Friday, April 6, 2018

Stock Indexes Hit Hard on Friday Following More Tariff Proposals...Stay Above Monday's Support Low...





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Futures fall overnight after proposals for more tariffs presented Thursday evening.
After the open rally, exhausts around 10 am EDT.  Around 1:45 pm EDT prices break support and a swift drop of almost 40 points occurs until just after 3 pm EDT when an approximately a 20 point rally occurs into the close.

After a three day rally:
Bonds (TLT) close higher, but down -0.66% for the week.
DIA -0.94%, IWM -0.97%, SPY -1.30%, QQQ -2.19% close lower for the week.
DJIA stocks UNH, MCD, NKE, KO, CVX, AAPL, XOM close higher for the week.
Just 17 NDX stocks close higher for the week.
VIX increases from 19.97 last Friday to 21.49 on the close.

The DJIA, closed down 572 points at 23,932, led by declines in BA, MMM, GS, CAT, UNH, HD, AAPL, V, IBM and UTX. (357 points) 

Ten sectors were lower on Friday, led by utilities XLU -0.79% and staples XLP -1.02%.


SPY down 5.92 at 259.72 on 179.5 million shares, 57% above average volume. Down on higher volume.
VIX up 2.52 at 21.49
Oil down 1.78 to 61.95
TLT up 1.31 at 121.10 on 8.8 million shares.

PG -0.47%, KO -1.08% led the DJIA, 0 advancers.
AA +0.92%, VTR +0.76% and CPB +0.65%, led the SPX.
ULTA +0.65%, SHPG +0.20%, and VOD +0.14%, led the NDX.

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

Up:
Down: IWM, SPY, DIA, QQQ

Breadth weakened on Friday, as decliners led 2,268 to 607 on the NYSE and led 2,171 to 740 on the NASDAQ.

The SPY MFC green line turned down today and is at 27, bearish. 

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

Intermediate-term trending stocks:  Many of these stocks have had significant pull backs over the past two months and it is appropriate to wait for the uptrend to resume before considering entry… ADBE, IBKR, ETFC, EL, TPR, WIX, NDAQ, WYNN, MU, VRSN, ANET, AKAM, COP, CRM, HRS, KORS, NTAP,
SQ, CMA, CME, RNG, AA, WUBA, FCAU, MA, V, ALGN, TAL, EA,
BA, DLTR, NVDA, MAR, ISRG, WB, RACE, SHOP, ATVI,


3 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

10 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  WYNN, SHPG, ADBE, HSIC, SBUX, VRSK, DLTR, ROST, ULTA, VOD,

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

Moving Below 30 DMA = 8
ADP, ADSK, BKNG, CTAS, EXPE, INTC, PCAR, STX,


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

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

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6 comments:

Mcapital said...

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Scott Avery said...

I was thinking the same thing about the videos as they are/were so excellent for
setting up the market posture for each day. Having said that, I was hesitant to mention it recently as I know that "Team Chart Signals" would do well with a staff of 5-6 people doing all the work that you do and at no charge for it here. Whatever/whenever you post any videos here I/we will watch them for sure. Thanks again.

RayWL said...

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John Z - aka Stockturner said...

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Dave Johnson said...

LaPine, Scott, Ray and John...thank you very much for your continued interest. I answered a similar question last week...my live mentoring service has been busy, busy, busy and it is simply a matter of time...videos have not been stopped, however last week and this I have not had the extra time to produce them...Check the blog daily and on the days I have time, I will produce them...thanks again...Dave

lsbeller said...

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Steve