Wednesday, September 3, 2014

NASDAQ Closes Down...S&P 500 Closes Even - Steven...DJIA Bucks The Trend Ends Up...GPRO Makes Another New High Up 5.41%...

Five of nine sectors moved higher on Wednesday…XLU, XLV and XLE were the strongest sectors…XLK was the weakest sector. 

Breadth weakened as decliners led advancers 1.19 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.75 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY down .11 at 200.50 on 57.3 million shares, below average volume
VIX up .11 at 12.36…
TNX down .09 at 24.10…
TLT up .65 at 117.38...
XLF down .04 at 23.411 on 19.6 million shares

AAPL down 4.36 at 98.94 on 125 million shares, double the volume
FB down .85 at 75.83…on 32.2 million shares

Technical Commentary:
DIA + 0.08%, SPY – 0.05%, QQQ – 0.59%, IWM – 0.63%.



Traders continue to follow your entry rules.

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 = 200.00, 201.37, 204.32...
QQQ = 99.75, 101.13…
IWM = 115.73, 117.06, 118.76...

Support Levels
SPY = 197.59, 196.24, 195.16...
QQQ = 99.08, 97.99, 97.51…
IWM = 115.51, 114.31, 113.49...

Earnings This Week: MFRM, CIEN,

Q2 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – MFRM, SPLK, AVGO, CRM, GPS, TFM, FL, AMAT, CSIQ, GME, HPQ, PCLN, NTES, ROST, SINA, NVDA, MNST, ANR, FSLR, GTAT, LNKD, SFUN, SSYS, SUNE, UBNT, YOKU, 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,

More than 10% - MFRM, SPLK, TWTR, CMG, BIDU, BIIB, ISRG, LNKD, OSTK, SWI, SFUN, SSYS, SUNE, UA, VRSN, X

Negative Reactions – CIEN, BBY, QIHU, TSL,  ADSK, CREE, GOGO, JASO, JDSU, JWN, M, RAX, YOKU, SCTY, YELP, CTSH, MYL, AEM, AET, AKAM,  BWLD, BZH, CL, CMI, COP, DDD, ESI, GLW, GRMN, HLF, JEC, KRFT, LNG, MTW, RYL, SLCA, UPL, 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,

More than -10% - AMD, ANGI, BWLD, CAMP, DHI, HLF, MXIM, P, SNDK, XLNX,


Reversal in progress – AET, AKAM, ALXN, AMZN, ATI, EA, GIS, GRMN, ILMN, KO, KRFT, LNG, P, RYL, STX, TPX, VRTX,


Reversal of Initial Reaction – BBY, BBBY, BZH, BBBY, CELG, DNKN, ETFC, KLAC, NFLX, RAX, SLCA, UPL, YELP, YHOO, APOL, KBH, MON,


The SPY Market Forecast green line is at 95.
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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: AA, C, CTRP, FSLR, GLW, GME, LNKD, NKE, RAX, STI, TPX, X, ADBE, BIDU, BRCM, CMCSA, COST, NFLX, TXN, ADP, ADSK, ALTR, BBBY, CMCSA,
Diagonal Breakout: JASO, P, V, ZION, GOOG, ADBE,  
Bull Flag: AIG, BBY, JCP, JD, SWKS, EBAY, GMCR, INTC, STX, WDC, AMGN,  
Potential Bullish Divergence:  
Gap Up:
Gap Down:
Bear Flag:   
At Support: CAR, GTAT, KNDI, QIHU, SINA, ESI,   
C- Pattern

Moves
New Highs: AVGO, EXPE, MAR, ATVI, BIDU, BRCM,  
H Breakout: BBRY, SFUN, SPWR, XLNX, CA, CTRX,   
D Breakout: EMC, NTES,
Bull Flag Bounce:   
Gap Up: RCL, TSL, YNDX,   
Gap Down: UNG, CHRW,   
Bounce:   
MACD Divergence Bounce: LVS,   
C- Pattern
Support Break: AAPL,

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57 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher and two were unchanged on Wednesday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: XLNX, SPLS, VIP, ADSK, BRCM, CERN, BIDU, CTRX, FOXA

Lagging NDX stocks included: AAPL, MYL, CHRW, PCLN, FFIV, LBTYA, SRCL, DISCA, TRIP, FB

Leading stocks > +2% on Wednesday included: GPRO, SFUN, TSL, FSLR, RAX, BBRY, X,

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: FEYE, GTAT, DAL, SOHU, SPLK, LOCO, QIHU, AAL, TWTR, Z, CSIQ, UBNT

Stocks to Watch on Thursday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 77
INTC, WDC, SYMC, GILD, SBAC, NTAP, EBAY, COST, FB, BBBY, CERN, EXPE, REGN, AMGN, CTXS, FFIV, ISRG, YHOO, ESRX, TSLA, FOXA, MSFT, NFLX, ADP, CTRX, DISCA, MNST, NVDA, ROST, WFM, AAPL, ATVI, CHKP, MAR, PAYX, BIIB, EQIX, ALXN, CELG, FISV, SIAL, SIRI, VRSK, AKAM, AVGO, DISH, HSIC, KLAC, LMCA, ORLY, STX, VIP, ALTR, AMAT, BRCM, TXN, ADBE, ILMN, LINTA, TSCO, VOD, FAST, NXPI, SNDK, GMCR, AMZN, CMCSA, DTV, KRFT, VRTX, MXIM, SPLS, LLTC, XLNX, BIDU, CA, CHTR

Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
ADSK, DLTR, GOOG                                                      

Moving Below 30 DMA = 6
CHRW, INTU, LBTYA, MYL, SRCL, TRIP                                                                                                            

Staying Below 30 DMA
ADI, MU, QCOM, SBUX, GRMN, PCLN, PCAR, CTSH, WYNN, CSCO, MDLZ, EXPD, VIAB, MAT

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