Friday, February 23, 2018

VIX Lowest Close Since Feb 1 as QQQ, SPY, DIA Breakout...





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The DJIA rose 347 points to 25,309 was led by strength in GS, CAT, UNH, AAPL, HD, CVX, V, MCD, IBM, JPM, and MSFT.  The DJIA closed above 25,000 for the twenty-fourth time this year.


Ten sectors were higher on Friday, led by utilities XLU +1.14%, and energy XLE +2.17%.

SPY up 4.31 at 274.71 on 92.7 million shares, 31% below average volume.  Up on lower volume.
VIX down 2.23 at 16.49
Oil up .92 to 63.57
TLT up 1.04 at 118.13 on 9.0 million shares, 26% below average volume.  Up on lower volume.

INTC +4.21%, and MSFT +2.54%, led the DJIA, 28 advancers.
HPE +10.54%, JWN +6.54%, and AAP +5.28%, led the SPX.
VRTX +5.27%, MU +5.15%, MELI +4.81%, WDC +4.22% and ALXN +3.79% led the NDX.

Intermediate and long term up trend intact.  3-day short term trend is up.

Up: QQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM
Down:

Breadth strengthened on Friday, as advancers led 2,404 to 529 on the NYSE and led 2,156 to 734 on the NASDAQ.

The SPY MFC green line turned at 56, bullish

Uptrend sectorsXLK, XLY,
Neutral sectors: XLF, XLV, XLI, XLE, XLB,
Down trend sectors: XLP, XLRE, XLU,

Intermediate-term trending stocks:  Many of these stocks have had significant pull backs over the past month and it is appropriate to wait for the uptrend to resume before considering entry… IBKR, ADBE, TAL, EA, EBAY, SHOP, LYV, SQ, RACE, BA, NVDA, VRSN, ATVI, WB, RNG, V, CAT, MAR, ALGN, CCL, RCL, TRU, WYN, PYPL, A, AABA, BABA, FCAU,  FB, ANET, CBOE, TTWO, WYNN, ISRG, AA, WUBA, EDU, CC, MU,


97 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

59 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 23                          
ADI, ADP, ADSK, AMGN, ASML, ATVI, AVGO, COST, CSX, FAST, FB, GOOGL, ILMN, ISRG, JBHT, LRCX, MAR, MNST, PCLN, PYPL, STX, SYMC, VRTX,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 0



The intermediate and long-term trends are still up.  The two-month trend is sideways.  The seven-day trend is sideways.

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


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