Thursday, August 18, 2022

SPX Bull Flag Setup...Energy, Technology Leads Sectors...Positive EPS Reactions CSCO, EL, AMAT...

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The SPX +9.70 opened flat, traded in a narrow range and closed higher.  Comments from FOMC members Mary Daly, James Bullard, Ester George and Neel Kashkari throughout the day gave macro clue hunters plenty of sound bites on which to chew.

DXY, TLT and /CL closed higher, while GLD and TNX moved lower.

EPS reactions on Thursday: CSCO +5.81%, EL +1.84%After the close, AMAT +1.74% rose on a positive EPS reaction.


SPY up 1.24 at 427.89, on 49.0 million shares, below average volume, up on lower volume.

VIX down .34 at 19.56
QQQ up .79 at 329.28

CSCO, CVX, INTC, DOW led the DJIA, 16 advancers, +8
APA, ON, KEYS, DVN led the SPX, 310 advancers
AVGO, MRVL, NVDA, AMD led the NDX 57 advancers

The two-year trend term is up.  The one-year trend down.

UpIWM, SPY, QQQ, DIA
Down:

Seven of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday, led by XLE, XLK and XLI.

Energy leadersAPA, DVN, HAL, MRO  
Technology leadersON, KEYS, CSCO, JNPR
Industrials leadersGNRC, CHRW, JBHT, EMR

Advancers strengthened on Thursday as advancers led 1,816 to 1,309 on the NYSE and led 2,454 to 2,078 on the NASDAQ.

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down in the upper zone at 96.1 and is short-term bullishSPY opened flat and closed higher in a 2-day bull flag pattern.


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

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

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


57 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday

83 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA:   COST, DXCM, ORLY, KDP, PEP, VRSK, VRSN, AAPL, CDNS, CPRT, CTAS, QCOM, TSLA, ADI, ROST, SWKS, TXN, ALGN, AMZN, ATVI, FISV, ISRG, MCHP, MU, NFLX, NXPI, ODFL, SNPS, KLAC, SPLK, ABNB, ADBE, ADP, ADSK, AMAT, AMD, ANSS, ASML, AVGO, CSCO, CSX, EBAY, INTU, LRCX, MAR, MDLZ, MELI, MRVL, NVDA, PAYX, PCAR, PYPL, EA, ILMN, HON, AEP, EXC, XEL, TMUS, BKNG, CRWD, DOCU, GOOGL, LULU, MSFT, OKTA, TEAM, WDAY, FAST, CTSH, DDOG, ZS, BIIB, META, REGN, VRTX, AMGN, GILD, KHC, MU, PANW, AZN, DLTR,

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

 

Moving Below 30 DMA = 3

NTES, SIRI, WBA,

 

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