Thursday, March 13, 2014

Stocks Retreat Amid Concerns Over Ukraine...MFRM Post Earnings...After-Hours Trading MFRM Up 6.19%...ULTA Up 7.68 After Reported Earnings...

Only one of nine sectors moved higher on Thursday…XLU, XLP and XLB were the strongest sectors…while XLI was the weakest sector.    

Breadth weakened as advancers led decliners 2.12 to 1 on the NYSE and 3.32 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY down 2.10 at 185.18 on 155 million shares, above average volume
VIX up 1.75 at 16.22…
TNX down .73 at 26.53…
TLT up 1.44 at 108.50...
XLF down .25 at 21.94 on 56.9 million shares, above average volume

AAPL down 5.96 at 530.65 on 9.2 million shares
FB down 2.05 at 68.83…on 57 million shares


Technical Commentary: 
QQQ – 1.41%, DIA – 1.34%, IWM – 1.16%, SPY – 1.12%.

Stocks traded down in Thursday’s session with the DJIA off 231.19 while the NASDAQ was down 62.91 and the S&P 500 traded down 21.86…slightly breaking an intra-day key technical support level. Concern over the uncertainty of Ukraine seemed to be on the minds of investors…with many finding safety in cash or bonds.

In after-hours trading and after earnings report…ULTA is trading up 7.68%...reported earnings rose 9.5% for its fiscal fourth quarter with better than expected sales growth.

MFRM also is trading higher in after-hours trading…up 6.19% with reported fourth quarter earnings up 14%.



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

Support Levels
SPY = 187.15, 183.75, 182.60
QQQ = 88.87, 87.35, 86.49
IWM = 118.71, 115.58


Earnings this week… GOGO, KKD, MFRM

Q4 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – 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 BELOW 90.

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Setups
H Breakout: JDSU, KKD, MTW, PANW, ZION, AMZN,   
Diagonal Breakout:  
Bull Flag: AAL, GLW, GOGO, STI,
One Day:  
Potential Bullish Divergence: 
Gap Up:  
Gap Down:    
Bear Flag: 
At Support: BBRY, DDD, DRYS, GME, NTES, SINA, V, YOKU, ADSK, BIDU, CMCSA, GILD, SNDK,
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs:    
Gap Up:  
Gap Down: UNG,      
H Breakout:   
Diagonal Breakout:    
Breakout Test:
Bull Flag Bounce:  
Bounce: CREE, MFRM,    
MACD Divergence Bounce
Bear Flag
Support Break: FFIV, GRMN, MNST,    

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4 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: ATVI, SIAL

Lagging NDX stocks included: ILMN, BIDU, EQIX, MNST, FFIV, ADSK, REGN, TRIP, AMAT, NVDA

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday included: CREE, TLT, KKD

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: YNDX, GOGO, YELP, RA, SCTY, YOKU, SINA, TSL, SCSS

Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 62
BIIB, MXIM, NXPI, TSLA, ALTR, ALXN, REGN, FB, WYNN, ADBE, DISH, EBAY, AKAM, AVGO, DTV, PCAR, AMGN, ATVI, EXPE, MSFT, MYL, NVDA, PCLN, SNDK, TRIP, ADI, MAR, XLNX, AMAT, KLAC, TXN, CTSH, GRMN, HSIC, KRFT, LINTA, LLTC, VIAB, MDLZ, FISV, LBTYA, DISCA, CTXS, FAST, INTU, WFM, BBBY, DLTR, ROST, SIAL, ADP, TSCO, SBAC, AAPL, ESRX, PAYX, QCOM, AMZN, INTC, MAT, SBUX, COST

Moving Above 30 DMA = 0

Moving Below 30 DMA = 17
BIDU, BRCM, CERN, CHKP, EQIX, FFIV, FOXA, GMCR, GOOG, ILMN, ISRG, MNST, MU, NFLX, ORLY, SRCL, STX
Staying Below 30 DMA
CA, VRSK, YHOO, ADSK, VOD, LMCA, WDC, CELG, GILD, SPLS,VRTX, SIRI, CTRX, CMCSA, CSCO, CHTR, NTAP, CHRW, SYMC, EXPD, VIP

Sixteen Week Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up

3-Day Short Term Market Trend: Down

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