Tuesday, March 24, 2015

SPY, QQQ, IWM Pause at Resistance...Bull Flags Form...FB New All-time High...Solar Stocks Rise...TWTR Breakouts...Financials, Semis Cool...

All nine sectors moved lower on Tuesday…XLB, XL and XLI were the strongest sectors and XLU was the weakest.
 
Breadth weakened as decliners led advancers 1.29 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.10 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY down 1.18 at 208.82 on 77.7 million shares, 20% below average volume
VIX up .21 at 13.62…
TNX down .37 at 18.78…
TLT up 1.27 at 132.62…
XLF down .20 at 24.37 on 18.3 million shares, 34% below average volume

AAPL down .52 at 126.69 on 32.8 million shares, 42% below average volume
FB up .88 at 85.31…on 32.5 million shares, 27% above average volume


Technical Commentary:
IWM -0.02%, QQQ -0.36%, SPY -0.56%, DIA – 0.56%.

The SPX drifted lower on Tuesday following a CPI report of 0.2%.  SPY pulls back on light volume.  The NDX -0.33% was led by gains in NFLX, GOOG, EBAY, EA, GILD and FB. FB makes another new all-time closing high.

Financials XLF and Semiconductors $SOX were lower on Tuesday.  Small cap IWM was near unchanged at the close on Tuesday.

Solar stock FSLR gets mention on financial TV, SCTY, TSL and VSLR sizzle on Tuesday.

TWTR +3.01, +6.21% on horizontal breakoutPrice target: 54.89

DGLY +1.48, +11.77% on a positive earnings reaction on an 865% volume increase.

GOGO -1.20, -5.79% following announcement that Thomas McShane to resign as VP, Controller, Chief Accounting Officer.

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...
QQQ = 105.62…
IWM = 122.77...


Earnings this Week
BBRY, CMGE, DGLY, GME, CCL,

Q4 Earnings Reaction
Positive Reactions – 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 – 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 SPY Market Forecast is flat at 78.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: EA, GOOGL, ROST, TSLA, ESI, JD, LOCO, SCTY, SLCA, YELP, ZNGA
Diagonal Breakout: AAPL, PANW, RCL, UPL, ZION,
Bull Flag: SPY, AAL, AVGO, BRCM, CELG, MAR, MYL, SBUX, SNDK, TXN, YHOO, AIG, BBY, C, ETFC, FAS, GOGO, JUNO, NKE, RAX, SCSS, STI, TPX, UA, VSLR, NCLH
Bear Flag: WYNN, GLD, HPQ,
At Support: NTAP, BAC, CAR, FEYE, SPLK

Moves
New Highs: COST, FB, AMBA, JASO, MBLY, SUNE, TAN, VRSN,  
H Breakout: TWTR, CSIQ, TSL, X, QIHU
Breakout Test: NTES, SOHU
Bounce: FSLR, SCTY, TLT,  
MACD Divergence Bounce: NFLX,
Gap Up: DGLY
Bear Flag: QCOM, STX, WDC, HOG,
Support Break: CMCSA, WFM,
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24 out of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: NFLX, VIP, GOOG, EBAY, EA, GILD, GMCR, TSLA, FB, PCAR

Lagging NDX stocks included: EQIX, MAT, CMCSA, MAR, BIIB, NTAP, WYNN, VIAB, WDC, ALTR

Leading stocks > +2% on Tuesday: DGLY, TWTR, SCTY, FSLR, JASO, UPL, JD, TSL, X

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: GOGO, MTW, LC, FAS


Stocks to Watch on Wednesday
Holding Above 30 DMA = 56
MNST, CTSH, NXPI, SIRI, ATVI, BIIB, DLTR, VRSK, COST, GOOG, EXPD, VIP, LMCA, ROST, CHTR, PAYX, ADI, AKAM, AVGO, INTU, MAR, LVNTA, TRIP, CHKP, EBAY, SRCL, VRTX, CHRW, SNDK, EQIX, REGN, MYL, ORLY, CERN, FB, SBUX, TSCO, AAL, AMGN, CELG, FISV, LLTC, SIAL, TXN, ALXN, FAST, YHOO, BIDU, CA, CTXS, HSIC, DISCA, EA, FOXA, PCAR, SBAC, SPLS

Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
MSFT, TSLA

Moving Below 30 DMA = 13
AAPL, ALTR, BRCM, CMCSA, ESRX, ISRG, KLAC, LBTYA, LLTC, NVDA, PCLN, VIAB, XLNX

Staying Below 30 DMA
ADBE, ADP, AMZN, GILD, ILMN, ADSK, AMAT, GMCR, BBBY, QCOM, CSCO,  DISH, DTV, LRCX, NTAP, WFM, MDLZ, NFLX, WDC, MU, STX, CTRX, SYMC, VOD, WYNN, GRMN, KRFT, INTC, MAT

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