Tuesday, January 31, 2017

January Closes as SPX Bounces from Bull Flag Lows...AAPL Jumps 3% on EPS Beat...Biotechs Lift...Small Cap IWM Leads...


January Review

Up Trend: XLI, XLB, XLY, XLK, XLP (all are bull flag setups, XLP 2 cents from trigger)
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Sideways: XLU, XLF. XLRE, XLV
Down Trend: XLE

January 20
Leading Sectors: XLB +4.55%, XLY +4.21%, XLK +3.56%, XLV +2.29%, XLI +1.86%,
SPY +1.79%,
Lagging Sectors: XLP +1.70%, XLU +1.55%, XLF +0.26%, XLRE -0.13%, XLE -3.21%

Breadth strengthened as advancers led 1,889 to 1,096 on the NYSE and led 1,724 to 1,090 on the NASDAQ.

Tuesday – strengthened, advancers led, +5 sectors
Monday – weakened, decliners led, +1
Friday – weakened, decliners led, +2 sectors
Thursday – weakened, decliners led, +6
Wednesday – weakened slightly, advancers led, +7


Oil futures were up .23 to close at 52.80 on Tuesday.     

SPY down .02 at 227.53 on 77.8 million shares, average volume,
VIX up .11 at 11.99
TLT up .83 at 120.10…on 6.0 million shares, 32% below average volume

Technical Commentary

IWM +0.70%, SPY -0.01%, QQQ -0.20%, DIA -0.51%,
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January is in the books. 

NDX gained 5.20% to close at 5,116.
NDX finished with 83 stocks higher led by CSX, ILMN, SWKS, INCY, VIAB
NDX had 29 stocks with gains of 10 to 29% YTD.

SPX gained 1.79% to close at 2,098.
SPX finished with 321 stocks higher led by NRG, AA, FCX QRVO, URI.
SPX had 37 stocks with gains of 10 to 34% YTD.

DJX gained 0.51% to close at 19,864.
DJX finished with 18 stocks higher led by DIS, V, BA

RUT gained 0.35% to close at
RUT leaders over $10 included TGH, CENX, CARA, SN, CLVS


The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at 19,864, after an all-time high last week of 20,100.91, and closing above 20,000 for the three straight days. 

The VIX closed at 11.99 after making a new 52-week closing low Friday at 10.58.

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SPX down 2 points at 2,279 forming bull flag on Tuesday.

SPX  gainers TMO, MNK, MYL, DHR, ABC, REGN, COH, NEM, GGP, ENDP, NDQ, SPG, GT, AGN, LLY, A, COP, FOSL, PKI, CELG, DLTR, LB, ZBH, DG, OKE, FCX

QQQ closes down .25 at 124.57
   
NDX point leaders: CELG, AMGN, REGN, GILD, TMUS, MYL, INCY, ALXN, ATVI, ESRX and DLTR


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Earnings

This week:
Monday – AMG
Tuesday – AAPL, ABC, AET, AMD, DHR, EA, HCA, LLY, MA, NDAQ, NUE, PCAR, S, UAA, X, XOM
Wednesday – FB, SYMC, CRUS, NXPI, QRVO, ADP, BAX, CAVM,
Thursday – AMZN, V, CME, CMG, HIG, EL, FEYE, FTNT, HBI, R, SIRI, VOD, SKYW,
Friday – CLX, HSY, PSX, WETF,

Today's Earnings Reports
Positive earnings reactions
DHR +3.56, +4.43%
ABC +3.66, +4.38%
NDAQ +2.36, +3.46%
LLY +2.33, +3.12%
AET +1.90, +1.63%

Negative earnings reactions
UAA -7.45, -25.74%
UPS -7.90, -6.75%
NUE -2.01, -3.34%
MA -2.97, -2.72%
XOM -0.97, -1.14%

After-hours reports
AAPL +3.65, +3.01%
AMD +0.36, +3.47%

2016 Q4 EPS
EPS Positive Reactions
DHR, NDAQ, ABC, LLY, AET, HCA, AMG, MXIM, VMW, WYNN, MSFT, KLAC, INTC, GD, ETFC, CMCSA, URI, RCL, LUV, EBAY, WDC, STX, LOGI, ROK, BA, HBAN, ISRG, NSC, ATI, GLW, RMD, DHI, DD, MB, BABA, CA, YHOO, SWKS, KSU, PG, CFG, COL, IBM, CHKP, NFLX, UNP, FAST, WFC, SNX, MSM, CUDA, GPN, MU, CAG, NKE, KMX, CCL, JBL

EPS Negative Reactions

UAA, UPS, MA, NUE, XOM, JNPR, SBUX, PYPL, GOOGL, JBLU, F, CAT, WHR, FFIV, LVS, CTXS, QCOM, MUR, FCX, STLD, CA, FCX, HES, STT, AKS, VZ, JNJ, LMT, MMM, TRV, HAL, MCD, GE, NTRS, CSX, C, CMA, MS, UNH, AYI, CMC, STZ, SCHN, RHT, BBBY, FINL, AGN, FDX, GIS, ADBE

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

Follow your rules and look for potential re-entry if you were stopped out of any profitable trades.

Remember breakouts typically test about 70% of the time.

Technical analysis based trades should be closed before earnings.

Trade what you see, not…

Stocks below support should generally be traded bearishly until a reversal pattern forms.



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Strong Stocks: Setups and Moves You Can Use
Bull Flag Setups include: QQQ, SPY, DIA, SOXL, XLI, XLB, XLY, XLK, XLP
AAPL, TMUS, WDC, MSFT, ADSK, YHOO, TSLA, MAR, NVDA, LRCX, AMAT, DISCA, SWKS, PCAR, JD, ADBE, CSX, CHTR, AVGO, KLAC, INTC, TXN, FAST, ADI, NCLH, AMZN, FB, SYMC,
BA, AXP, IBM, V, CAT, CSCO, DD, UNH, JPM,
ETFC, ATI, BABA, WB, LUV, LNG, WFC, PNC, HAL, DE, GD, RCL, CCL, CF, VALE, STI, SCHW, CFG, HBAN, MS, BAC, FAS, RF, SHOP,
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One Day Pullback: PCLN,

Bull Flag Bounces include: NTES, PG, ICE, NRG, FCAU, CC, SQ,

At Support Setups include: COST, CHK, C, GM, ALK, GOOGL, SBUX, MT, STLD, X, AKS, FTI, BHI, TRV, ADP, CLF, UTX, XLNX, MMM, FISV, ZION, KEY, MGM,

Support Bounce: IWM, TLT, COST, ROST, CTXS,  

Horizontal Breakout Setups include: NFLX, CHKP, MCD, CMA, MGM, HIG,

Horizontal Breakouts include:

New Highs include: STX, DIS, ATVI, VIAB, MU, MXIM, EA, EBAY, USB, CMCSA,


Break of Support: UPS, GS, PAYX, NUE, AAL, HES, DAL, APA, XOM,


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January Leaders: 20
SPX Leaders:  NRG, AA, FCX, QRVO, URI, WYNN, PHM, CRM, ZBH, RCL, (321, -5 > 10p 37, +18)
SPX Losers:  UAA, XRX, KSS, M, SWN, SIG, BMY, HES, VAR, TDG
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NDX Leaders:  CSX, ILMN, SWKS, VIAB, TSLA, STX, NTES, WDC, CHKP, MXIM (78, -5 >10p 28)
NDX Losers:  ENDP, QCOM, ORLY, AAL, CTSH, MAT, XLNX, MNST, BIIB, TSCO
With active options trading
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DJI Leaders:  MRK, V, NKE, PG, AAPL, DIS, AXP, IBM, BA, CAT, (18, +3, >10p 0,)
DJI Losers:  VZ, XOM, GE, CVX, GS, TRV, WMT, PFE, MMM, JNJ
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The SPY MFC green line is in the upper zone at 84 bullish

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

67 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
AKAM, ALXN, BMRN, MYL, SBAC

Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
GOOG, INTC, NXPI, XLNX


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

Monday, January 30, 2017

SPX Pulls Back Following Travel Ban...AMG Jumps on Earnings...Bull Flags Flying...


Up Trend: XLI, XLB, XLY, XLK, XLP
Sideways: XLU, XLF. XLRE, XLV
Down Trend: XLE


Breadth weakened as decliners led 2,098 to 903 on the NYSE and led 2,112 to 611 on the NASDAQ.

Monday – weakened, decliners led, +1 sectors
Friday – weakened, decliners led, +2 sectors
Thursday – weakened, decliners led, +6
Wednesday – weakened slightly, advancers led, +7
Tuesday – strengthened, advancers led, +8


Oil futures were down .63 to close at 52.57 on Monday.  

SPY down 1.42 at 227.55 on 77.8 million shares, average volume,
VIX up 1.30 at 11.88
TLT down .36 at 119.27…on 6.0 million shares, 32% below average volume

Technical Commentary

DIA -0.62%, SPY -0.62%, QQQ -0.78%, IWM -1.40%,









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SPX down 13 points at 2,281 forming bull flag on Monday after making a new all-time closing high on Wednesday.

SPX  gainers AMG, ADS, DG, WHR, PVH, JWN, BMY, HBI, KSS, BBY, HCP, NEM, TSO, DLTR, DIS, ABC, M, VO, GPS, LKQ, CVS, VIAB, WMT, VFC, COH, SWKS 





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Earnings

This week:
Monday – AMG
Tuesday – AAPL, ABC, AET, AMD, DHR, EA, HCA, LLY, MA, NDAQ, NUE, PCAR, S, UAA, X, XOM
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Earnings Reports
Positive earnings reactions
AMG +6.02, +4.11%


Negative earnings reactions


After-hours reports
PCAR


2016 Q4 EPS
EPS Positive Reactions
MSFT, KLAC, INTC, GD, ETFC, RCL, LUV, CMCSA, URI, RCL, LUV, EBAY, STX, LOGI, ROK, BA, HBAN, ISRG, NSC, ATI, GLW, RMD, DHI, DD, MB, BABA, CA, YHOO, SWKS, KSU, PG, CFG, COL, IBM, CHKP, NFLX, UNP, FAST, WFC, SNX, MSM, CUDA, GPN, MU, CAG, NKE, KMX, CCL, JBL

EPS Negative Reactions
WHR, FFIV, LVS, CTXS, QCOM, MUR, RCX, WDCSTLD, CA, FCX, HES, STT, AKS, VZ, JNJ, LMT, MMM, TRV, HAL, MCD, GE, NTRS, CSX, C, CMA, MS, UNH, AYI, CMC, STZ, SCHN, RHT, BBBY, FINL, AGN, FDX, GIS, ADBE

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

Follow your rules and look for potential re-entry if you were stopped out of any profitable trades.

Remember breakouts typically test about 70% of the time.

Technical analysis based trades should be closed before earnings.

Trade what you see, not…

Stocks below support should generally be traded bearishly until a reversal pattern forms.



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Strong Stocks: Setups and Moves You Can Use
Bull Flag Setups include: QQQ, SPY, DIA, JD, WDC, CSX, CHTR, TSLA, ICE, ADBE, NTES, ADSK, YHOO, TMUS, FB, AMZN, INTC, TXN, SYMC, FAST, DISCA, PCAR, NCLH, CCL, CF, ATI, VALE, STI, SCHW, WB, PWR, BABA, LUV, LNG, CFG, HBAN, WFC, SQ, MS, BAC, FAS, RF, BA, IBM, PG, V,

One Day Pullback: MSFT, SOXL, KLAC, JPM, MAR, NVDA, PCLN, ETFC, ADI, LRCX, AMAT, PNC, HAL, AVGO, AAPL, NRG, DE, GD, FCAU, UPS,

Bull Flag Bounces include: SWKS

At Support Setups include: TLT, IWM, COST, CHK, C, GS, PAYX, MT, GM, ALK, GOOGL, SBUX, NUE, STLD, X, FTI, BHI, AKS, TRV, ADP, ROST, CLF, UTX, XLNX, MMM,

Support Bounce: CTXS, FISV,

Horizontal Breakout Setups include: NFLX, CHKP, MCD, ZION, KEY, CMA, SHOP, MGM, HIG, UNH,

Horizontal Breakouts include: DIS, ATVI,

New Highs include: STX, VIAB, MU, MXIM, EA, RCL, EBAY, USB, CMCSA,

Break of Support: AAL, HES, DAL, APA, XOM,

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The SPY MFC green line is in the upper zone at 88 bullish


35 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher and four were unchanged on Monday.

66 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
COST, XLNX,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
ALXN, BMRN, CTAS,


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

Friday, January 27, 2017

QQQ Makes New High as SPX Continues Pause...Bull Flags Forming...


Up Trend: XLI, XLB, XLY, XLK, XLP, XLRE, XLV
Sideways: XLU, XLF
Down Trend: XLE


Breadth weakened as decliners led 1,558 to 1,440 on the NYSE and led 1,719 to 1,066 on the NASDAQ.

Friday – weakened, decliners led, +2 sectors
Thursday – weakened, decliners led, +6
Wednesday – weakened slightly, advancers led, +7
Tuesday – strengthened, advancers led, +8
Monday – weakened, advancers led on the NYSE, +4


Oil futures were down .51 to close at 53.20 on Friday.  

SPY down .36 at 228.97 on 59.7 million shares, below average volume,
VIX down .05 at 10.58
TLT up .43 at 119.63…on 6.4 million shares, below average volume

Technical Commentary

QQQ +0.16%, DIA -0.04%, SPY -0.16%, IWM -0.34%,

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 20,93.77, above 20,000 for the third time.  The NDX made another new all-time closing high on Friday while the SPX paused for the second day beginning the formation of a bull flag.

The VIX closed at 10.58, a new 52-week closing low.

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SPX down 3 points at 2,294 pausing on Friday after making a new all-time closing high on Wednesday.

QQQ makes a new closing high up .24 at 125.80
   
NDX point leaders: MSFT, AMGN, INTC, CELG, NFLX, CSCO, NVDA, AMAT, CMCSA and PCLN

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Earnings

This week:
Monday – HAL, MCD, ZION
Tuesday – AA, AKS, ATI, BABA, CA, DD, GLW, ISRG, JNJ, KMB, LMT, MMM, STLD, STX, TRV, TXN, VZ,
Wednesday – BA, CTXS, EBAY, FCX, FFIV, HBAN, HES, LRCX, LVS, MUR, NSC, QCOM, STT, T, URI, UTX, VRTX, WDC, XLNX
Thursday – BHI, BIIB, CAT, CELG, F, FCAU, GOOGL, INTC, JBLU, JNPR, KLAC, LUV, MSFT, MXIM, PYPL, RCL, SBUX, VMW, WHR, WYNN
Friday

Earnings Reports
Positive earnings reactions
MXIM +2.74, +6.53%
GD +7.84, +4.42%
VMW +2.94, +3.49%
KLAC +2.95, +3.50%
INTC +0.42, +1.12%
MSFT +1.51, +2.35%

Negative earnings reactions
JBLU -.45, -6.87%
SBUX -2.85, -5.01%
GOOGL -2.34, -1.39%
JNPR -1.05, -3.79%
PYPL -1.23, -2.96%


2016 Q4 EPS
EPS Positive Reactions
MSFT, KLAC, INTC, GD, ETFC, RCL, LUV, CMCSA, URI, RCL, LUV, EBAY, STX, LOGI, ROK, BA, HBAN, ISRG, NSC, ATI, GLW, RMD, DHI, DD, MB, BABA, CA, YHOO, SWKS, KSU, PG, CFG, COL, IBM, CHKP, NFLX, UNP, FAST, WFC, SNX, MSM, CUDA, GPN, MU, CAG, NKE, KMX, CCL, JBL

EPS Negative Reactions
WHR, FFIV, LVS, CTXS, QCOM, MUR, RCX, WDCSTLD, CA, FCX, HES, STT, AKS, VZ, JNJ, LMT, MMM, TRV, HAL, MCD, GE, NTRS, CSX, C, CMA, MS, UNH, AYI, CMC, STZ, SCHN, RHT, BBBY, FINL, AGN, FDX, GIS, ADBE

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

Follow your rules and look for potential re-entry if you were stopped out of any profitable trades.

Remember breakouts typically test about 70% of the time.

Technical analysis based trades should be closed before earnings.

Trade what you see, not…

Stocks below support should generally be traded bearishly until a reversal pattern forms.



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Strong Stocks: Setups and Moves You Can Use
Bull Flag Setups include: WDC, ADBE, CF, ADSK, PAYX, WB, PCAR, IWM, JD, YHOO, PWR, SQ, SYMC, SWKS, TSLA, FAST, MT, ATI, DISCA, INTC, GM,

One Day Pullback: CHTR, BABA, LUV, ALK, LNG, BA, TMUS, FB, CFG, HBAN, AMZN, TXN, NCLH, CCL, GOOGL,

Bull Flag Bounces include: ADI, LRCX, AMAT, NTES, MCD,

At Support Setups include: SBUX, AKS, CTXS, FISV, TRV, ADP, ROST, CLF, UTX, XLNX, AAL, COST,

Support Bounce: TLT, MMM, GD, NUE,

Horizontal Breakout Setups include: NFLX, CHKP, MCD, STLD, X, NTES, MS, WFC, ZION, KEY, BAC, FAS, JPM, RF, ICE, CMA, DAL, CHK, SHOP, MAR, APA, FCAU, MGM, HIG, GS, FTI, C, BHI, NVDA,

Horizontal Breakouts include: MSFT, MXIM, GD, ETFC, ADI, LRCX, AMAT, KLAC, SOXL, MU, ATVI, EA, UPS, PCLN,

New Highs include: PCLN, EBAY, STX, PNC, USB, QQQ, HAL, AVGO, AAPL, NRG, VIAB, CMCSA, DE, ATI, CF, VALE, DIA, SPY, STI, SCHW, CSX, RCL,


Break of Support: HES, SBUX, 

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The SPY MFC green line is in the upper zone at 90 bullish


38 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

67 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
ALXN, BMRN, HAS, NXPI,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 7
AAL, COST, MDLZ, PAYX, PYPL, SBAC, SBUX


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