Thursday, October 2, 2014

Stocks Hold Fast And Close Trading Session Basically Unchanged...Many Stocks Have A Small Bounce...

Three of nine sectors moved higher on Thursday… XLY, XLP, and XLF all moved higher while XLE was the weakest. 

Breadth strengthened…advancers led decliners…1.15 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.80 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY down .02 at 194.33 on 157.2 million shares, double average volume
VIX down .55 at 16.16…
TNX up .35 at 24.38…
TLT down .92 at 117.31...
XLF up .07 at 22.96 on 56.4 million shares, above average volume

AAPL up .12 at 99.30 on 47.7 million shares, below average volume
FB up .40 at 76.95…on 36.4 million shares

Technical Commentary:
QQQ  - 0.04%, SPY + 0.02%, DIA + 0.04%, IWM + 0.88%.


Over the past three months the SPX is -1.3%, Dow -.9%, NDX +2.2% and the RUT -10%YTD the SPX is +6.2%, Dow +2.2%, NDX +11.8% and the RUT -5.1%.

Earning season unofficially begins next week on Oct 8 when AA releases earnings after the close.  Forecasts on SPX companies are for revenue growth in the vicinity of 3.5% and earnings growth around 7%.

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 = 198.98, 200.65, 201.90...
QQQ = 99.75, 100.56
IWM = 109.8, 111.27, 112.46...

Support Levels
SPY = 194.35, 193.03, 190.28...
QQQ = 96.94, 96.17, 95.06
IWM = 107.43, 106.74...


Sep Earnings Reactions
Positive Reactions – BBBY, BBRY, MU, NKE, PAYX, LULU, PANW, ULTA, MFRM, SPLK,

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

Negative Reactions – AZO, ADBE, KKD, CIEN,

More than -10% -

Reversal in progress –

Reversal of Initial Reaction – KKD,

The SPY Market Forecast green line is at 30This is a bearish reading. 

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout:  
Diagonal Breakout: MBLY, TWTR, UAL, VRSN, YELP, P,   
Bull Flag: GPRO, MU,
Potential Bullish Divergence:       
Gap Up:
Gap Down:
Bear Flag:  
At Support: AIG, TPX, V, EXPE,
C- Pattern

Moves
New Highs
H Breakout
D Breakout: KNDI,
Breakout Test:   
Bull Flag Bounce:
Bounce: DAL, FEYE, GOGO, JCP, JD, NKE, PANW, SPLK, SWI, UAL, GTAT, P, COST, FFIV, MYL, NFLX,  
MACD Divergence Bounce: VRSN, YELP, KNDI,  
Gap Up: ADSK, DTV, TSLA,
Gap Down: CREE,
C- Pattern:  
Bear Flag:  
Support Break: AA, BBRY,


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

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: TSLA, MYL, ADSK, NFLX, FAST, MAT, FFIV, ADP, PCAR

Lagging NDX stocks included: AVGO, VIP, VRTX, GRMN, AMAT, MAR, EXPE, INTC, MDLZ, INTU

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday included: GOGO, MBLY, TWTR, FEYE, SPLK, JCP, YELP, PANY, LOCO, JC

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: GPRO, BBRY


Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 16
COST, MNST, ROST, PAYX, DTV, VRTX, INTU, ADSK, REGN, SIAL, BBBY, CSCO, MU, YHOO, EBAY, ALXN

Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
CERN, DLTR, FB, ISRG                                                  

Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
AMGN, AVGO
                                                                                             
Staying Below 30 DMA
ALTR, BRCM, CELG, CTXS, EXPE, GILD, INTC, KLAC, MSFT, NTAP,BIDU, MAR, NXPI, SNDK, TXN, BOD, XLNX, AAPL, GMCR, LBTYA, SBAC, SPLS, ADP,AKAM, BIIB, CHKP, FAST, FISV, GOOG, QCOM, CHTR, CMCSA, FFIV, LLTC, WFM, AMAT, CA, CHRW, ESRX,EXPD,LMCA, MXIM, MYL, SYMC, TRIP, VIAB, VRSK, DISH, EQIX, ILMN, MDLZ, NVDA, ORLY, SIRI, CTRX, KRFT, ADBE, AMZN, ATVI, FOXA, LINTA, NFLX, STX, TSLA, VIP, HSIC, SBUX, SRCL, TSCO, DISCA, MAT, ADI, WDC, GRMN, PCLN, PCAR, CTSH, WYNN

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





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