Friday, May 17, 2019

Stocks Swing Down, Up, Down on Friday as Trade Uncertainty Continues...


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SPY, DIA, QQQ, IWM Find support in pullback as trade uncertainty continues in Rally Week 21…

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The DJIA, closed down 98 points at 25,764led by weakness in CAT, MMM, GS, IBM and UTX.  Closing below 26,000 for the ninth day after trading above 26,000 for the previous twenty-five trading days. 

Ten of eleven sectors were lower on Friday, led by utilities XLU +0.51% and real estate XLRE -0.14%.

SPY down 1.86 at 285.84 on 100.3 million shares, 37% above average volume. Down on higher volume.
VIX up .67 at 15.96
Oil down .27 at 62.87
TLT up .28 at 125.99 on 4.7 million shares. 

UNH +1.94%, VZ +1.24%, led the DJIA, 10 advancers, -13
UAA +7.77%, HUM +2.31% and NKTR +2.17%, led the SPX.
AMAT +2.50%, FOXA +1.58%, ROST +1.38% and CTSH +1.36% led the NDX.

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

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

Breadth weakened on Friday, as decliners led 2,122 to 717 on the NYSE and led 2,194 to 864 on the NASDAQ


The SPY MFC green line turned down at 31 and is short-term bearish

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

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

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Up
3-day Short Term Market TrendUp


44 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CDNS, MDLZ, PAYX, VRSK, CHKP, CMCSA, PEP, SBUX, NTES, ALGN, ILMN, CELG, CERN, HSIC, CTAS, WYNN, CHTR, TMUS, HAS, QCOM, INTU, IDXX, MNST, XRAY, TTWO, INCY, MELI, MSFT, PYPL, VRSN, WDAY, ADBE, ADSK, BMRN, CELG, COST, EA, FB, SNPS, ADP, CSCO, CSX, GILD, FISV,

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

Moving Below 30 DMA = 8
AMD, AMZN, ASML, ATVI, JD, LULU, NTES, PCAR, 


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2 comments:

Don said...

Dave....The China Trade uncertainty is weighting on the market but I assume we still need to trade what we see on the chart.

Thanks for your guidance.

Dave Johnson said...

Don...yes, trade what you see on the chart you are trading...some China stocks, BABA, BIDU, FXI, CTRP are definitely down trending...DJ