Friday, October 16, 2015

SPY, QQQ, DIA, Third Week Higher Close, VIX Hits 15.05, JPM, GS, WFC, C and BAC Higher Following Earnings...

Eight of nine sectors moved higher on Friday…XLP, XLV, XLF were the strongest sectors while XLI was the weakest sector.

Breadth weakened as advancers led decliners 1.48 to 1 on the NYSE and decliners led advancers 1.07 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up .92 at 203.27 on 114.5 million shares
VIX down 1.00 at 15.05…
TNX unchanged at 20.23…
TLT up .04 at 123.93…on 8 million shares
XLF up .14 at 23.55…on 29.6 million shares

AAPL down .82 at 111.04 on 39.2 million shares
FB up 1.58 at 97.54 on 25.4 million shares

Technical Commentary:
SPY +0.45%, QQQ +0.42%, DIA +0.37%, IWM -0.13%.

SPY, QQQ, DIA, XLE, XLK, XLP, XLU, XLV and XLY all finished higher for the third week in a row.  VIX -1.00, 15.05, which the chart trend has been indicating lower, finished at its lowest level since Aug 18 when it closed at 13.79.

BAC, C, JPM, WFC and GS all finish higher for the week after reporting earnings.


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

Earnings next Week:
Monday – BRCM, HAL, HAS, HA, IBM, MS, STLD, UTX, ZION
Tuesday – ATI, CMG, HOG, IBKR, ISRG, LMT, MANH, NXPI, RF, TRV, VZ, VMW, YHOO
Wednesday – ABT, AXP, BHI, BA, CA, CTXS, KO, EBAY, GM, LVS, OSTK, SNDK, TXN, TSCO,
Thursday – MMM, ALK, AMZN, T, ETFC, FCX, GIMO, JNPR, LLY, NDAQ, NUE, SIRI, SKX, LUV, SWK, UA, UAL, VRSN,
Friday – AAL, RCL, STT, WHR

Short-term Chart Targets:
SPY =...204.15, 205.38
QQQ = 108.46, 109.03
IWM = 116.30, 118.55…

Support Levels
SPY = 201.92, 198.94...
QQQ = 105.49
IWM = 112.66...


The SPX Market Forecast is pointed up at 93.

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: QQQ, SVXY, XLB, XLE, XLF, XLP, XLY, BAC, BX, C, CTRP, FSLR, GME, JUNO, MPEL, MBLY, PYPL, QIHU, SOHU, STI, TSL, X, CIEN, NXPI, KLAC,
Diagonal Breakout: IWM, JCP, PANW, RUN, SWKS,
Bull Flag: XLI, AA, GLD, HPQ, ADI, MU, ON, TXN,
Potential Bullish Divergence: AMBA, GPRO, PLAY, RPD, TBT
At Support: VXX

Moves
New Highs: XLK, XLU, CRM, NKE, NTES, SWI, V, W, CSIQ, INTC, MXIM, NVDA,
H Breakout: SPY, DIA, FAS, XLV, FB, AIG, CCL, DAL, LVS,
D Breakout: FL, ULTA,
Bull Flag Bounce: EXPE, SINA, TASR
Gap Up: YOKU
Support Break: BBY, SCTY

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Watch List Stocks
Leading stocks > +2% on Friday: YOKU, SINA, NTES, ULTA, SPLK, QIHU, FL
           
Lagging stocks < -2.0% included: SCTY, SEDG, UAL, SUNE, TSL

67 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.  73 NDX stocks are above 30 DMA.

Leading NDX 100 stocks included: MAT, GRMN, TSLA, JD, ADBE, ROST, ESRX, FB, AMZN

Lagging NDX stocks included: STX, GMCR, BMRN, NFLX, WDC, ADI, AAL



NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
GILD, LRCX

Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
FAST

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

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