Tuesday, March 11, 2025

SPX, NDX Closed Lower as Breadth Strengthened...Volatility, Selling Pressure Remain High...CPI Report Wednesday BMO...


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SPX -42.49, 5,572, opened lower, traded in a volatile range, breadth improved from Monday but finished negative.  The JOLTS report, Ukraine Peace proposal developments, recession fears, trade and tariff concerns seemed to each contribute to the volatile swing in price as VIX moved above 29 before closing just below 27.  

The CPI report is due Wednesday morning at 8:30 am ET before the open.  Consensus Y/Y is 2.9% down from 3.0% and Core Y/Y 3.2% down from 3.3%.

The DJI, 41,433, -1.14%, opened lower, trended. NDX –0.28% formed a high wave spinning top.

SMCI: +3.94, +10.68%, opened flat, trended up, formed a bullish engulfing pattern and closed above it 30 DMA.
TSLA +8.43, +3.79%, opened higher, closed higher, formed a bullish harami.


Mega caps TSLA, AVGO, NVDA, META, AMZN, TSM, MSFT rose and BRK/B, GOOGL, AAPL fell on Tuesday. 


SPY down 4.66 at 555.92, 88.0 million shares, above average volume
VIX down .94 at 26.92
QQQ down 1.13 at 471.60

BA, NVDA, CRM, UNH led the DJIA, 6 advancers, -2
SMCI, LUV, CRWD, VST led the SPX, 116 advancers,
MSTR, MDB, APP, CRWD led the NDX, 39 advancers

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

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down to 13.8 and is short-term bearish. –0.9.

All eleven sectors were lower on Tuesday, with the smallest decliners XLK, XLB and XLE. 

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

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

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

39 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Tuesday.

24 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: CDW, ISRG, AEP, EXC, AMGN, AZN, GILD, VRTX, TMUS, MDLZ, MNST, KHC, PEP, EA, BIIB, CSGP, CMCSA, FAST, REGN, XEL, CCEP, KDP, PDD, TTWO,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Wednesday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 4
CCEP, KDP, PDD, TTWO,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 9
CHTR, HON, LIN, ORLY, PAYX, PCAR, ROP, VRSK, WBD,



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