Thursday, December 6, 2018

Sellers Control the Open, Intra-day Reversal at Nov Support...QQQ Gains...Jobs Report on Friday...




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SPY opened lower below Tuesday’s low as futures fell overnight.  Selling exhausted just before noon when support was hit and the SPY rallied more than $6 and finished down just 41 cents on Thursday.

The DJIA, closed down 79 points at 24,947led by weakness in BA, JPM, AAPL, UNH and CVX.  This is the first close below 25,000 since Nov 27.

Six of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by real estate XLRE +2.7% and communications XLC +1.12%.

SPY down .41 at 269.84 on 204.1 million shares, 76% above average volume. Down on higher volume.
VIX up .45 at 21.19 
Oil down 1.21 at 51.71
TLT up .37 at 118.19 on 15.3 million shares. 

CSCO +2.20%, IBM +1.90%, led the DJIA, 14 advancers, +14
WY +6.45%, HPE +6.45% and KIM +5.31%, led the SPX.
TTWO +4.44%, NTES +3.94%, SHPG +3.87%, and ATVI +3.50% led the NDX.

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

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

Breadth strengthened on Thursday, as decliners led 1,823 to 1,139 on the NYSE and led 1,901 to 1,184 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is turned down at 65 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 up.

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


56 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

59 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  SBUX, WBA, TSLA, PEP, XLNX, CMCSA, INTC, AAL, FOXA, MDLZ, MNST, SYMC, FAST, MCHP, CTXS, XRAY, ADI, NXPI, MXIM, NTES, AMAT, HOLX, KLAC, PAYX, VOD, WDAY, BIIB, ESRX, ADP, ADSK, AMGN, CSCO, HSIC, ILMN, MELI, SIRI, TXN, WYNN, ALXN, CHTR, MSFT, VRTX, ADBE, AMZN, BKNG, EBAY, ISRG, PYPL, REGN, DLTR, CELG, BMRN, COST, EXPE, GILD, GOOGL, INTU, SHPG, SNPS,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 8
BMRN, COST, EXPE, GILD, GOOGL, INTU, SHPG, SNPS,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 10
AVGO, CSX, CTAS, CTRP, CTSH, INCY, LRCX, ORLY, PCAR, VRSK,


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