Monday, April 20, 2026

IWM, DIA Closed Higher...SPY, QQQ Closed Lower...SPX Opens Lower after Middle East Conflict Remains Conflicted...


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SPX -16.92, 7,109 opened and closed lower, after a weekend where the Middle East Ceasefire continues to reflect the Iranian tactic of “selective disruption.”  It appears like “we agree but will do what we want.”   Breadth weakened as advancers led on the NYSE exchange. Volume was again below average and VIX closed higher.


EPS season Day 5 STLD reported EPS after the close.  DGX DHI DHR EFX GE GPC HAL MMM MSCI NOC NTRS RTX SYF TSCO and UNH report Tuesday before the open BMO.


NVDA +0.38, +0.19%, Feb 25 BO continuation move , on 119.3 million shares.
MU -2.16 -1.46%, BO test, again closed above Tuesday’s S-1 level.

SPX advancers: TTD SWK HPE STLD DELL XYZ ERIE LYB ULTA CHTR BIIB.
SPX decliners: NRG BSX INTC NCLH CEG UAL META NFLX EQT VST CLX ABBV.

SPY below average volume of 43.5 million shares.
VIX +1.39, 18.87 
NDX -0.31% paused after a 13-day up trend.
DJI, 49,442, -0.01% paused.


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


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

The SPY MFC green line is up at 98.1, price-action is short-term bullish. -0.1. 

Six of eleven sectors (63.5%) were higher on Monday led by XLB, XLF and XLRE


55 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

74 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: ROST, MRVL, ARM, EA, AMD, BKR, AMD, AEP, AMD, AZN, CSX, FAST, ODFL, AMZN, INTC, KLAC, MAR, MPWR, STX, WDC, CSCO, ADI, BKNG, MCHP, TXN, AMAT, AVGO, GOOGL, LRCX, MELI, AAPL, ASML, FER, MU, NVDA, NXPI, ORLY, PCAR, SBUX, META, MNST, FANG, GEHC, ABNB, CDNS, PYPL, QCOM, SNPS, DASH, MSFT, MSTR, PDD, TTWO, APP, CHTR, DDOG, PANW, ROP, TSLA, ADSK, CCEP, CMCSA, CRWD, FTNT, PEP, XEL, COST, IDXX, MDB, TRI, WBD, ADBE, CPRT, LIN, MDLZ, PAYX,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 5
ADBE, CPRT, LIN, MDLZ, PAYX,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 5
AMGN, CEG, CTSH, HON, NLFX,



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