Monday, March 17, 2014

Stocks Gain...Numerous Stocks Bounce..As Investors Appear To 'Shrug' Crimea/Russian Issue...

All nine sectors moved higher on Monday…XLI, XLK and XLF were the strongest sectors…XLE was the weakest sector.    

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 2.68 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.78 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up 1.67 at 186.33 on 97.3 million shares, below average volume
VIX down 2.18 at 15.64…
TNX up .54 at 26.99…
TLT down .81 at 107.71...
XLF up .23 at 22.03 on 37.5 million shares

AAPL up 2.05 at 526.74 on 7.1 million shares
FB up 1.02 at 68.74…on 52 million shares


Technical Commentary: 
DIA + 1.07%, SPY + 0.90%, QQQ + 0.88%, IWM + 0.44%.

Investors were bullish today with strong gains in the broad markets…the DJIA broke its five day down trend with a bounce and gained 181.55 by the closing bell…while the NASDAQ gained 34.55 and the S&P 500 gaining 17.70 and going into positive territory for the year.  There were numerous stock bounces in today’s trading session…as investors seemed to ‘shrug’ the vote on the Crimea/Russian issue.  Instead released economic reports appeared to be of stronger interest to investors…including industrial production in February growing at a faster rate than the previous six months.

SINA gapped up on the positive MACD divergence gaining 4.24 or 6.56% on today’s volume of 7.8 million shares. Z broke a diagonal resistance to add gains of 4.58 or 5.26% on 2.6 million shares.  Z is at a triple top and appears set to break horizontal resistance on increasing volume.

HLF continued its downward trend today sliding another 4.54 or 7.82% on 6.4 million shares.

Trade with the trend of the chart you are trading and continue to move your protective stops.  Continue to follow your rules.

Short-term up trend Chart Targets:

SPY = 187.15, 189.25, 190.55…
QQQ = 90.96, 92.25, 93.05
IWM = 118.71, 120.64, 121.84…

Support Levels
SPY = 183.75, 182.60
QQQ = 88.87, 87.35, 86.49
IWM = 115.58


Q4 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – KKD, MFRM, KKD, BIG, FL, JOY, DRYS, TSL, DDD, MNST, ROST, YOKU, CRM, SHLD, ANF, TGT, DLTR, LOW, HD, M, SCTY, ZU, PCLN, DISH, INTU, AEE, MDRX, ALEX, DTV, TSLA, GRMN, SWY, KRFT, AMAT, CTRP, NVDA, SPWR, TRIP, 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, UA, 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 – GOGO, CIEN, COST, CSIQ, HOV, MCP, SSYS, ADSK, CRM, FSLR, SINA, ESRX, GRPN, YNDX, KO, A, GNC, WTW, VFC, WFM, ANGI, CSCO, DISCA, NTAP, RAX, CI, LNKD, TPX, VRSN, ADP, CTSH, HUM, MDC, P, TSO, TWTR, ADM, BWLD, CERN, CHRW, DDD, SFLY, 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 (104)

Reversal in progress –ADSK, ATI, A, CRUS CSX, CVX, GS, COF, JNJ, IBM, JCI, KEY, KO, LNKD, MA, RAX, STX, WFM (18, 18%)

Reversal of Initial Reaction – SINA, AA, AAPL, ABT, ADP, ADM, ALTR, BWLD, DISCA, CERN, CL, CSCO, CTSH, CTXS, DDD, HAL, EMC, ESRX, FAST, FDO, FSLR, HOG, BAX, VRSN, HUM, P, GILD, PCAR, MDC, MMM, CELG, HOG, POT, SHW, GLW, DD, HON, SWK, ISRG, KLAC, LMT, SFLY, TPX, TSCO, TSO, WHR,  UNH, VZ,  WDC, VFC, VMW, YHOO, XOM, ZION (54, 51%)


The Market Forecast Green Line closed at 81.

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Setups
H Breakout: PANW,  
Diagonal Breakout:  
Bull Flag: ESRX,
One Day:  
Potential Bullish Divergence: 
Gap Up
Gap Down:    
Bear Flag: 
At Support:
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs
Gap Up: FSLR, SINA, SPY, UNG, YHOO,   
Gap Down: VRSN,     
H Breakout: ATI, GME, MTW, Z, ROST,   
Diagonal Breakout: ANGI,    
Breakout Test:
Bull Flag Bounce
Bounce: A, AAL, ANR, BAC, BX, C, CSIQ, FAS, GLW, GOGO, HOG, IBM, LVS, NKE, RAX, RCL, SOHU, SSYS, STI, SWI, TBT, TPX, UAL, V, XONE, YELP, ADBE, ADSK, CTSH, EBAY, FFIV, GOOG, GRMN, MNST, NTAP, PCLN, QCOM, SNDK, TXN, WFM, WYNN, XLNX,
MACD Divergence Bounce: CMCSA,  
Bear Flag
Support Break

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79 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher and two were unchanged on Monday.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: YHOO, BIIB, QCOM, FAST, FFIV, CHKP, PCAR, GRMN, TXN, ATVI, GMCR, MXIM

Lagging NDX stocks included: ILMN, LBTYA, ESRX, VRTX

Leading stocks > +2% on Monday included: SINA, Z, XONE, FSLR, AAL, GOGO, WLT, ANR, UAL, MTW

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: VRSN, KKD, LNKD

Stocks to Watch on Monday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 54
BIIB, MXIM, TSLA, NXPI, ALTR, ALXN, REGN, FB, ADBE, DISH, EBAY, AKAM, AVGO, DTV, PCAR, AMGN, ATVI, EXPE, MSFT, MYL, NVDA, TRIP, XLNX, MAR, AMAT, KLAC, TXN, GRMN, HSIC, LINTA, LLTC, VIAB, KRFT, MDLZ, FISV, DISCA, CTXS, FAST, INTU, WFM, BBBY, DLTR, ROST, SIAL, ADP, TSCO, ESRX, PAYX, AMZN, MAT, SBUX, CHKP, LMCA, GMCR

Moving Above 30 DMA = 11
BRCM, CERN, CTSH, INTC, PCLN, QCOM, SNDK, STX, WYNN, YHOO, ADI

Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
LBTYA, SBAC

Staying Below 30 DMA
AAPL, COST, BIDU, FFIV, GOOG, ISRG, MNST, MU, ORLY, SRCL, EQIX, NFLX, FOXA, ILMN, CA, VRSK, ADSK, VOD, WDC, CELG, GILD, SPLS, VRTX, SIRI, CTRX, CMCSA, CSCO, NTAP, CHTR, CHRW, SYMC, EXPD, VIP

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




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