Thursday, October 23, 2014

Stocks Gain...SPY...IWM...QQQ...All Notch Above 1+% Gain...AAPL...CELG...FB...Make Record Highs...TSCO Closes Up 15.82%...While SCSS Closes Up 16.22% After Positive Earnings...In After Hours Trading & After Earnings Post KLAC Up 14.82%...

Seven out of nine sectors moved higher on Thursday…XLI, XLE and XLV were the strongest sectors while XLP was the weakest. 

Breadth strengthened…advancers led decliners…3.42 to 1 on the NYSE and 2.60 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up 2.52 at 194.93 on 146.7 million shares, above average volume
VIX down 1.34 at 16.53…
TNX up .46 at 22.75…
TLT down 1.07 at 119.60...
XLF up .22 at 22.88 on 42.3million shares

AAPL up 1.92 at 104.91 on 70.7 million shares
FB up 1.57 at 79.94…on 34.8 million shares

Technical Commentary:
SPY + 1.31%, DIA + 1.42%, QQQ + 1.59%, IWM + 1.85%.



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 Chart Targets:
SPY = 194.27, 197.62...
QQQ = 97.10, 98.76
IWM = 112.15, 114.51…

Support Levels
SPY = 191.48, 190.45...
QQQ = 95.32, 94.47
IWM = 109.22, 107.00...

Earnings this week
Monday: AAPL, CMG, HAL, HAS, ILMN, IBM, BTU, STLD, TXN, ZION,
Tuesday: ATI, APOL, EAT, BRCM, CNI, KO, CREE, ETFC, HOG, ISRG, KMB, LXK, LMT, MCD, TRV, UTX, VZ, VMW, YHOO
Wednesday: T, BA, DOW, EMC, EQIX, GD, LRCX, NXPI, ORLY, SWK, TSCO, WHR, XRX, YELP
Thursday: MMM, ALK, ALXN, ALTR, AMZN, CAT, CELG, CERN, CHKP, CMCSA, DECK, DNKN, GM, JNPR, KLAC, LLY, MXIM, MSFT, P, LUV, UA, UNP, UAL, WYNN, YNDX, ZNGA,
Friday: BMY, F, NDAQ, PG, STT, UPS

Q3 Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – AAPL, APOL, EMC, GD, HAL, HAS, HOG, ILMN, KMB, LXK, STLD, SWK, TRV, TXN, ZION, AMD, C, CSX, DAL, GE, HON, LVS, MS, SCHW, SLB, STI, URI, XLNX, COST, BBBY, BBRY, MU, NKE, PAYX, LULU, PANW, ULTA, MFRM, SPLK,

More than 10% - NKE, ULTA, LULU, PANW, MFRM,

Negative Reactions – BA, CMG, DOW, EAT, IBM, KP. LMT, BTU, XRX, AXP, BAC, COF, EBAY, GOOGL, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KEY, MAT, NFLX, WFC, AZO, ADBE, KKD, CIEN,

More than -10% -

Reversal in progress – AZO,

Reversal of Initial Reaction – AXP, KKD, BBRY, MU,

The SPY Market Forecast is at 51.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: AA, BBRY, HOG, QIHU, SWKS, V, YY, GLW, KNDI, SINA, WLT, QCOM, STX, WYNN, YHOO,
Diagonal Breakout: AMBA, C, CIEN, CRM, EMC, ETFC, JDSU, LNKD, MS, SPWR, SUNE, Z, ANR, MTW, P, ADBE, AMZN, CMCSA, EBAY, SBUX,
Bull Flag: NTES, SFUN, ESI,
Potential Bullish Divergence: 
Gap Up:
Gap Down:  
Bear Flag:  
Support:   
C- Pattern

Moves
New Highs: PANW, AAPL, CELG,  
H Breakout: SPLK, YNDX, GRMN,
D Breakout: DAL, SPY, GILD,
Breakout Test:
Bull Flag Bounce
Bounce: ANGI,  
MACD Divergence Bounce: CREE, DDD,
Gap Up: MFRM, SCSS, TPX,  
Gap Down: RCL, YELP,  
C- Pattern:  
Bear Flag:  
Support Break: YELP,  


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

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: KLAC, TSCO, ALXN, ORLY, CELG, CHKP, MSFT, STX, AMAT, CMCSA, DHTR, DISCA, LBTYA, AMGN

Lagging NDX stocks included: AMZN, CTXS, MXIM, ALTR

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday: SCSS, SPLK, CIEN, FEYE, PANW, BBRY, QIHU, YY, JDSU, TPX, X, Z, AAL, SWKS


Lagging stocks < -3.0% included: YELP, GPRO


Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 40
SIAL, GMCR, ROST, CHRW, GRMN, MYL, SRCL, DLTR, ISRG, MNST, PAYX, REGN, ADP, ALXN, BIDU, COST, FB, ORLY, TSCO, VRTX, XLNX, AAPL,AMGN, BBBY, CELG, ESRX, FISV, GILD, HSIC, ILMN, KRFT, MA, PCAR, QCOM, SPLS, SYMC, TXN, WYNN, BRCM, YHOO

Moving Above 30 DMA = 13
CA, CERN, CHKP, CHTR, CTSH, EXPD, INTU, LBTYA, NVDA, SBAC, SBUX, STX, WFM

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0

                                                                                             
Staying Below 30 DMA
BIIB, ADSK, DTV, EBAY, FAST, MSFT, NFLX, CSCO, EXPE, INTU, MU, DISH, AVGO, ALTR, CTXS, INTC, KLAC, NTAP, NXPI, SNDK, VOD, AKAM, CHKP, GOOG, CHTR, CMCSA, FFIV, LLTC, AMAT, LMCA, LMCK, MXIM, TRIP, VIAB, VRSK, EQIX, MDLZ, NVDA, SIRI, CTRX, ADBE, AMZN, ATVI, FOXA, STX, TSLA, VIP, SBUX, DISCA, MAT, ADI, WDC, PCLN

6-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up/Neutral
3-day Short Term Market Trend: Up


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