Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Stocks End Mixed At Close...APPL Closes Down 1.58% Even After Stellar QTR Earnings Report From Yesterday...MSFT Closes At High...GPRO Trading Up In After Hours After Stronger Outlook...TWTR Crashes After Earnings Report As Revenue Growth Disappointments...TWTR Slides 18.18%...

Eight out of nine sectors moved higher on Tuesday…XLU, XLF and XLE were the strongest sectors and XLY was the weakest.
 
Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 1.71 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.55 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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

SPY up .67 at 211.44 on 68.8 million shares, below average volume
VIX down .71 at 12.41…
TNX up .49 at 19.73…
TLT down 1.78 at 127.29…
XLF up .14 at 24.33 on 25.7 million shares

AAPL down 2.09 at 130.56 on 118.8 million shares, more than double volume
FB down 1.23 at 80.68…on 23.7 million shares


Technical Commentary:
IWM + 0.55%, DIA +0.37%, SPY +0.32%, QQQ -0.20%.



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 = 210.33, 210.70, 211.40...
QQQ = 108.38, 109.17
IWM = 125.55, 127.13…

Support Levels
SPY = 207.01, 205.39...
QQQ = 105.55, 104.50…
IWM = 123.77, 122.90...


Earnings Week of April 6 – AA, BBBY, WBA, STZ
Earnings Week of April 13 – JNJ, JPM, FAST, WFC, INTC, BAC, CSX, DAL, LLTC, SNDK, NFLX, GS, C, AMD, AXP, CE, MAT, NOW
Earnings Week of April 20 – CHKP, HAL, HAS, MS, RCL, STI, IBM, LRCX, ZION, ARMH, ATI, BHI, DD, HOG, LMT, PCAR, TRV, UA, VZ, AMGN, BRCM, CMG, CREE, ILMN, ISRG, URI, UTX, YHOO, YUM, ABT, BA, EMC, KO, MCD, CTXS, EBAY, FB, FFIV, ORLY, QCOM, T, TSCO, TXN, XLNX, ABBV, ALXN, BAX, CAM, CAT, DHR, DOW, DPS, FCX, HP, HSY, LLY, LUV, MMM, MO, NDAQ, PEP, PG, SWK, UNP, ALTR, AMZN, ETFC, GOOGL, HBI, JNPR, KLAC, MSFT, SBUX, SRCL, SWN, AAL, BIIB, STT
Earnings Week of April 27AAPL, CHRW, AET, COH, F, GLW, PFE, UPS, VLO, AKAM, ESRX, VRSK, WDC, WHR, WYNN, GRMN, MDLZ, BIDU, MAR, NXPI, TRIP, VRTX, CAH, LLL, XOM, ADP, CELG, VIAB, AIG, CME, EXPE, FSLR, SWKS, V, GILD, MYL, CVX, MCO, WY




Q1 Earnings Reaction
Positive Reactions – AMZN, MSFT, JNPR, SBUX, GOOGL, AAL, CTXS, CAM, EBAY, FFIV, ORLY, SWK, T, ALTR, BAX, BRCM, DOW, EMC, HP, ILMN, KO, MCD, NDAQ, YUM, ABT, ATI, LRCX, PCAR, ARMH, AMGN, HAS, CHKP, HAL, MS, STI, NFLX, CE, MAT, C, DAL, FAST, INTC, JPM, LLTC, STZ, WBA, KMX, DGLY, CTRP, JUNO, KBH, MFRM, NKE,

More than 10% - AMZN, MSFT, ATI, HAS, NFLX, CE, DGLY, CTRP, JUNO, 

Negative Reactions – HBI, BIIB, STT, TXN, XLNX, MMM, SRCL, SWN, ALXN, CMG, CREE, DHR, FB, FCX, HSY, ISRG, KLAC, PEP, PG, BA, HOG, TRV, UA, UNP, URI, YHOO, DD, BHI, RCL, AXP, BAC, GS, JNJ, SNDK, AA, BBBY, MU, GME, YOKU, XONE, 

More than -10% - NOW, AMD, YOKU, 

Reversal in progress – AA, GS,

Reversal of Initial Reaction – FCX, GME, MU, YOKU, XONE


The SPX Market Forecast is pointed up at 88.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: BABA, BBRY, CIEN (long term), SWI, AA, P, AAPL, NTAP, PCLN,     
Diagonal Breakout: KKD, GMCR,     
Bull Flag: CMGE, CRM, CTRP, EXPE, FEYE, FSLR, V, CYBR, SFUN, CMCSA, GOOGL, MU, MYL,      
Potential Bullish Divergence:  
Gap Up:     
Gap Down:
Bear Flag:  
At Support: GLW, FB,     
C- Pattern:  

Moves
New Highs: CSIQ, DTV,      
H Breakout: GPRO, JASO (long term), TSL,      
D Breakout:       
Breakout Test:
Bull Flag Bounce: JCP, VSLR, X, ZION, EMC, TAN, TBT, GILD, INTC, STX,       
Bounce: SPY, IWM, AMBA, ATI, BAC, BBY, C, DDD, ETFC, FAS, SLCA, SSYS, STI, TPX, UPL, VJET, XONE, ANGI, ANR, GRMN, SNDK,     
MACD Divergence Bounce: MFRM, MTW,     
Gap Up:     
Gap Down: CCL, YNDX,     
C- Pattern:   
Bear Flag:  
Support Break: TWTR,     
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53 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: MSFT, GRMN, VIAB, STX, INTC, DTV, SNDK, CSCO, MYL, CA

Lagging NDX stocks included: CHRW, BIIB, AVGO, AMZN, ALXN, MNST, VRTX, DISH, DISCA, AAPL

Leading stocks > +2% on Tuesday: DGLY, CSIQ, JASO, TSL, VJET, SSYS, GPRO, UPL, DDD, JCP, XONE, ETFC, VSLR, SCTY, CIEN 

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: TWTR, JUNO, QIHU, VXX, CTRP

Stocks to Watch on Wednesday
Holding Above 30 DMA = 58
LVNTA, SIAL, KRFT, ORLY, ADI, VRSK, XLNX, CTRX, ESRX, MDLZ, VIP, CTXS, TSLA, MYL, CMCSA, DTV, NFLX, PCLN, SBUX, GILD, PCAR, VIAB, STX, TSCO, VOD, MAT, AKAM, CSCO, INTC, MU, WDC, SYMC, AAPL, AMZN, ATVI, BIDU, CHKP, EA, MNST, MSFT, REGN, SIRI, AAL, BRCM, LRCX, FAST, INTU, NTAP, ADBE, CERN, EBAY, FOXA, GOOG, LBTYA, MAR, WYNN, NVDA, QCOM

Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
CA, FISV, GRMN, KLAC, LLTC                                                                                                                                   

Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
VRTX                                                                                      

Staying Below 30 DMA
ADSK, ALTR, AMGN, CELG, DISCA, HSIC, LMCA, SBAC, SPLS,ALXN, BIIB, FB, ILMN, SRCL, AVGO, ISRG, NXPI, TXN, YHOO, WBA, CHTR, CTSH, DLTR, ADP, BBBY, COST, EXPD, ROST, PAX, CHRW, SNDK, TRIP, AMAT, GMCR, DISH, WFM

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