Monday, April 13, 2020

NDX Closes Higher & SPX tests Thursday's Breakout on Light Volume, SPX/SPY form Hammer...


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The SPX opened slightly lower than Thursday’s close but immediately sold off 60 points in the first ninety minutes.  The SPX then rallied 30 points and traded in a 20-point range for about four hours.  A last hour rally carried the index up 25 points to close down -28.19, -1.01%.  Today SPY had below average and VIX was moderate on today’s pullback.  Light volume pullbacks in an uptrend are typically bullish and a moderate VIX indicates that institutions were not aggressively buying SPX puts.

The NDX +94.21, +1.14% closed higher led by big gains in TSLA, NFLX and AMZN and semiconductor stocks AMD, INTC, NVDA, QCOM, AVGO, MCHP, KLAC, ADI, MXIM, AMAT, SWKS, XLNX, LRCX, MU.

Tuesday is the start of earnings season with JPM, JNJ, WFC, FAST, FRC and OMC before the open.  UAL and JBHT report after the close.  Thirty-three SPX companies (7%) report this week.

Quarterly EPS estimate:
JPM $2.55
JNJ $ 2.08
WFC $0.61

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Two of eleven sectors were higher on Monday, led by XLK, XLC and XLY

SPY down 2.54 at 275.66 on 113.9 million shares, below average volume.  Down on lower volume.
VIX down .50 at 41.17

WMT, INTC, AAPL led the DJIA, 8 advancers, -11
MRO, GCI, NEM, PXD led the SPX, 99 advancers
TSLA, NFLX, AMZN, AMD led the NDX, 50 advancers

Two-year trend term is up.  A new 3-week uptrend has emerged following a higher low W pattern reversal.  Monday was a test of Wednesday’s horizontal breakout, SPY forms hammer.  3-day short term trend is up.

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

Breadth weakened on Monday as decliners led 2,215 to 752 on the NYSE and led 1,997 to 1,282 on the NASDAQ

The SPX MFC green line is pointed up at 52.6 and is a short-term bullish

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

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

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

50 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

85 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  CTXS, SGEN, AMZN, CDNS, NFLX, REGN, TTWO, VRTX, ALXN, NTES, INCY, AMGN, ATVI, CHKP, CSCO, EA, ILMN, INTC, KHC, VRSN, XLNX, AMD, ANSS, AVGO, CHTR, COST, CSX, IDXX, ISRG, JD, KLAC, LULU, MDLZ, MSFT, MU, MXIM, NVDA, ORLY, PCAR, PEP, SNPS, SWKS, TMUS, TXN, ADI, FB, LRCX, QCOM, SBUX, WLTW, AAPL, ADP, ADSK, AMAT, BIIB, CDW, CERN, CMCSA, CSGP, CTSH, EBAY, FAST, FISV, FOXA, GOOGL, INTU, LBTYA, MCHP, MELI, MNST, PYPL, ROST, SPLK, ULTA, WDAY, WDC, XEL, ADBE, ALGN, BKNG, EXC, NTAP, TSLA, BMRN, GILD,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
BMRN, GILD,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
CPRT, DLTR, VRSK,


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