Thursday, February 19, 2026

SPX, NDX, DJI Closed Lower, RUT Closed Slightly Higher...SPY Below Average Volume...VIX Rises...


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SPX -19.42, 6,861, opened and closed lower, formed a spinning top that closed above the high of the low day. Breadth weakened as decliners led by a small amount on both the NYSE and the NASDAQ exchanges.  

SPX leaders: OMC, DE, TPL, OXY, SMCI, PWR, MRNA, SO, EXE, HII, EIX, CRL.
SPX decliners: EPAM, POOL, BKNG, UAL, BX, APO, DAL, LUV, TAP, SWKS, INVH.

SPY traded below average volume of 58.6 million shares on Thursday.
VIX +0.61, at 20.32
NDX -0.41%, spinning top closed just below the high of the low day.
DJI, 49,395, -0.54%, formed a red candle, in a bull flag pattern.


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


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

The SPY MFC green line is pointed down at 34.2, price-action remained above the high of the low day and is short-term bullish. -6.8. 

Four of eleven sectors were higher on Thursday led by XLU, XLI and XLE. 


39 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Thursday.

52 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: MNST, PCAR, ADI, WDC, TXN, ODFL, BKNG, MCHP, CMCSA, LIN, HON, LRCX, MU, ASML, MPWR, STX, BKR, SBUX, COST, FAST, AEP, MDLZ, AMGN, GILD, FANG, FER, CSX, PEP, CCEP, ROST, CHTR, TMUS, MAR, KDP, XEL, AZN, CTAS, AMAT, ARM, FTNT, KLAC, EXC, REGN, VRTX, WBD, CSCO, DXCM, GEHC, KHC, NVDA,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Friday:
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
AVGO, INSM,   


Moving Below 30 DMA = 3
AAPL, CDNS, NXPI,



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