Thursday, March 6, 2014

Stocks Climb Higher...S&P 500 Sets Another Record High...It's 50th Record High Set In The Last 12 Months...EURO Rallies Against The Dollar...Surges Ahead 138 Pips...

Six of nine sectors moved higher on Thursday…XLE, XLI and XLB were the strongest sectors…while XLV was the weakest sector.  

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 1.30 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.08 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up .29 at 188.04 on 70.4 million shares, below average volume
VIX up .31 at 14.20…
TNX up .39 at 27.37…
TLT down 1.03 at 106.59...
XLF up .08 at 22.28 on 39 million shares

AAPL down 1.68 at 530.68 on 6 million shares, below average volume
FB down .73 at 70.84…on 45.7 million shares, below average volume


Technical Commentary: 
DIA + 0.45%, SPY + 0.23%, IWM – 0.02%, QQQ – 0.10%.


S&P 500 closed at another record high today…up 3.22 closing at 1,877.03 and marks the 50th record high in the past 12 months.  The DJIA closed up 61.71…while the NASDAQ started out positive but ended down 5.85 in today’s trading with biotechnology and pharmaceuticals being the biggest losers in the index.

Not only are the Staples Stores washed in red…SPLS was red all over in trading today and closed down 2.05%, down 15.30% after reporting disappointed quarterly earnings.  COST also disappoint with a gap down and breaking support…COST down 3.21 or 2.76%.

The EURO rallied against the dollar in today’s trading…surging up 138 pips.

SINA closed up 5.76 or 11.60%
TSL was up 1.89 or 11.60%
BIDU traded up 10.07 or 5.77%

Look at the Chart Signals lists below for more great setups…

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

Q4 earnings season
The majority of earnings season is done, however there are still a few companies including CIEN, COST, JOY, QIHU, BIG, and FL that will report over the next few days…AZO neutral reaction

Q4 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – 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 – 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 (102)

Reversal in progress – FSLR, RAX, ADSK, WFM, CSX, GS, COF, JNJ, IBM, ATI, JCI, KEY, STX, CRUS (14, 14%)

Reversal of Initial Reaction – UNH, WDC, DISCA, XOM, CTXS, DDD, SFLY, TPX, VZ, ABT, BAX, AAPL, CL, VRSN, CSCO, ADP, CTSH, HUM, P, TSO, ADM, CERN, GILD, PCAR, MMM, CELG, HOG, POT, SHW, EMC, GLW, DD, VMW, YHOO, ZION, HON, SWK, ALTR, ISRG, KLAC, LMT, HAL, FAST, FDO, AA (45, 45%)


The Market Forecast Green Line closed above 93.

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Setups
H Breakout: C, FSLR, GLD, GME, GOGO, MFRM, NTES, SCSS, SWI, UAL, X, ZION, GOOG,  
Diagonal Breakout: A, LNKD, WLT, AAPL,
Bull Flag: BBRY, NKE, SCTY,    
One Day:  
Potential Bullish Divergence: 
Gap Up
Gap Down:    
Bear Flag:   
At Support: ANGI, WDC,   
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs: AAL, FAS, LVS, QIHU, SFUN, SPY, SWKS, TSL, YOKU, BIDU, CTSH, DTV, ESRX, QCOM, TRIP, TXN, XLNX,
Gap Up:   
Gap Down: P, COST,  
H Breakout: STI,  
Diagonal Breakout:   
Breakout Test:
Bull Flag Bounce:
Bounce: ANR, SINA,  
MACD Divergence Bounce
Bear Flag
Support Break: XONE, CELG, GILD, NTAP,  

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54 out of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday and one was unchanged.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: BIDU, NXPI, DIS, DTV, LBTYA, SBUX, MDLZ, DISCA, CTSH

Lagging NDX stocks included: SPLS, STX, CELG, ILMN, VRTX, GILD, VIP, GMCR, COST, MYL

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday included: TSL, SINA, ANR, QIHU, WLT, SFUN, YOKU, NTES

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: P, XONE, DDD, ANGI, CIEN, DRYS, SSYS, SOHU


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