Tuesday, January 12, 2016

QQQ, SPY DIA Roller Coaster to a Higher Close...

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Eight of nine sectors moved higher on TuesdayXLV, XLK and XLY were the strongest sectors while XLE was again the weakest sector.  Oil falls 55 cents to new multi-year lows at 30.58.
                         
Breadth strengthened as decliners led advancers 1.07 to 1 on the NYSE and advancers led 1.01 to 1 on the NASDAQ.



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


SPY up 1.55 at 193.66 on 173.3 million shares, 30% above average volume
VIX down 1.83 at 22.47…
TNX down .56 at 21.02…
TLT up 1.76 at 123.77…on 12.8 million shares, 51% above average volume
XLF up .17 at 22.30…on 65.5 million shares, 38% above average volume

AAPL up 1.43 at 99.96 on 49.1 million shares, 7% above average volume
FB up 1.86 at 99.37 on 28.3 million shares, 26% above average volume

Technical Commentary:
QQQ +1.16%, SPY +0.81%, DIA +0.68%, IWM +0.30%.

QQQ, SPY and DIA gapped open higher rolled over to negative territory before roller coasting to a higher close and confirming Monday’s hammer candle pattern on the daily chart.  Look for further gains following Tuesday’s confirmation.

Today your choice AAPL or FB for just $99 and change…you decide.

Healthcare led on Tuesday with sector leading gains from: ANTM, MDT, AET, BSX, CELG, STJ, CERN, CI, BXLT, ZBH, ALXN, UNH, ENDP, EW, AMGN and PRGO.

Consumer discretionary again was strong with sector leading gains from: ROST, UA, SBUX, TSCO, BBY, YUM, LB, VFC, CVC, ORLY, TWX and FOXA.


YTD:
SPX Leaders:  FLIR, M, TWX, KSS, HAS, RAI, EQIX, HBI, WMT, STZ
SPX Losers: FCX, WMB, MRO, ESV, AA, APC, APA, CF, THC, DVN, WYNN

NDX Leaders:  TMUS, DLTR, NFLX, VIAB, ROST, KHC
NDX Losers: INCY, VRTX, LBTYA, NTAP, STX, SWKS, ALXN, WDC

DJI Leaders:  WMT, MCD,
DJI Losers: DD, JPM, CAT, BA, CVX, GS, GE, AXP


Remember:  “It’s a market of stocks, not just a stock market.”

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 pointed down at 8. 

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Horizontal Breakout: HAS, FLIR, MO, FINL, CCL, RCL, TLT,
Diagonal Breakout: DPS, NFLX, KR, WUBA, NKE, CELG, NTES, TPX, VRSN, TERP, RUN,
Bull Flag: DRI, TWX, KSS, WMT, STZ, SIG, KMB, FIVE, FSLR, SCTY, SEDG, SE
Potential Bullish Divergence: AAPL, MNST, CRM, QRVO, TPX, YELP, ZION, LNKD
At Support: JASO

Moves
New Highs: EQIX,
H Breakout: SBUX, EAT
D Breakout: V, CPB, ANTM, MDT, AET, BSX, ATVI, MTSI
Bull Flag Bounce: MCD, SONC, DLTR, CNC, W, EAT
Bounce: ANTM, MDT, AIG,
Gap Up: ROST

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84 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher and one was unchanged on Tuesday.

9 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
DLTR, ROST

Moving Below 30 DMA = 0


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



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