Friday, August 21, 2026

DJI, RUT, SPX, NDX Closed Higher...VIX Closed Lower...Breadth Strengthened...


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This is what good traders know
The intermediate term trend in the SPX, RUT and DJI is up.  The short-term trend has been down this week, which is a short-term counter trend and a bull flag pattern.

The intermediate term trend, (3-months), in the NDX is sideways, the 12-day short-term trend is up, and the 4-day short-term trend is down.  It is a bull flag in a channel.
















(click chart to enlarge)
Look at the weekly YTD chart and what do you see?
What do you think is more probable based on what you see?


SPX +33.21, 7,674, formed a bullish harami.  Breadth turned positive as advancers led on both the NYSE and the NASDAQ exchanges.  The VIX closed lower, suggesting that institutions were closing hedges.

RUT 3,017 opened and closed higher, formed a bullish harami in a 5-day bull flag pattern.

SPX advancers: HOOD MRNA COIN FCX ALB EL HCA TSLA DINO LULU CMG.
SPX decliners: MRVL SRE EIX AEP CNP PWR Q XEL BG EXC SO.

SPCX closed at 136.97, +2.97, on volume of 78.5 million shares. Our view is that SPCX, with no earnings, remains an overvalued speculation.  IPO at 135 on June 12. 

SPY +3.12, a 6-day bull flag pattern and setup, below average volume of 39 million shares.
VIX -0.88, 15.13 closed lower. 
NDX +0.33% a bull flag pattern and setup in a BO test pullback.
DJI, 52,759 +0.98%, formed a bullish harami in a 12-day bull flag pattern and setup.


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


Up: DIA, IWM, SPY, QQQ,
Down:  

The SPY MFC green line is down at 76.4, price-action on Friday, closed above Thursday’s close and also above horizontal resistance ($760.40) for a fourteenth day and is counter-trend defensive. -4.2

Eight of eleven sectors were higher and XLRE was unchanged on Friday. 


64 of 100 NDX stocks closed higher on Friday.

61 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, NVDA, PLTR, WBD, AXON, GILD, SPCX, VRTX, FANG, ASML, TER, MU, MRVL, NBIS, SNDK, PDD, KDP, PEP, CSX, CTAS, MELI, MSTR, TSLA, MNST, AZN, CCEP, COST, ISRG, LRCX, PANW, PCAR, SBUX, TMUS,

NDX Stocks to Watch on Monday
Moving Above 30 DMA = 9
AZN, CCEP, COST, ISRG, LRCX, PANW, PCAR, SBUX, TMUS,


Moving Below 30 DMA = 0




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TraderBobb said...

Thank Dave for the post and the charts; Very helpful. Appreciate your postings and insights. Robert

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