Friday, December 7, 2018

Early Rally Fails as VIX Jumps and SPX Closes Near Thursday's Support Low...




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SPY opened near Thursday’s low and rallied for about 13 minutes before pausing.  After staying above Thursday’s close for about 50 minutes a rapid selloff ensued and selling continued for the balance of Friday with the close about $1 above Thursday support low.   

The DJIA, closed down 558 points at 24,388led by weakness in BA, UNH, AAPL, CAT and IBM.  This is the second close below 25,000 since Nov 27.

One of eleven sectors was higher on Friday, led by utilities XLU +0.37%.

SPY down 6.27 at 263.57 on 161.0 million shares, 39% above average volume. Down on lower volume.
VIX up 2.04 at 23.23 
Oil up .42 at 52.13
TLT up .22 at 118.41 on 8.6 million shares. 

JNJ -0.33%, CVX -0.36%, led the DJIA, 0 advancers, -14
WY +6.45%, HPE +6.45% and KIM +5.31%, led the SPX.
AVGO +0.58%, XRAY -0.44%, FOXA -0.48%, and BIDU -0.63% led the NDX.

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

Up:
Down: IWM, SPY, DIA, QQQ

Breadth weakened on Friday, as decliners led 2,007 to 912on the NYSE and led 2,202 to 815 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is turned down at 55 and is short-term bearish.

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

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

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


of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

26 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  SBUX, WBA, TSLA, PEP, XLNX, FOXA, MDLZ, MNST, SYMC, FAST, CTXS, XRAY, MXIM, NTES, HOLX, PAYX, VOD, WDAY, ADP, CSCO, ILMN, MELI, SIRI, VRTX, EBAY, REGN,

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


Moving Below 30 DMA = 33
AAL, ADBE, ADI, ADSK, ALXN, AMAT, AMGN, AMZN, BIIB, BKNG, BMRN, CELG, CHTR, CMCSA, COST, DLTR, ESRX, EXPE, GILD, GOOGL, HSIC, INTC, INTU, ISRG, KLAC, MCHP, MSFT, NXPI, PYPL, SHPG, SNPS, TXN, WYNN,


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