Thursday, December 13, 2018

SPX/SPY Continue in Narrow Trading Range on Thursday...



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SPY, DIA and QQQ continued in a narrow trading range (aka the grinder) on Thursday as volatility, VIX drifted lower but remained above 20 at the close. QQQ, SPY and DIA are still channel bounce setups waiting for buying pressure.

The DJIA, closed up 70 points at 24,597led by strength in MCD, PG, MMM, AAPL and UNH.  This is the sixth close below 25,000 since Nov 27.

Six of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by utilities XLU +0.87% and staples XLP +0.62%.

SPY down .09 at 265.37 on 96.6 million shares, 11% below average volume. Flat on similar volume.
VIX down .81 at 20.65 
Oil up 1.65 at 52.85
TLT down .28 at 118.07 on 5.5 million shares. 

PG +2.62%, MCD +1.61%, led the DJIA, 17 advancers, -7
GE +7.30%, AFL +6.64% and KMB +3.93%, led the SPX.
JD +3.75%, TSLA +2.78%, NTES +2.53%, and SHPG +2.44% led the NDX.

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

UpDIA, QQQ,
Down: SPY, IWM

Breadth weakened on Thursday, as decliners led 1,879 to 1,036 on the NYSE and led 2,281 to 767 on the NASDAQ

The SPY MFC green line is turned down at 25 and is short-term bearish.

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

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 TrendUp


33 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

39 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA.  SBUX, TSLA, PEP, XLNX, FOXA, MDLZ, SYMC, CTXS, XRAY, MXIM, NTES, HOLX, VOD, WDAY, ADP, CSCO, ILMN, SIRI, VRTX, REGN, ADBE, ADI, AMGN, AMZN, AVGO, MSFT, PYPL, FB, WBA, GOOGL, INCY, INTC, ORLY, QCOM, WYNN,


NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
DLTR, ESRX, JD, SHPG,

Moving Below 30 DMA = 11
ADSK, BIIB, CTRP, EBAY, EXPE, ISRG, MCHP, MELI, MNST, PAYX, SNPS,


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