Monday, August 24, 2026

DJI Closed Higher above the HOLD in a Bull Flag Pattern...SPX, RUT, NDX Close Lower...Breadth Weakened...


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SPX -21.51, 7,652, formed a hammer-like candle with lower shadow suggesting intraday support in its 7-day bull flag pattern.  Breadth weakened as advancers and decliners were near even on the NYSE and decliners led on NASDAQ exchange.  The VIX closed higher, suggesting that institutions were adding hedges.

NVDA reports EPS Wednesday after the close.  Fed Chair Warsh speaks Friday morning from the Jackson Hole Summit.

RUT 2,995 reversed Friday’s gains but stayed above Thursday’s low in a 6-day bull flag pattern.

SPX advancers: EXPE DLTR CHD MO GDDY IT BXP AWK EIX ULTA MA.
SPX decliners: STX SNDK CIEN MU JBHT SMCI WDC COHR AXON FDXF AKAM.

SPCX closed at 135.00, -1.97, on volume of 60 million shares. Our view is that SPCX, with no earnings, remains an overvalued speculation.  IPO at 135 on June 12. 

SPY -2.25, a 7-day bull flag pattern and setup, below average volume of 32.3 million shares.
VIX +0.72, 15.85 closed higher. 
NDX -0.97% a bull flag pattern and setup in a BO test pullback.
DJI, 53,417 +0.26%, moved above the high of the low day, a 12-day bull flag pattern.


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


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


The SPY MFC green line is down at 72.7, price-action on Monday, closed above Thursday’s low and also above horizontal resistance ($760.40) for a fifteenth day and is counter-trend defensive. -3.7

Eight of eleven sectors were higher on Monday. 


44 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Monday.

56 NDX stocks are above their 30 DMA: FAST, AMGN, ADP, PAYX, PYPL, REGN, INTU, ADSK, ROP, ADBE, BKNG, FAST, MDLZ, TRI, WDAY, ABNB, BKR, CPRT, DASH, DXCM, MSFT, CMCSA, GEHC, CEG, AMZN, MDB, CRWV, LITE, NFLX, PLTR, WBD, AXON, GILD, SPCX, VRTX, FANG, MU, MRVL, NBIS, SNDK, KDP, PEP, CSX, CTAS, MELI, MSTR, TSLA, MNST, AZN, CCEP, COST, ISRG, SBUX, TMUS, GOOGL, ORLY,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Tuesday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 2
GOOGL, ORLY,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 7
ASML, LRCX, NVDA, PANW, PCAR, PDD, TER,



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