Thursday, January 7, 2016

VIX Hits 25...SPX Near Support? Oil Falls Again...

All nine sectors moved lower on ThursdayXLU, XLP and XLV were the strongest sectors for the third straight day while XLK was the weakest sector
                         
Breadth weakened as decliners led advancers 6.36 to 1 on the NYSE and 6.38 to 1 on the NASDAQ.

Thursday- weakened, decliners led
Wednesday – weakened, decliners led
Tuesday – strengthened, advancers led
Monday – weakened, decliners led
Friday – New Year Holiday

SPY down 4.77 at 194.05 on 213.4 million shares, 77% above average volume
VIX up 4.40 at 24.99…
TNX down .24 at 21.53…
TLT up .22 at 122.81…on 10.2 million shares, 31% above average volume
XLF down .65 at 22.45…on 74.7 million shares, 72% above average volume

AAPL down 4.25 at 96.45 on 81.1 million shares, 89% above average volume
FB down 5.05 at 97.92 on 45.1 million shares, 116% above average volume

Technical Commentary:

DIA -2.36%, SPY -2.40%, IWM -2.67%, QQQ -3.13%.


Continuing concerns over Chinese economic growth, geopolitical concerns in North Korea and Oil falling to new lows sent ES futures lower again Wednesday and led to heavy selloff on Thursday in all four broad indexes.

The VIX hit 25.  Over the past 5 years a 25 VIX has led to an immediate rally in the SPX all but two times.  Today’s VIX is an indication that this pullback may be near its end.
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Just four NDX stocks closed up for the day: WBA, TMUS, MAT, CERN

SIG 4.69% reports 5% holiday growth, 4.9% same store sales growth.
TWX +4.53% on 22% profit increase and raised guidance.

WMT +2.33% was the only DJIA stock to rise on Thursday.

Many retailers reported better than expected sales growth for the holiday season on Thursday and accumulation of many of this stocks led to rising prices in SIG, TWX, M, LB, WBA, HBI, KSS, URBN, AAP, BBY, AZO, MAT and SNI.


YTD:
SPX Leaders:  TWX, GPS, SIG, FLIR, KSS, WMT, M, STZ
SPX Losers: WMB, APA, AN, APC, FCX, THC, CF, AA, ESV, MRO, URI,MUR, CMG, WYNN

NDX Leaders:  TMUS, DLTR, NFLX
NDX Losers: JD, ILMN, SWKS, NTAP, INCY, AVGO, TSLA, AMZN

DJI Leaders:  WMT,
DJI Losers: JPM, GS, AAPL, AXP, BA, CVX, INTC, GE


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 20.  


Short-term Chart Targets:
SPY =...197.44
QQQ = 107.29…
IWM = 107.50…
                   
Support Levels
SPY = 193.88, 191.08…
QQQ = 104.81, 102.08…
IWM = 104.25


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Setups
Horizontal Breakout: NFLX, DPS, KMB, BXLT, PLAY, DLTR,
Diagonal Breakout: DRI, KR, RCL, SUNE, WUBA, YNDX,
Bull Flag: CCL, CNC, DRI, FIVE, FSLR, MCD, SCTY, SOHU, SONC, TERP, RUN, SEDG, W,
Potential Bullish Divergence: AAPL, ADSK, COST, MNST, ORLY, CRM, CRUS, QRVO, TPX, YELP, ZION, LNKD
At Support: AIG CAH, CSIQ, SLCA, SONC, MYL


Moves
H Breakout: DLTR
D Breakout: SINA
Gap Down: MPEL, SPWR, FINL
Support Break: JASO, TPX, YELP, FAS, KWEB, NKE, SKX, STI, V, SBUX,

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4 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 0


Moving Below 30 DMA = 10
ALXN, BIIB, BMRN, CELG, ESRX, KHC, MYL, ROST, SBAC, SNDK

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

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