Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Oil Falls to 52-week Low while Stocks Slide on Slippery Slope...




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Stocks slide further on Tuesday, after futures fell Monday night and several retail companies reported disappointing EPS Tuesday before the open, including TGT -10.52%, ROST -9.38%, KSS -9.23%, LOW -5.66% and TJX -4.37%

SPY and DIA are still in an inverse H&S pattern while IWM and QQQ are now in similar low channels.  AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, CMCSA and CSCO accounted for almost 75 of the 115 point NDX decline on Tuesday.

The DJIA, closed down 551 points at 24,465led by weakness in AAPL, GS, MMM, UNH and HD.  This is the first close below 25,000 since Oct. 30.

All eleven sectors were lower on Tuesday, strongest were utilities XLU -0.42% and healthcare XLV -0.94%.

SPY down 4.98 at 264.12 on 136.0 million shares, 4% above average volume. Down on higher volume.
VIX up 2.38 at 22.48 
Oil down 3.99 at 53.39
TLT up .04 at 115.06 on 6.3 million shares. 

JNJ -0.87%, BA -1.01%, led the DJIA, 0 advancers, -9
A +7.84%, CPB +5.46% and ADI +4.09%, led the SPX.
ADI +4.09%, AMAT +3.92%, NVDA +3.03%, and ALGN +2.77% led the NDX.

Long term up trend intact.  3-day short term trend is down.

Up:
Down: QQQ, SPY, IWM, DIA,

Breadth weakened on Tuesday, as decliners led 2,534 to 444 on the NYSE and decliners led 2,331 to 720 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 33 and is short-term bearish.

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

The 6-month intermediate trend is sideways.  The ten-day trend is down.

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Down
3-day Short Term Market TrendDown


23 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

33 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  SBUX, WBA, TSLA, PEP, XLNX, CMCSA, INTC, AAL, FOXA, MDLZ, ULTA, MNST, SYMC, FAST, MCHP, MYL, VRSK, CTXS, HSIC, XRAY, ADI, MAR, NXPI, MXIM, NTES, AMAT, HOLX, KLAC, PAYX, PCAR, AMGN, BIIB, TXN,

 NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
BIIB, TXN

Moving Below 30 DMA = 13
ADP, AVGO, CHKP, CHTR, CSCO, CSX, CTAS, ESRX, FISV, MELI, ORLY, QRTEA, VOD,


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