, ORLY, DISH, EBAY, ADSK, AKAM, BRCM, DTV, PCAR, VRTX, ATVI, AVGO, CERN, CSCO, EXPE, GILD, MNST, MYL, NVDA, QCOM, SIAL, SNDK, TRIP, MAR, AMGN, MSFT, PCLN, XLNX, ADI, AMAT, CHKP, COST, KLAC, TXN, CTRX, AAPL, CTSH, GRMN, HSIC, LINTA, LLTC, VIAB, WDC, KRFT

Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
CA, SBUX, VRSK

Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
CMCSA, NTAP, WFM, DISCA, CHTR

Staying Below 30 DMA
SRCL, CHRW, AMZN, SYMC, SIRI, STX, CELG, BIDU, EXPD, FAST, FISV, VOD, VIP, ADP, CTXS, INTC, INTU, MDLZ, LBTYA, YHOO, TSCO, PAYX, ROST, DLTR,BBBY, SPLS, FOXA, MAT, LMCA

Sixteen Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up

3-Day Short Term Market Trend: Up

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