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




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