Friday, March 27, 2015

ALTR Soars on News of INTC Buyout Talks...SPX Lower for the Week, Higher on Friday, Cruise-lines, Airlines and Semis Jump...

Six of nine sectors moved higher on Friday…XLV, XLP and XLU were the strongest sectors and XLE was the weakest.
 
Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners on the NYSE and on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up .47 at 205.74 on 118.9 million shares, 16% above average volume
VIX down .73 at 15.07…
TNX down .59 at 19.48…
TLT up 1.61 at 131.06…bull flag bounce
XLF down .03 at 23.93 on 224.4 million shares, 13% below average volume

AAPL down .99 at 123.25 on 39.5 million shares, 27% below average volume
FB up .29 at 83.30…on 18.3 million shares, 31% below average volume


Technical Commentary:
IWM +0.64%, QQQ +0.40%, SPY +0.23%, DIA +0.19%.

After falling for four days the SPX rallied on Friday as buyers entered near support and buyers aggressively bought semiconductor stocks, cruise line stocks CCL, RCL and NCLH and airline stocks as oil fell.

While SPY, QQQ and DIA are setup for a support bounce, we like the IWM bull flag setup which closed just one cent below an entry signal.

ALTR +9.81, +28.39% soars following news of INTC +1.92, +6.38% buyout talks.  This lifted semiconductor stocks SOX +19.07, +2.83%In addition to ALTR and INTC, SOX leaders included CAVM +7.60%, SWKS +6.22%, XLNX +5.85%, ATML +2.85%, AVGO +2.81%, ASML +2.81%, FSL +2.70% and SUNE +2.53%.

The SPX was led by ALTR, RCL, INTC, SWKS, CCL, XLNX, CAG, KRFT, HRS and EA.

Oil which rose this week in part of new of Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, fell on Friday.  Airline stocks AAL, DAL, UAL, LUV, ALK and SAVE rose on Friday in reaction.  Should oil continue to fall next week, look for airlines to rise.

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 = 212.24...
QQQ = 108.94
IWM = 126.22…

Support Levels
SPY = 205.86, 203.49...
QQQ = 105.38, 104.44…
IWM = 122.77, 121.22, 119.83...


Q4 Earnings Reaction
Positive Reactions – CCL, BBRY, DGLY, CTRP, JUNO, KBH, MFRM, NKE, AVGO, CRM, MNST, ROST, ADSK, GOGO, SPWR, ESRX, CMCSA, ANGI, CAR, INTU, JWN, RAX, MAR, NEM, PCLN, Z, TRIP, FEYE, CSCO, NVDA, AKAM, WFM, Z, EEFT, TMH, CTLT, SKX, NTES, WCG, ADP, ATVI, CTSH, FISV, ONNN, ORLY, SIRI, UA, VRSN, AMZN, AAPL, ALXN, BRCM, BX, CAVM, CELG, EA, FB, FSL, GLW, HOG, JNPR, TSCO, TSS, TUP, VIAB, WDC, X, NFLX, ALK, BHI, CREE, DAL, EBAY, ETFC, GE, HON, KMB, LUV, MXIM, SBUX, SWKS, TRV, UAL, UNH, UNP, SNX, LLTC, TSM

More than 10% - DGLY, CTRP, JUNO, AVGO, MNST, CRM, SPWR, ANGI, UPL, TRIP, FEYE, EEFT, TMH, MLM, SEE, LNKD, TWTR, UBNT, ONNN, AMZN, BIIB, NFLX, FSL, EA, TUP, X

Negative Reactions – CMGE, GME, YOKU, XONE, JCP, SPLK, LL, LC, HPQ, SCTY, ZU, ZNGA, NTAP, BIDU, TSLA, HSIC, KRFT, SFUN, SOHU, ATML, CHRW, FOXA, GILD, GMCR, SRCL, SYMC, WYNN, QCOM, JDSU, RCL, BABA, PCAR, YHOO, MSFT, STX, VRTX, AAL, ZION, AXP, ALTR, FFIV, IBM, ISRG, JNJ, KLAC, KSU, MCD, STT, XLNX, AA, BAC, C, JPM, WFC,

More than -10% - YOKU, LL, LC, TPX, ZU, ZNGA, EXPE, GPRO, YELP, P, TPX, QCOM, FFIV, KBH,

Reversal in progress – ZNGA, AXP, BIDU, FFIV, GILD, ISRG, JCP, JDSU, JNJ, KLAC, MSFT, NTAP, RCL, SOHU, STX, YHOO

Reversal of Initial Reaction – AA, AAL, ALTR, ATML, C, BAC, CHRW, FOXA, GMCR, HSIC, IBM, JDSU, JPM, KSU, MCD, PCAR, QCOM, SFUN, SRCL, SYMC, STT, TPX, TSLA, WDC, WYNN, VRTX, WFC, XLNX, ZION


The SPX Market Forecast is down at 43.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: RCL, CCL, NCLH, GPRO, JD, NTES, PANW, QIHU, SCHW, SLCA, SPLK, TWTR, X, YELP, ZION, CYBR, VRSN, XLNX, YHOO
Diagonal Breakout: TRIP
Bull Flag: IWM, SPY, NKE, FB, RAX, AMBA, BBY, CRM, CSIQ, EXPE, FAS, IBM, JASO, MBLY, SCSS, SWI, TPX,TSL, VSLR, TAN, ZNGA, CMGE, DGLY, AKAM, COST, MYL, SBUX
Potential Bullish Divergence: CREE, FEYE, UBNT, V, Z, ADSK, AMZN, EBAY, MSFT, MU, NFLX, PCLN, QCOM, STX, WDC

Moves
H Breakout: INTC, ALTR
Bull Flag Bounce: ETFC, JUNO, SUNE, SWKS, UA, RCL, AAL, EA
MACD Divergence Bounce: TXN, XLNX
Gap Up: CCL, RCL, YHOO
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66 out of 100 NDX stocks closed higher and one was unchanged Friday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: ALTR, INTC, XLNX, KRFT, EA, AVGO, AAL, ALXN, NXPI, ADI

Lagging NDX stocks included: TSLA, SNDK, STX, NTAP, GOOG, VIP, WDC, CHTR, NFLX, AAPL

Leading stocks > +2% on Friday: RCL, SWKS, JUNO, PANW, YELP, AMBA, SUNE, VSLR, NTES

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: SSYS, CIEN


Stocks to Watch on Monday
Holding Above 30 DMA = 25
MNST, NXPI, BIIB, DLTR, COST, EXPD, ROST, AKAM, AVGO, INTU, LVNTA, SRCL, REGN, MYL, CERN, FB, SBUX, AAL, AMGN, SIAL, YHOO, CTXS, KRFT, CTSH, ORLY

Moving Above 30 DMA = 7
ADI, ALTR, BBBY, EA, EQIX, VRSK, XLNX

Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
GOOG

Staying Below 30 DMA
FAST, SPLS, VIP, ALXN, ATVI, BIDU, CA, CELG, CHKP, CHRW, CHTR, DISCA, EBAY, FISV, FOXA, HSIC, LMCA, MAR, MSFT, PAYX, PCAR, SBAC, SIRI, SNDK, TRIP, TSCO, TSLA, TXN, VRTX, AAPL, BRCM, CMCSA, ESRX, ISRG, KLAC, LBTYA, LLTC, NVDA, PCLN, VIAB, XLNX, ADBE, ADP, AMZN, GILD, ILMN, ADSK, AMAT, GMCR, QCOM, CSCO, DISH, DTV, LRCX, NTAP, WFM, MDLZ,NFLX, WDC, MU, STX, CTRX, SYMC, VOD, WYNN, GRMN, MAT

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