Thursday, May 7, 2015

Stocks Climb...Eight Out Of Nine Sectors Up...The Word Of The Day...Bull Flag Bounces...Numerous MACD Divergence Bounces...

Eight out of nine sectors moved higher on Thursday…XLK, XLF and XLI were the strongest sectors and XLE was the weakest.
 
Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 1.37 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.26 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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

SPY up .83 at 208.87 on 88.2 million shares
VIX down .02 at 15.13…
TNX down .56 at 21.84…
TLT up 1.62 at 122.18…
XLF up .17 at 24.41 on 31.97 million shares

AAPL up .77 at 125.26 on 42.6 million shares
FB up .32 at 78.42 on 19.7 million shares


Technical Commentary:
IWM + 0.38%, SPY +0.40%, DIA +0.50%, QQQ +0.64%.



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 = 109.17
IWM = 123.44, 125.55, 127.13…

Support Levels
SPY = 207.62, 205.39...
QQQ = 107.06, 106.50, 105.55…
IWM = 120.66, 119.47...


Earnings Week of April 27AAPL, CHRW, AET, COH, F, GLW, PFE, UPS, VLO, AKAM, ESRX, VRSK, WDC, WHR, WYNN, GPRO, GRMN, MDLZ, SLCA, SWI, TPX, X, BIDU, MAR, NXPI, VRTX, CAH, LLL, XOM, YELP, ADP, CELG, TASR, VIAB, UPL, AIG, CME, EXPE, FEYE, FSLR, LNKD, SWKS, V, GILD, CVX, MCO, WY
Earnings Week of May 4 – CMCSA, CTSH, DO, HSIC, APC, DVA, EOG, XEC, ADM, CAR, DIS, DISCA, DTV, HCA, ICE, K, NBL, SFUN, ALL, CTRP, DVN, EA, FISV, FOSL, FTR, HLF, LC, NFX, NWSA, PXD, SCTY, Z, CHK, DDD, EXPD, ATVI, CF, FOXA, GMCR, MET, MRO, PRU, RIG, TSLA, WFM, APA, BABA, BDX, GOGO, PCLN, REGN, SIAL, SUNE, CA, CBS, CERN, CSIQ, CYBR, LBTYA, MCHP, MNST, NVDA, SPWR, UBNT, ZNGA, JD, LMCA


Q1 Earnings Reaction
Positive Reactions – HLF, EA, EXPD, FISV, LC, SCTY, CTSH, DO, HSIC, ICE, MNK, EL, OCN, MRC, SWKS, TER, EXPE, TASR, AET, AIG, CME, F, FEYE,  GILD, LEG, LYV, MDLZ, NXPI, SLCA, TDS, TPX, UPL, UPS, VRSK, WY, AMZN, MSFT, JNPR, SBUX, GOOGL, CVX, 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% - HLF, GPRO, OCN, MRC, TER, AMZN, MSFT, ATI, HAS, NFLX, CE, DGLY, CTRP, JUNO, 

Negative Reactions – CHK, DDD, NWSA, ALL, FOSL, FTR, NFX, Z, PXD, APC, CAR, DISCA, DTV, DVA, EOG, HCA, K, NBL, SFUN, XEC, NSM, AVP, AAPL, AKAM, ATHN, BIDU, CAH, CELG, CHRW, COH, ESRX, FSLR, GLW, GRMN, LLL, MAR, PFE, SWI, TWTR, V, VIAB, VLO, WDC, WHR, 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% - FTR, NSM, AVP, LNKD, YELP, TWTR, X, WYNN, NOW, AMD, YOKU, 

Reversal in progress – GS,

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


The SPX Market Forecast is slightly pointed up at 62.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: SOHU, P, MNST,   
Diagonal Breakout: IWM, JD, JUNO, VRSN,  
Bull Flag: AA, AMBA, BAC, CSIQ, DGLY, SINA, SVXY, TASR, ZION, JNPR, YY,
Potential Bullish Divergence:   
Gap Up
Gap Down:
Bear Flag: 
At Support: LC, LVS,   
C- Pattern:  

Moves
New Highs:  
H Breakout: AIG, NCLH, UAL, BRCM,  
D Breakout: BBY, CTRP, SWI, SWKS,  
Breakout Test: 
Bull Flag Bounce: BX, C, ETFC, EXPE, GPRO, IBM, LOCO, MS, NKE, NTES, PANW, RAX, SCHW, SCTY, TPX, YOKU, AMZN, DTV, MSFT,   
Bounce: SPY, QQQ, CIEN, DAL, FAS, FSLR, GME, HPQ, SCSS, TLT, UA, UBNT, V, Z, CREE, LNKD, TWTR, VJET, ZU, AAPL, ADBE, ADSK, BIDU, CMCSA, EBAY, GOOGL, LRCX, NTAP, SBUX, TRIP, TSLA, WBA,
MACD Divergence Bounce: RCL, CAR, JDSU, KKD, WLT, AAL, CELG,       
Gap Up: BABA, CCL, SUNE, AVGO, YHOO,  
Gap Down: GMCR, PCLN, WFM,
C- Pattern:   
Bear Flag:
Support Break: TSL,  
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70 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.


Leading NDX 100 stocks included: YHOO, ATVI, ALXN, AVGO, AAL, CELG, TSLA, NXPI, TRIP, MNST

Lagging NDX stocks included: WFM, GMCR, PCLN, FOXA, MU, VIAB, DISCA, MAT, EA, MYL

Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday: SUNE, BABA, ZNGA, LOCO, NTES, DAL, YOKU, GPRO, RCL, WKS, PANW, CCL, BBY, FAS, GLNG

Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: UPL, LC, TASR, GOGO, CMGE, TSL, SLCA

Stocks to Watch on Friday
Holding Above 30 DMA = 36
SIAL, XLNX, CTRX, MDLZ, CTXS, TSLA, MYL, DTV, NFLX, PCLN, SBUX, PCAR, STX, VOD, MAT, AKAM, CSCO, INTC ,SYMC, AMZN, EA, MSFT, BRCM, LRCX, FAST, INTU, LBTYA, NVDA, ALTR, SPLS, MNST, REGN, ATVI, CHKP, EXPD, ILMN

Moving Above 30 DMA = 9
ADP, EBAY, FISV, LVNTA, NXPI, ORLY, PAYX, QCOM, VRTX
                                                                                                                                                                        
Moving Below 30 DMA = 2
GILD, MU


Staying Below 30 DMA
DISCA, VRSK, WDC, AAPL, ADBE, ADI, CHTR, CMCSA, CTSH, ESRX, FOXA, HSIC, KLAC, LLTC, LMCA, NTAP, VIAB, GMCR, MAR, SIRI, KRFT, VIP, BIDU, CA, COOG, TSCO, AAL, CERN, GRMN, WYNN, ADSK, AMGN, CELG, SBAC, ALXN, BIIB, FB, SRCL, AVGO, ISRG, TXN, YHOO, WBA, DLTR, BBBY, COST, ROST, CHRW, SNDK, TRIP, AMAT, DISH, WFM

6-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up

3-day Short Term Market Trend: Neutral/Up