Thursday, July 31, 2014

Stocks End Sharply Lower...DJIA Drops 317 Points...Biggest Drop Since February...Only 4 Out Of 100 NDX Stocks Gain...On The NYSE Decliners Led Advancers 10.28 To 1...

 All nine sectors moved lower on Thursday…however… XLU, XLP and XLY were the strongest sectors…XLE was the weakest sector.


Sector Posture – two sectors are positive 
Positive trend: XLK, XLV
Neutral trend near resistance:
Neutral trend near support: XLB, XLF, XLP, XLU, XLY

Negative trend: XLE, XLI

Breadth weakened as decliners led advancers 10.28 to 1 on the NYSE and 5.00 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY down 3.89 at 193.09 on 182.3 million shares, over double average volume
VIX up 3.62 at 16.95…
TNX up .02 at 25.56…
TLT down .34 at 113.98...
XLF down .47 at 22.41 on 50.2 million shares, near double average volume

AAPL down 2.55 at 95.60 on 56.6 million shares
FB down 2.03 at 72.65…on 43.8 million shares


Technical Commentary:

IWM – 2.28%, QQQ – 2.02%, SPY – 1.97%, DIA – 1.89%.


The Unemployment report for July will be out Friday morning 8:30 am.


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


Short-term up trend Chart Targets:
SPY = 198.12, 199.06…
QQQ = 96.31, 97.52, 98.28
IWM = 116.46, 119.09…

Support Levels
SPY = 196. 59, 194.13, 193.11…
QQQ = 93.57, 91.73, 90.44…
IWM = 114.66, 113.16…

Earnings this week:
Monday – CMI, TSN, WYNN, JEC, HLF
TuesdayAET, AKS, DLR, GLW, HCA, MDC, UPS, YNDX, AMGN, AXP, BWLD, CHRW, ESRX, FISV, MAR, MRK, PFE, SLCA, TWTR, X, VRTX
WednesdayGRMN, HES, AEM, AKAM, CTRP, EQIX, KRFT, LRCX, MTW, WDC, WFM, YELP
ThursdayDDD, BZH, CL, COP, DTV, XOM, ESI, RYL, TEVA, TWC, EXPE, LNG, LNKD, MA, MCHP, SPWR, TSLA, TRLA
FridayCBOE, CVX, HLT, PG, BRK.A


Q2 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – AKS, AMGN, CHRW, ESRX, HCA, HES, LRCX, TSN, TWTR, WYNN, X, YNDX, CMG, BIIB, ISRG, SWI, UA, VRSN, AAPL, APD, CA, CHKP, CMCSA, CTXS, DAL, DECK, DOW, FFIV, FB, FTI, GD, LXK, LMT, NBR, NDAQ, NOK, OSTK, ORLY, PETS, RHI, STLD, SWK, TSCO, TXN, WHR, XRX, ZION, BX, C, GOOGL, GS, HON, INTC, KSU, JPM, PM, SCSS, SWKS, URI, AA, STZ, APOL, BKS, KBH, MON, MU, NKE, SCHN,

Negative Reactions – AEM, AET, AKAM,  BWLD, BZH, CL, CMI, COP, DDD, ESI, GLW, GRMN, HLF, JEC, KRFT, LNG, MTW, RYL, SLCA, UPS, VRTX, XOM, ALK, ALXN, AMZN, ANGI, ATI, BA, CAT, CELG, DHI, DNKN, EA, ETFC, FCX, GM, HOG, ILMN, JNPR, KLAC, KMB, KO, LLTC, MCD, NFLX, P, PHM, QCOM, SBUX, STI, STO, T, TPX, TRIP, TRV, UTX, V, XLNX, AMD, BAC, BHI, JCI, JNJ, LVS, MAT, SLB, SNDK, STX, USB, YHOO, FAST, FDO, CAMP, BBBY, GIS, CCL, WAG,

Reversal in progress – GIS, WAG,


Reversal of Initial Reaction – BBBY, YHOO, APOL, KBH, MON,


The SPY Market Forecast green line is pointed down at 59.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: JCP,  
Diagonal Breakout:    
Bull Flag: NTES, QIHU, RCL, SFUN, Z, AAPL, BIDU, COST, FB, MAR, MSFT, WYNN,
Potential Bullish Divergence:   
Gap Up: LNKD, EXPE
Gap Down: GPRO, 
Bear Flag: 
At Support: AAL, BBY, P, STI, TSL, V, BAC, CMCSA, GOOG, MYL, STX, TXN,    
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs:   
H Breakout:     
Diagonal Breakout:     
Bull Flag Bounce
Gap Up:  
Gap Down: SPY, MTW, SWI, DDD, UPL, MU,   
Breakout Test:  
Bounce: UNG,        
MACD Divergence Bounce:      
Bear Flag
Support Break: C, FAS, GLD, IWM, JASO, SCSS, SPWR, CREE, HOG, MFRM, UBNT, YOKU, ADBE, ADSK, AMZN, ILMN,     
C- Pattern:
      

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4 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: SPLS, DISCA, GRMN, BRCM

Lagging NDX stocks included: KRFT, MU, TRIP, CHTR, ADSK, ADBE, VRTX, VOD, NVDA, ILMN, QCOM

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday included: GPRO, JDSU

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: MTW, QIHU, GOGO, FAS, JASO, SUNE, CSIQ, SPWR, BX, BBRY, BBY, SCTY, RCL


Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 41
CHRW, ADP, EQIX, INTU, MSFT, BIDU, INTC, STX, WDC, SYMC, DTV, FISV, GILD, SBAC, NTAP, EBAY, COST, DISCA, CTRX, FB, BBBY, CERN, AAPL, CELG, EXPE, REGN, AMGN, CTXS, FFIV, PCLN, WYNN, BIIB, CHKP, ISRG, CA, TSCO, YHOO, BRCM, SPLS, ESRX, WFM

Moving Above 30 DMA = 0
                                                       

Moving Below 30 DMA = 20
AKAM, ALXN, ATVI, CHTR, CMCSA, CSCO, CTSH, DLTR, GOOG, LMCA, MAR, ORLY, PAYX, SBUX, SIAL, SIRI, SRCL, TSLA, VOD, VRTX                                                             

Staying Below 30 DMA
ADBE, MDLZ, VRSK, EXPD, PCAR, MU, MYL, ADSK, AMZN, HSIC, KLAC, LINTA, AVGO, DISH, ILMN, QCOM, TRIP, ALTR, GMCR, KRFT, LLTC, NXPI, TXN, VIAB, XLNX, AMAT, NFLX, LBTYA, NVDA, VIP, SNDK, FOXA, MAT, MNST, ADI, ROST, GRMN, FAST, MXIM

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

Stock Futures Travel To Red Territory...After US Jobless Claims Climb 23K...

BMO – ES – 15.50…and NQ – 32.75…stock futures point to a LOWER open in pre-market…

SPY is down 1.21…


Euro is down 12 pips…
TLT is down 1.21…
           
                                                                                   
Follow your rules for entry and exit…and always remember to adjust stops to protect profits also according to your rules...

Quoting Up: EXPE, EQIX, TSLA, RAX,


Quoting Down: AKAM, WFM, MU, VOD, KRFT, MTW, CTRP, QIHU, DDD, VJET, XONE, YELP

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Stocks End Mostly Higher...After Posted Earnings TWTR & X Both Up Over 19%...YELP Posts First Ever Profit...YELP Up 8.81%...

Five one out of nine sectors moved higher on Wednesday… XLY, XLF and XLV were the strongest sectors…XLU was the weakest sector.

Sector Posture – six sectors are positive 
Positive trend: XLB, XLE, XLF, XLK, XLV, XLY
Neutral trend near resistance:
Neutral trend near support: XLI, XLP, XLU


Breadth declined slightly as decliners led advancers 1.57 to 1 on the NYSE and improved as advancers led decliners 1.44 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up .03 at 196.98 on 104.1 million shares
VIX up .05 at 13.33…
TNX up .92 at 25.54…
TLT down 1.61 at 114.32...
XLF up .10 at 22.88 on 39.8 million shares

AAPL down .23 at 98.15 on 33 million shares
FB up .97 at 74.68…on 36.8 million shares


Technical Commentary:

IWM + 0.40%, QQQ + 0.39%, SPY + 0.02%, DIA – 0.18%.

Stock indices opened higher following a GDP report of 4% in Q2, but then sold off and was range bound until the FOMC announcement at 2 pm ET.  In the end the RUT and NDX closed higher, the SPX was flat and the DJIA was slightly lower.

Earning reactions led to the upside as TWTR +19.98%, X +19.37%, CHRW +6.40%, AMGN +5.43%, ESRX +4.95% with GRMN -5.51% to the downside.

Interest rates rose as financials as C, JPM, WFC, BAC, MS and STI were moving to the upside.


The Unemployment report for July will be out Friday morning 8:30 am.

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


Short-term up trend Chart Targets:
SPY = 198.12, 199.06…
QQQ = 96.31, 97.52, 98.28
IWM = 116.46, 119.09…

Support Levels
SPY = 196. 59, 194.13, 193.11…
QQQ = 93.57, 91.73, 90.44…
IWM = 114.66, 113.16…

Earnings this week:
Monday – CMI, TSN, WYNN, JEC, HLF
TuesdayAET, AKS, DLR, GLW, HCA, MDC, UPS, YNDX, AMGN, AXP, BWLD, CHRW, ESRX, FISV, MAR, MRK, PFE, SLCA, TWTR, X, VRTX
WednesdayGRMN, HES, AEM, AKAM, CTRP, EQIX, KRFT, LRCX, MTW, WDC, WFM, YELP
ThursdayDDD, BZH, CL, COP, DTV, XOM, ESI, RYL, TEVA, TWC, EXPE, LNG, LNKD, MA, MCHP, SPWR, TSLA, TRLA
FridayCBOE, CVX, HLT, PG, BRK.A


Q2 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – AKS, AMGN, CHRW, ESRX, HCA, HES TSN, TWTR, WYNN, X, YNDX, CMG, BIIB, ISRG, SWI, UA, VRSN, AAPL, APD, CA, CHKP, CMCSA, CTXS, DAL, DECK, DOW, FFIV, FB, FTI, GD, LXK, LMT, NBR, NDAQ, NOK, OSTK, ORLY, PETS, RHI, STLD, SWK, TSCO, TXN, WHR, XRX, ZION, BX, C, GOOGL, GS, HON, INTC, KSU, JPM, PM, SCSS, SWKS, URI, AA, STZ, APOL, BKS, KBH, MON, MU, NKE, SCHN,


Negative Reactions – AET, BWLD, CMI, GLW, GRMN, HLF, JEC, SLCA, UPS, VRTX, ALK, ALXN, AMZN, ANGI, ATI, BA, CAT, CELG, DHI, DNKN, EA, ETFC, FCX, GM, HOG, ILMN, JNPR, KLAC, KMB, KO, LLTC, MCD, NFLX, P, PHM, QCOM, SBUX, STI, STO, T, TPX, TRIP, TRV, UTX, V, XLNX, AMD, BAC, BHI, JCI, JNJ, LVS, MAT, SLB, SNDK, STX, USB, YHOO, FAST, FDO, CAMP, BBBY, GIS, CCL, WAG,

Reversal in progress – GIS, WAG,


Reversal of Initial Reaction – BBBY, YHOO, APOL, KBH, MON,


TThe SPY Market Forecast green line is pointed down at 78.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: GOGO, JD, MS, NKE, PANW, SSYS, SINA, WLT, AKAM, CELG, EXPE, INTC, STX, TSLA, WDC, WFM, WYNN, YHOO
Diagonal Breakout: IWM, SOHU, SPWR, STI, TSL, BAC, UBNT,   
Bull Flag: SPY, BBY, BX, DAL, FAS, GME, IBM, QIHU, RCL, SFUN, SWI, VRSN, Z, AAPL, BIDU, CTSH, FB, GOOG, MAR, MSFT, ADP,
Potential Bullish Divergence: MNST,  
Gap Up:  
Gap Down:
Bear Flag: 
At Support: AAL, JASO, ILMN,   
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs:    
H Breakout: ETFC, SCHW, SCTY, CRM, SPLK, VJET,    
Diagonal Breakout: DDD, JCP, PCLN,    
Bull Flag Bounce
Gap Up: TWTR, YELP, ESRX, GILD,
Gap Down:    
Breakout Test:  
Bounce: BBRY, C, MTW, TPX, QCOM,       
MACD Divergence Bounce: CIEN, CREE, GTAT, HOG, XONE, NFLX,     
Bear Flag
Support Break: AIG, ATI,    
C- Pattern:
      

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70 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: CHRW, REGN, AMGN, ESRX, WFM, AKAM, NXPI, YHOO, NFLX, SPLS, SBAC

Lagging NDX stocks included: GRMN, VRTX, MDLZ, VRSK, CTSH

Leading stocks > +2% on Wednesday included: TWTR, GPRO, KNDI, ETFC, GOGO, UAL, MS, BBRY, SCHW, XONE, YELP, VJET, SPLK, GTAT, LNKD, YNDX, CRM, PANW DDD, ANGI, CIEN

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: SFUN, ATI, ANR


Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 54
CHRW, SIAL, CHTR, ADP, EQIX, ATVI, CSCO, INTU, MSFT, BIDU, CMCSA, GOOG, SBUX, INTC, STX, WDC, LMCA, PAYX, SYMC, DTV, VRTX, FISV, GILD, SBAC, NTAP, EBAY, COST, DISCA, CTRX, FB, BBBY, CERN, AAPL, CELG, CTSH, EXPE, MAR, REGN, ALXN, AMGN, CTXS, FFIV, PCLN, VOD, WYNN, BIIB, CHKP, ISRG, CA, TSCO, YHOO, BRCM, SPLS, SRCL

Moving Above 30 DMA = 7
AKAM, DLTR, ESRX, ORLY, SIRI, TSLA, WFM                                                        

Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
ADBE, MDLZ, VRSK                                                             

Staying Below 30 DMA
EXPD PCAR, MU, MYL, ADSK, AMZN, HSIC, KLAC, LINTA, AVGO, DISH, ILMN, QCOM, TRIP, ALTR, GMCR, KRFT, LLTC, NXPI, TXN, VIAB, XLNX, AMAT, NFLX, LBTYA, NVDA, VIP, SNDK, FOXA, MAT, MNST, ADI, ROST, GRMN, FAST, MXIM

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




Stocks Look To Have A Strong Open Ahead Of FOMC Report & News That The US Economy Grew By 4% For The 2ND QTR...TWTR Is Tweeting...After Posted Earnings TWTR Soars 25.03%...

BMO – ES + 9.25…and NQ + 23.25…stock futures point to a HIGHER open in pre-market…

SPY is up .85…


Euro is down 26 pips…
TLT is down .51…
           
                                                                                   
Follow your rules for entry and exit…and always remember to adjust stops to protect profits also according to your rules...

Quoting Up: GRMN, REGN, AMGN, ESRX, CHRW, TWTR, UAL, YELP,

Quoting Down: VRTX, MXIM, PANW,


Tuesday, July 29, 2014

IWM Positive as QQQ, SPY Give Back Early Gains...BIIB Bounces...FB, SWI, SWKS, VRSN Bull Flag...TWTR Gaps Higher in After-hours on EPS Report...

Only one out of nine sectors moved higher on Tuesday… XLV, XLK and XLE were the strongest sectors…XLI was the weakest sector.

Sector Posture – six sectors are positive 
Positive trend: XLB, XLE, XLF, XLK, XLV, XLY
Neutral trend near resistance:
Neutral trend near support: XLI, XLP, XLU

Breadth weakened as decliners led advancers 1.53 to 1 on the NYSE and advancers led decliners 1.03 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY down .85 at 196.95 on 80.3 million shares
VIX up .72 at 13.28…
TNX down .29 at 24.62…
TLT up .42 at 115.93...
XLF down .12 at 22.90 on 28.4 million shares

AAPL down .64 at 98.38 on 43 million shares
FB down 1.21 at 73.71…on 41.2 million shares


Technical Commentary:

IWM + 0.27%, QQQ – 0.18%, DIA – 0.37%, SPY – 0.43%.

IWM leads while forming a bullish harami in a MACD bullish divergence.  QQQ and SPY still in bull flag pattern as bounce fails to hold, both make higher low than Monday.

After-hours TWTR +11.14, +28.87 on positive EPS reaction and increase in user growth.

BIIB earnings flag bounce, FB, SWI, SWKS, VRSN, GILD earnings flag bounce to horizontal resistance.


                  (click image to enlarge)

The FOMC meeting is underway today and Wednesday with FOMC announcement expected Wednesday at 2 pm ET.  GDP Q2 will be out tomorrow morning at 8:30 am ET.  The Unemployment report for July will be out Friday morning 8:30 am.

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


Short-term up trend Chart Targets:
SPY = 198.12, 199.06…
QQQ = 96.31, 97.52, 98.28
IWM = 116.46, 119.09…

Support Levels
SPY = 196. 59, 194.13, 193.11…
QQQ = 93.57, 91.73, 90.44…
IWM = 114.66, 113.16…

Earnings this week:
Monday – CMI, TSN, WYNN, JEC, HLF
TuesdayAET, AKS, DLR, GLW, HCA, MDC, YNDX, AMGN, AXP, BWLD, CHRW, ESRX, FISV, MAR, MRK, PFE, SLCA, X, UPS, VRTX
WednesdayGRMN, HES, AEM, AKAM, CTRP, EQIX, KRFT, LRCX, MTW, WDC, WFM, YELP
ThursdayDDD, BZH, CL, COP, DTV, XOM, ESI, RYL, TEVA, TWC, EXPE, LNG, LNKD, MA, MCHP, SPWR, TSLA, TRLA
FridayCBOE, CVX, HLT, PG, BRK.A

Q2 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – AKS, TSN, WYNN, YNDX, CMG, BIIB, ISRG, SWI, UA, VRSN, AAPL, APD, CA, CHKP, CMCSA, CTXS, DAL, DECK, DOW, FFIV, FB, FTI, GD, LXK, LMT, NBR, NDAQ, NOK, OSTK, ORLY, PETS, RHI, STLD, SWK, TSCO, TXN, WHR, XRX, ZION, BX, C, GOOGL, GS, HON, INTC, KSU, JPM, PM, SCSS, SWKS, URI, AA, STZ, APOL, BKS, KBH, MON, MU, NKE, SCHN,

Negative Reactions – AET, CMI, GLW, HLF, JEC, ALK, ALXN, AMZN, ANGI, ATI, BA, CAT, CELG, DHI, DNKN, EA, ETFC, FCX, GM, HOG, ILMN, JNPR, KLAC, KMB, KO, LLTC, MCD, NFLX, P, PHM, QCOM, SBUX, STI, STO, T, TPX, TRIP, TRV, UTX, V, XLNX, AMD, BAC, BHI, JCI, JNJ, LVS, MAT, SLB, SNDK, STX, USB, YHOO, FAST, FDO, CAMP, BBBY, GIS, CCL, WAG,

Reversal in progress – GIS, WAG,


Reversal of Initial Reaction – BBBY, YHOO, APOL, KBH, MON,


The SPY Market Forecast green line is in the upper zone at 84.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: JD, NKE, SCHW, SCTY, TWTR, CRM, LNKD, SINA, WLT, AKAM, CMCSA, DTV, EXPE, PCLN, TSLA, WDC,   
Diagonal Breakout: ETFC, GLD, GOGO, SOHU, SPWR, JCP, UPL, XONE, YOKU, CELG,  
Bull Flag: BX, C, DAL, FAS, MS, RCL, SWI, VRSN, PANW, ZION, FB, GOOG, INTC, MAR, MSFT, YHOO,
Potential Bullish Divergence: IWM 
Gap Up: TWTR, AMGN, ESRX, SLCA, X,
Gap Down: BWLD, VRTX
Bear Flag: 
At Support: AAL, AIG, P, HOG, ILMN, MU,  
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs: HPQ, GILD,   
H Breakout: COST, WYNN,   
Diagonal Breakout: TSL, VJET, YNDX, ESRX,   
Bull Flag Bounce
Gap Up: COST,  
Gap Down: GLW,   
Breakout Test:  
Bounce: ANR, WFM,      
MACD Divergence Bounce: DDD, YNDX, ADSK,    
Bear Flag
Support Break: BBRY, CSIQ, GTAT,   
C- Pattern
       

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25 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: WFM, WYNN, ESRX, GILD, COST

Lagging NDX stocks included: BIDU, FB, AVGO, GOOG

Leading stocks > +2% on Tuesday included: SCTY, P, ETFC, GOGO, DDD, VJET, ZONE, ANGI, ANR, WLT

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: GLW, CSIQ, Z, GME, BBRY, QIHU, KNDI, CTRP, JASO, MTW, GTAT,


Stocks to Watch on Wednesday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 57
CHRW, SIAL, MU, CHTR, ADP, EQIX, ATVI, CSCO, ADBE, INTU, MSFT, BIDU, CMCSA, GOOG, SBUX, INTC, STX, WDC, LMCA, SYMC, DTV, VRTX, FISV, GILD, SBAC, MDLZ, NTAP, EBAY, VRSK, COST, PAYX, DISCA, CTRX, FB, BBBY, MYL CERN, SIRI, AAPL, CELG, CTSH, EXPE, MAR, REGN, ALXN, AMGN, CTXS, FFIV, PCLN, VOD, WYNN, BIIB, CHKP, ISRG, CA, TSCO, YHOO

Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
BRCM, SPLS, SRCL                                                        

Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
DLTR, EXPD, ORLY, PCAR                                                             

Staying Below 30 DMA
ADSK, AMZN, HSIC, KLAC, LINTA, AVGO, DISH, ILMN, QCOM, TRIP, ALTR, GMCR, KRFT, LLTC, NXPI, TXN, VIAB, XLNX, AMAT, NFLX, LBTYA, NVDA, VIP, SNDK, AKAM, FOXA, MAT, MNST, TSLA, ADI, ROST, GRMN, FAST, MXIM, WFM, ESRX

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