Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The Bounce is On as SPX 446 and NDX 82 Stocks Rise as SPY, DIA, QQQ Gain...Bull Flags Abound...Oil and Interest Rates Rise...

All nine sectors moved higher on TuesdayXLI, XLP and XLB were the strongest sectors while XLU was the weakest sector

Breadth strengthened as advancers led decliners 3.20 to 1 on the NYSE and 1.73 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

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


SPY up 1.83 at 203.50 on 110.9 million shares
VIX down 2.10 at 16.60…
TNX up .42 at 22.39…
TLT down .89 at 122.31…on 5.4 million shares
XLF up .22 at 23.75…on 46.2 million shares

AAPL down .10 at 107.23 on 32.7 million shares
FB up .74 at 105.51 on 14.5 million shares

Technical Commentary:
DIA +1.02%IWM +0.92%, SPY +0.91%, QQQ +0.66%.

Interest rates rose and many financial stocks make made a MACD divergence bounce including FAS, XLF, ETFC, BAC, C, MS and SCHW,

Oil rose 69 cents to 36.47.  Gains in energy stocks ESV, HP, OKE, DO, RIG, DVN and BHI were among the leaders in the SPX +17.82.  Other SPX leaders included WFM, MOS, MAR, HOT, BXLT, MNK, URI, VIAB, XRX, NUE, BBY, R, CF, F, URBN, GPS, XL, ADM, CVC, KSS and FCX.

The NDX +28.71 on gains in MSFT, INTC, AMGN, FB, CSCO, YHOO, ADBE, MAR and CMCSA.

MU -0.88, -6.02% in after-hours on after beating EPS estimate by .01, on lower revenues and lowered guidance.

FINL +9.79%, FL +4.12% were upgraded by BAC/Merrill Lynch and NKE and SKX also rose on Tuesday.

Bull flag bounce entries today: VRX, MAT, KR, PG, ADBE, DPS, FB, MYL, ROST



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

The SPX MFC green line is turned up at 36. 

Short-term Chart Targets:
SPY =...205.43
QQQ = 111.88, 112.69
IWM = 114.94…
                   
Support Levels
SPY = 201.55
QQQ = 111.05
IWM = 111.44

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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: ATVI, ILMN, JD, LRCX, YHOO, AA, AIG, AMBA, BABA, DAL, GOGO, KWEB, MPEL, NKE, PLAY, QRVO, RCL, SEDG, YELP,
Diagonal Breakout: CRM, NVDA, PANW, TSL, VRSN,
Bull Flag: AMZN, EXPE, MSFT, TRIP, SCTY, WUBA, FSLR, NTES, RUN, TERP, SUNE,
Potential Bullish Divergence: LLTC, NFLX, TXN, LNKD, TPX, V, ZION
Gap Down:  MU
C- Pattern: YNDX

Moves
New Highs: CCL, SOHU, SONC, W,
H Breakout: SPWR
Bull Flag Bounce: PG, KR, VRX, MAT, DPS, ADBE, FB, MYL, ROST,
MACD Divergence Bounce: FAS, ETFC, BAC, C, MS, SCHW, ADSK, BIDU, EBAY, XLNX,
Bounce: INTC, IWM, QQQ, SPY,
Gap Up: SVXY,
Gap Down: VXX

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82 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

43 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
COST, FAST, KHC, STX, YHOO

Moving Below 30 DMA = 1
INCY

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

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