Tuesday, March 8, 2022

SPY, DIA, QQQ Close Lower as VIX Closes > 35 for Second Day...Energy, Discretionary Lead Sectors...

 
 
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Tuesday was a high volatility day with VIX ranging between 32.78 to 37.52 and the SPY rising and falling in five distinct cycles between the open and close.   
 
QQQ, DIA, SPY opened flat closed lower on Tuesday.   IWM closed higher. 
 
CPI report is Thursday morning at 8:30 am ET.
 
 
SPY down 3.18 at 416.25, on 164.7 million shares, above average volume, down on higher volume.
VIX down 1.32 at 35.13
QQQ down 1.51 at 323.35
 
 
CAT, CVX, BA, MMM led the DJIA, 8 advancers, +4
HFC, ENPH, SEDG, PWR led the SPX, 199 advancers.
ABNB, MRVL, MCHP, LCID led the NDX, 40 advancers.
 
The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend is up.
 
Up: IWM,
Down: QQQ, DIA, SPY,
 
Two of eleven sectors were higher on Tuesday, led by XLE and XLY. 
 
Energy leaders: HFC, VLO, SLB, CVX
Consumer Discretionary leaders:  EXPE, BKNG, DLTR, DRI
 
Advancers strengthened on Tuesday as advancers led 1,705 to 1,611 on the NYSE and led 2,417 to 2,292 on the NASDAQ.
 
The SPY MFC green line turned down at 36.3 and is bearish.  SPY broke the short-term support of its six-day trading range and closed lower.    
 
 
Uptrend sectorsXLE, XLP,
Neutral sectors: XLU, XLV, XLRE, XLF, XLB, XLK,
Down trend sectors: XLY, XLI, XLC,
 
The 6-month intermediate trend is up.  The ten-day trend is down.
 
3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Down
3-day Short Term Market TrendDown
 
40 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.
 
18 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:  ATVI, EXC, DLTR, KHC, COST, PANW, AEP, AMGN, CSX, CTSH, PAYX, SPLK, XEL, ADP, FAST, SGEN, SIRI, VRTX,
 
NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 1
VRTX,
 
Moving Below 30 DMA = 9
CDNS, CSCO, DXCM, IDXX, ISRG, ORLY, REGN, TMUS, VRSN,
 
 
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Ben W. said...

The intraday action today was unreal on the SPY. I can’t remember a day like it. Thanks for all your hard work, Dave.