Thursday, October 29, 2020

NDX, SPX Rally on Thursday, AAPL, AMZN, FB After-hours Negative EPS Reactions...

 
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Earnings season continued after the close Thursday with AMZN, FB, GOOGL, AAPL, TWTR, ILMN, SBUX, MGM, VRTX and FTNT reporting.  AAPL, AMZN and FB had negative reactions, while GOOGL had a positive reaction.  Seventy-two SPX companies reported earnings on Thursday. 
 
Companies reporting before the open on Friday include CBOE, CHTR, CVX, HON, MO, PSX, UAA, WY and XOM.
 
NDX +207.99, +1.87%, opened lower and closed higher.  The move was led by strength in AAPL, GOOGL, AMZN, FB and MSFT.  NDX is a countertrend bounce above support.
 
SPX +38.08, +1.19%, closes at 3,310, a bounce at the 78.6 Fib retracement level.
 
Nine of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by XLE, XLC and XLB.
 
Energy leaders: APA, MPC, BKR, OKE
Communication Services leaders: TWTR, FB, NFLX, GOOG
Materials leaders: MLM, VMC, LYB, DD
 
SPY up +3.32 at 329.98 on 90.5 million shares, above average volume, up on lower volume.
VIX down -1.56 at 37.59
 
AAPL, CVX, DIS, DOW led the DJIA, 18 advancers, +17
CBRE, TWTR, TPR, MLM led the SPX, 350 advancers
MRNA, KLAC, NXPI, FB led the NDX, 74 advancers
 
The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.
 
Up: QQQ, IWM, SPY, DIA,
Down:
 
Breadth strengthened on Thursday as advancers led 2,020 to 1,032 on the NYSE and led 2,312 to 1,167 on the NASDAQ
 
The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 48.5 and is bearish.  Price action is a break of multi-week support and holding at the 78.6% Fib retracement level.
 
Uptrend sectors XLU, XLI, XLY, XLB, XLP, XLK, XLC, XLV,
Neutral sectors:  XLRE, XLF,
Down trend sectors: XLE,
 
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 TrendDown
 
74 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.
 
34 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:   IDXX, QCOM, SNPS, ADP, COST, XLNX, BIDU, SIRI, EXC, MELI, SPLK, ALGN, JD, GOOGL, PDD, FB, AAPL, ADSK, AMZN, CDNS, CPRT, DLTR, EXPE, ILMN, KLAC, LRCX, MRNA, MU, MXIM, NXPI, PAYX, SBUX, TXN, XEL,
 
NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 18
AAPL, ADSK, AMZN, CDNS, CPRT, DLTR, EXPE, ILMN, KLAC, LRCX, MRNA, MU, MXIM, NXPI, PAYX, SBUX, TXN, XEL,
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 4
EBAY, SGEN, WDC, ZM,
 
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