Thursday, July 30, 2015

Stocks End Trading Session Near Break-Even...New Record Highs Made By NKE, TPX, UA, VRSN, & MNST...

Four sectors moved higher on Thursday…Four moved lower…and one was unchanged…the strongest sectors were XLU…XLB and XLY…while the weakest sector was XLE.
 
Breadth weakened as advancers led decliners 1.04 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.10 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up .05 at 210.82 on 91.2 million shares
VIX down .37 at 12.13…
TNX down .11 at 22.68…
TLT up .93 at 121.63…
XLF unchanged…

AAPL down .62 at 122.37 on 33.5 million shares
FB down 1.78 at 95.21 on 86.1 million shares

Technical Commentary:
IWM + 0.29%, QQQ + 0.48%, SPY + 0.02%, DIA – 0.02%.


Trade with the trend of the chart you are trading and continue to move your profit protection stops.  Continue to follow your rules.

Earnings Week of July 27
Monday – BIDU, NCLH, SOHU,
Tuesday – AKAM, TWTR, ESRX, FISV, CTRP, SLCA, SPWR, YELP,
Wednesday – FB, GILD, GRMN, LRCX, MAR, WFM, WYNN, SKX, SCTY
Thursday – EXPE, STX, LNKD, FEYE, OCN, SHOP, ESI, SSYS, YNDX,
Friday – RCL,


Q1 Earnings Reaction
Positive Reactions – AMZN, P, MXIM, JNPR, V, SBUX, LUV, SNDK, TXN, UA, WHR, GM, VRSN, CHKP, FFIV, FTNT, LVS, PKG, TMO, TSCO, VMW, ACE, APH, OC, BA, CHKP, IPG, CLI, CMG, LVS, MANH, TRV, VMW, LAD, HOG, WWW, ZION, HAS, HAL, GOOG, HTZ, HON, GE, NFLX, SCHW, EBAY, C, USB, DAL, BAC, WFC, JPM, NKE, AA

More than 10% - P, FTNT, SNDK, GOOG, GOOGL, HTZ, NFLX,

Negative Reactions – BIIB, TRIP, STT, AAL, FSL, KLAC, MCD, UNP, SAVE, CELG, CA, CMCSA, ETFC, CAT, DOW, FCX, MMM, OSTK, IBM, KO, QCOM, AXP, AAPL, IBKR, ILMN, XLNX, VZ, BEAV, BHI, LLTC, MSFT, YHOO, EXAS, STI, UNH, MAT, KEY, YUM, FAST, CUDA, MU


More than -10% - BIIB, TRIP, GIMO, SCSS, BEAV, SWI, CUDA, MU

Reversal in progress – LAD,

Reversal of Initial Reaction – HTZ, HON, GE, AA,

Short-term Chart Targets:
SPY = 210.37, 211.65...
QQQ = 113.00, 114.41
IWM = 123.71, 124.30…

Support Levels
SPY = 207.60, 206.05...
QQQ = 111.13, 110.00…
IWM = 121.28, 119.73...


The SPX Market Forecast is turned up at 53.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: AIG, BAC, CCL, CRM, HOG, LNKD, LVS, MBLY, NCLH, SCHW, SONC, SPWR, CREE, FSLR, TXN,
Diagonal Breakout: GLNG, SEDG, SINA, SVXY, AXTA, CAR, GLW, GOGO, KKD, KNDI, TAN, INTC, MSFT, XLNX,
Bull Flag: AMBA, PANW,
Potential Bullish Divergence: 
Gap Up
Gap Down: 
Bear Flag: IWM, ETFC, FEYE,  
At Support: VXX,   
C- Pattern

Moves
New Highs: NKE, TPX, UA, VRSN, MNST,
H Breakout: SCTY, X, AKAM,
D Breakout: STI, Z, LRCX, NTAP, QCOM,
Bull Flag Bounce: CIEN, JNPR, NFLX,
MACD Divergence Bounce: XONE, ADSK,  
Bounce: HABT, HPQ, YELP, ADBE, WYNN,
Gap Up: SHOP, BIDU, STX, WDC,
Gap Down: DDD, ESI, SSYS, WFM,    
C- Pattern:                                                          
Bear Flag:
Support Break: TASR, MAR,

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Watch List Stocks
Leading stocks > +2% on Thursday: SHOP, Z, YELP, UBNT, LVS, SCTY, FIT  
                                                       
Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: TASR, TSL, UNG, SHAK, LNKD


61 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday and two were unchanged.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: WDC, WYNN, VRTX, NXPI, MDLZ, NFLX, STX, BIDU, SPLS, AKAM

Lagging NDX stocks included: WFM, MAR, VIP, ADP, CERN, FB, CHKP, MYL, ORLY, PCAR


NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 10
GILD, MU, QCOM, VRTX, WYNN, SBAC, WDC, TSLA, NXPI, LVNTA

Moving Below 30 DMA = 6
ADP, CHKP, ESRX, WFM, TSCO, MAR

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









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