Wednesday, March 1, 2023

SPX Closes Lower after ISM Report Miss...FSLR Closes at 52-week High...Energy, Basic Materials, Industrials Lead Sectors...


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-SPX -18.76 opened lower and fell after ISM report lower than expected.
-VIX closed .12 lower.
-FSLR +26.54, +15.69% leads SPX after EPS and Sales beat estimates,
-Closes at 195.68, a 52-week high.
-RIVN -3.54, -18.34%, after revenue miss and recall announced.

 

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

Mega caps GOOGL rose and META, MSFT, AAPL, TSLA, AMZN, NVDA fell.


iBB:  In our model account we maintain a net long position.  We added long stock and a buy/write call as a stock substitute.


SPY down 1.52 at 394.74, on 99.5 million shares, above average volume, down on higher volume.
VIX down .12 at 20.58
QQQ down 2.36 at 291.20

CAT, MMM, CRM, AMGN led the DJIA, 12 advancers, +1
FSLR, VLO, FCX, PSX led the SPX, 185 advancers
PDD, VRSK, JD, FANG led the NDX, 31 advancers.

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

Up:  DIA, IWM,
DownSPY, QQQ,

Three of eleven sectors were higher on Wednesday, led by XLE, XLB and XLI.

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 32.2 and is short-term bearishSPY opened lower, traded up until the ISM report at 10 am ET, rolled over to support, traded in a range and closed lower.

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

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

3-month Intermediate Term Market Trend: Sideways
3-day Short Term Market TrendDown a little


31 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Wednesday.

32 NDX stock are above their 30 DMA:   ALGN, BKNG, META, SGEN, WBD, ANSS, CDNS, ISRG, ABNB, FISV, NVDA, CPRT, FAST, PANW, WDAY, ADI, FTNT, GFS, TSLA, CRWD, ORLY, DXCM, CSCO, REGN, MELI, MRVL, MCHP, AMAT, AVGO, DLTR, FANG, PCAR,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Thursday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 3
DLTR, FANG, PCAR,



Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
AAPL, ATVI, PEP, RIVN, ZS,




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