Thursday, December 18, 2014

Stocks Hit Hyperspace...DJIA Has Largest Gain In 3 Years...DJIA Up 421 Points...NASDAQ Soars To Triple Digits...Up 104.09 Points...S&P 500 Climps 48.34...

All of nine sectors moved higher on Thursday again…XLK, XLV and XLI were the strongest sectors and XLY was the weakest.
 
Breadth weakened slightly as advancers led decliners4.35 to 1 on the NYSE and 3.17 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up 5.39 at 207.18 on 257.3 million shares, more than double the average volume
VIX down 2.63 at 16.81…
TNX up .56 at 22.04…
TLT down 2.13 at 124.32...
XLF up .56 at 24.79 on 37.5 million shares, above average volume

AAPL up 3.34 at 112.75 on 58.9 million shares
FB up 2.29 at 78.40…on 34.1 million shares


Technical Commentary:
IWM + 1.68%, DIA + 2.53%, QQQ + 2.56%, SPY + 2.66%.


Look for bull flag setups in stocks that are still in an uptrend.

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 = 207.33, 209.06, 210.49...
QQQ = 106.94
IWM = 118.25, 119.37, 121.27…
Support Levels
SPY = 200.06...
QQQ = 102.42, 101.38
IWM = 114.37, 113.35...


Q3 Earnings Reaction
Positive Reactions – ADBE, CIEN, LULU, AVGO, ADI, HPQ, PANW, QIHU, ADSK, JASO, ROST, SPLK, GOGO, RAX, NTES, XONE, YOKU, VJET, BABA, MNST, WFM, ABC, ACI, AMGN, BIDU, BWLD, CBOE, CLF, CLX, CNX, EA, ESRX, EQIX, EXPE, FISV, GLW, GPRO, GRPN, GT, HSY, JCI, JDSU, LNKD, LVLT, MA, MAR, MO, MTW, MYL, PCAR, FE, SCHN, STX, SWI, SWKS, TASR, V, WY, X, WHR,  AAPL, ALK, ALXN, APOL, BMY, BRCM, CAT, CELG, CERN, CHKP, CMCSA, CNI, EMC, EW, GD, HAL, HAS, HOG, ILMN, IM, KLAC, KMB, LLY, LRCX, LXK, MMM, MXIM, MSFT, N, ORLY, PG, RMD, STLD, STT, SWK, TRV, TSCO, TXN, UNP, VRSN, WOOF, YHOO, YNDX, 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% - GOGO, RAX, WFM, GPRO, GPRN, LNKD, BWLD, SWI, N, EW, TSCO, NKE, ULTA, LULU, PANW, MFRM,

Negative Reactions – COST, AMBA, MFRM, GME, CRM, JD, MBLY, SINA, YY, SWKS, FEYE, FSLR, PCLN, QCOM, TRIP, SCTY, SSYS, SUNE, UBNT, Z, ZU, AEM, CHRW, COH, FB, GRMN, KRFT, MDC, MRK, NEM, PNRA, RGR, SLCA, TPX, TWTR, ALTR, AMZN, BA, BTU, CMG, CREE, DECK, DNKN, DOW, EAT, F, GM, IBM, JNPR, KO, LMT, LUV, NDAQ, P, UA, VMW, XRX, YELP, AXP, BAC, COF, EBAY, GOOGL, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KEY, MAT, NFLX, WFC, AZO, ADBE, KKD, CIEN,

More than -10% - GME, CSIQ, FSLR, UBNT, ZU, AEM, P, TPX,

Reversal in progress – GOGO, P, PCLN, TPX, KO,

Reversal of Initial Reaction – AMZN, FEYE, SWKS, Z, ADBE, ALTR, ALTR, AXP, AZO, BA, BAC, BTU, CHRW, CMG, COF, COH, CREE, DECK, DNKN, DOW, EAT, EBAY, F, GM, GOOGL, GRMN, INTC, JNJ, JNPR, JPM, KEY, KKD, KO, KRFT, LMT, LUV, MAT, MDC, MRK, NDAQ, PNRA, UA, VMW, WFC, XRX,

The SPY Market Forecast is at 27.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: AAL, ETFC, JDSU, RAX, V, AVGO, FB, MNST,    
Diagonal Breakout: MBLY, XONE, YELP, ESI,  
Potential Bullish Divergence:   
Gap Up:  
Gap Down:  
Bear Flag:  
At Support:   
C- Pattern:

Moves
New Highs: GLW, HPQ, PANW, SWKS, ROST, WDC,     
H Breakout: BX, NTES, SOHU,      
D Breakout: BABA, FEYE, CMCSA, EXPE,   
Breakout Test:   
Bull Flag Bounce:   
Bounce: IBM, DTV, NTAP,     
MACD Divergence Bounce:
Gap Up: AA, AIG, AMBA, BAC, BBY, C, CIEN, CMGE, CREE, CRM, EMC, FAS, IWM, GOGO, JD, JNPR, LNKD, MS, MTW, NKE, SCHW, SCTY, SPLK, SPWR, SPY, STI, SWI, UA, VRSN, ZION, FSLR, LVS, QIHU, TPX, YY, AAPL, AKAM, BIDU, CELG, FFIV, EBAY, GILD, GRMN, ILMN, INTC, MSFT, MYL, PCLN, QCOM, STX, TSLA, TXN, WYNN,
Gap Down:    
C- Pattern:
Bear Flag:  
Support Break:   

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96 out of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: KRFT, BIIB, TSLA, CTSH, DISH, NTAP, WYNN, ADSK, WDC, MSFT, STX, ALXN, VRTX, BIDU, TRIP, DISCA, GILD, CTXS, ILMN

Lagging NDX stocks included: SBUX

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday: MTW, FEYE, SCTY, FAS, LNKD, SCHW, SPWR, AA, EMC, NTES, SPLK, CRM, GLW, SOHU, CMGE, JD

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: TSL, GPRO, JASO, KKD, LC, RCL, Z, CSIQ, DGLY


Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA= 47
ROST, DLTR, ORLY, TSCO, BBBY, PCAR, SPLS, INTU, AMAT, WFM, AVGO, WDC, ADI, ALTR, EBAY, LLTC, MXIM, FOXA, SIAL, BIIB, ADBE, ADP, CELG, CHKP, CHTR, CMCSA, CSCO, DISCA, EQIX, FAST, FB, FFIV, HSIC, INTC, KLAC, KRFT, LBTYA, MNST, NXPI, QCOM, REGN, SBUX, STX, TRIP, TXN, VIAB, VRSK

Moving Above 30 DMA = 25
AKAM, AMGN, BRCM, CA, CERN, CHRW, COST, CTSH, DISH, EXPE, FISV, GILD, ILMN, ISRG, MAR, MAT, MU, MYL, NTAP, PAYX, SRCL, SYMC, VOD, VRTX, YHOO

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


Staying Below 30 DMA
ESRX, EXPD, XLNX, CTRX, MDLZ, NVDA, SNDK, AAPL, ADSK, ALXN, ATVI, CTXS, MSFT, SBAC, AMZN, LMCA, LMCK, SIRI, GRMN, DTV, PCLN, BIDU, GOOG, TSLA, VIP GMCR, WYNN, NFLX

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


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dave,

Thank you so much for your blog!! :)

Kathy :)