Watch out for traps

Posted by Admin on December 9, 2014

Index & Sector performance 12/9/14 The Market: The S&P 500 found itself down over 20 points within the first hour plus of trading as traders pointed to concerns over China and Greece. Throughout the early drop the Russell 2000 (IWM) remained strong down only a fraction of the other indices and then was the first to turn positive on the day. The IWM’s resilience continued throughout the remainder of the trading session and finished the clear leader. Today’s action certainly feels like another Bear trap where the market looks as though it is about to start a major prolonged slide…

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The 20’s support today’s drop

Posted by Admin on December 8, 2014

Index & Sector performance 12/8/14 The Market: The S&P opened lower but like every other recent micro pullback it found a bottom and started to rally higher. The market again looked like it wouldn’t be denied a higher close but then after the initial morning pop the indices started to roll and continued lower until roughly 2pm ET when they found a bottom for the session and moved off the lows into the close. The lows on the S&P 500 (SPY) and NASDAQ (QQQ) correspond with the 20 day SMA and we will be looking to see if those lows…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAL, AAT, AAWW, ABM, ACGL, ADMA, AMAT, ANET, APA, AR, AWH, BLK, CBRL, CIE, CME, CMT, CNQ, CRMD, CRR, CVX, DMND, DRIV, EBAY, EGP, FORM, GLOG, GOOG, HD, HRB, IDT, ISIS, ITW, JMP, JNJ, KLAC, LDR, LF, LHO, LNN, LRCX, LUV, MBI, MCC, MDGN, NDAQ, NFX, OAS, OHI, PLAB, PRAH, PRE, PSEC, RSE, SBLK, SBUX, SEAC, SKYS, SWFT, TASR, TSM, USB, UTX, VRNT, VUZI, WBC

Low vol drift higher

Posted by Admin on December 3, 2014

Index & Sector performance 12/3/14 The Market: Another low volume drift higher today which saw the Russell 2000 (IWM) lead and the NASDAQ (QQQ) lag even spending some time down on the session. In individual sectors, Consumer Staples (XLP) and Utilities (XLU) were the only two from the WSC Scoreboard to finish lower which Materials (XLB), Industrials (XLI), and Energy (XLE) finished up over 1%. One name helping materials have such a strong session was LyondellBasell (LYB) which has been down significantly since September but finished today up over 2% and was up more than 3% intraday. LYB is a…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAPL, AEP, ALDX, AMBA, ATW, BAS, BEL, BKS, BOBE, BURL, BV, CARB, CBK, CLF, CNMD, CUZ, CY, DEST, DG, DISH, DO, ECR, EMES, ESV, EVOK, EXPR, FES, FLML, HCLP, HERO, HIW, ICPT, IMPV, JCI, JCP, KEG, KR, LOCO, MET, MYCC, NE, NEWM, NLSN, NTLS, NVR, PAYC, PFG, PGN, PKY, PRU, RDC, REX, SBLK, SHLD, SLB, SNDK, SPN, STI, TASR, THS, TJX, TTC, TWX, TXRH, UA, UNFI, UNH, UVE, VNCE, WHR, WNS, WPC, WTS

BIIB helps XLV finish up over 26% YTD

Posted by Admin on December 2, 2014

Index & Sector performance 12/2/14 The Market: It was a solid session following Monday’s drop with the Russell 2000 (IWM) clearly leading and with advancers leading decliners by roughly 2:1. In Individual sectors it was Transportation (IYT) leading up 1.18% followed closely by Energy (XLE), which is still trying to recover from Friday’s big gap down, up 1.16%, and lastly HealthCare (XLV) which finished 1.12% higher and is now up over 26% year-to-date. Helping the XLV today was Biogen Idec (BIIB) which gained 6.43% on positive results from an early-stage Alzheimer’s drug trial. BIIB is a name to watch. Above…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAL, AAPL, AGIO, AMAG, AMT, ANF, APA, AVGO, AVID, BBG, BEAV, BIIB, CB, CCI, CERN, CERS, CHRS, CODE, CPE, CPHD, CRM, CUB, CWEI, CY, DATA, DOV, DYAX, EA, EMES, ESTE, FANG, FDX, FF, FRPT, FSC, FSIC, FUR, GIII, HDS, HPTX, HRB, HRC, IKGH, INCR, IRBT, ITT, KR, LDOS, LGND, LPI, LUV, MFRM, MLNX, MON, NANO, NCLH, ORCL, PAYC, PCLN, PH, REGI, REI, REXX, RSPP, S, SCOR, SIRO, SIVB, SNA, STT, TBK, TMUS, TRV, TTWO, UAL, VMW, VZ, WFT, XEL, XENE

Low vol narrow holiday trading range

Posted by Admin on November 25, 2014

Index & Sector performance 11/25/14 The Market: Another uneventful holiday trading session across all 4 major indices on the WSC Scoreboard. Action was also muted across the individual sectors with the exception of Energy (XLE) which lost 1.63%. For XLE traders our take is that the lows may hold but we would either be looking for an opportunity to buy lower or on a break above $89.25. In Economic data, estimated 3rd quarter GDP growth came in better than previously reported while Consumer Confidence and the Richmond Manufacturing Index both missed expectations. Tomorrow there is a slew of data including…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAPL, ABAX, ACE, AMBR, AMT, APA, AVGO, AVIV, BBW, BEAV, BIN, BKU, BMRN, BRCD, BYD, CASY, CYBR, DE, DSGX, ECPG, ESS, EVR, FMX, FSAM, GLNG, GMLP, HMST, JACK, JBLU, KCG, KOF, LEN, MANT, MDT, MHR, NDLS, NFLX, NLNK, NPD, NUS, OPY, OUTR, P, PANW, PFMT, PJC, PNK, PRAA, PZZA, RHI, RJF, SF, SOL, SQI, TDY, TEVA, TJX, TUP, UNT, URI, VRTV, VTNR, WDAY, WERN, WPZ

Russell leads overall dull session

Posted by Admin on November 24, 2014

Index & Sector performance 11/24/14 The Market: An overall dull session with the S&P 500 (SPY) and Dow (DIA) barely moving while the NASDAQ (QQQ) and Russell 2000 (IWM) led. As is expected for the remainder of this shortened holiday week, volume was very light. In individual sectors it was Retail (XRT) posting another great session up 1.32%. Today the index was greatly helped by Outerwall (OUTR), operators of Coinstar and Redbox, which finished up 12.32%. Also chipping in was Best Buy (BBY) up 2.29% and Foot Locker (FL) up 3.45%. After spending much of the year down, the XRT…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAPL, ALG, AMC, AMT, APA, ARUN, AUQ, AWAY, BBVA, BBY, BEAV, BECN, BERY, BIIB, BIOA, BLOX, BOOT, CBI, CHS, COH, COST, CPA, CPB, CSCO, CVX, DANG, DE, DENN, DISH, DSW, DSX, EEFT, EPE, ESTE, EV, EVTC, EXPE, FL, FOXA, FSAM, GLNG, GPN, GTY, HAIN, HES, HIBB, HPQ, HRL, IMPV, JEC, JMEI, KATE, KMT, KRG, LCI, LL, LOW, LUV, MAC, MOFG, MOV, MUR, NOV, NTK, OUTR, OWW, OXY, PAAS, PDCE, PLL, POT, PRGO, RCPT, REI, RGLS, SCTY, SFNC, SHLX, SIEN, SIG, SPF, SVM, SYK, TCPC, TFM, TIF, TRIP, TSEM, TTC, TYC, UAL, UDR, VAL, VZ, WAIR, WB, WBMD, WFM, WR, XCRA, XOM, YGE, ZAYO, ZBRA

EPS helped shrug off bad overseas data

Posted by Admin on November 20, 2014

Index & Sector performance 11/20/14 The Market: It doesn’t look like the S&P 500 (SPY) had a strong session but considering the futures were down roughly 10 points pre-market reportedly due to weak data out of Europe and China, to finish up a few points is a strong showing. Yesterday’s laggard was today’s leader as the Russell 2000 (IWM ) finished up over 1% clawing back most of yesterday’s losses and the Dow (DIA) was helped by Intel (INTC) which gained 4.66% after announcing a dividend hike and solid 2015 expected revenue growth. In individual sectors, Retail (XRT) led today…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAPL, ACT, ADBE, ADEP, AGII, ANIP, ANN, ARE, ASML, ATHN, ATO, AVAV, BANC, BBY, BCE, BEE, BERY, BIOS, BOBE, BXP, CBST, CERN, CGNX, CLF, CPSI, CRM, CSTM, DDD, DFT, DNR, DO, DOW, DUK, DXLG, EJ, ENR, EPM, EQR, ESI, FARO, FL, FSP, GALE, GMAN, GOOG, HAE, HIBB, IRBT, ISIS, JACK, JBLU, JEC, KAR, KIRK, LB, LOW, LYB, MAC, MDCO, MDRX, MIK, MOLG, NGLS, NORD, NSSC, OCN, OPLK, PANW, PERY, PETM, PMC, PRI, QSII, RCI, REGN, SAPE, SC, SIRO, SMRT, SMTC, SPB, SPLS, STRM, SYF, TGT, TNP, TPUB, TRUE, TU, TXT, VIPS, WSM, YUM

Tight trading ends with pop higher

Posted by Admin on November 18, 2014

Index & Sector performance 11/18/14 The Market: After multiple sessions trading in a tight range the broad indices broke-out to new highs. It is worth noting that volume was again light but that has been the case throughout much of this recent rally after the mid October bottom. In the after hours session the futures started to give back some of today’s gains so we will be looking to see if today was a false breakout which gives way to a pullback or if the indices can hold. In individual sectors, HealthCare (XLV) led finishing 1.61% higher helped by strong…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags A, AAPL, ACT, ADHD, AEC, AGN, ALDX, ALG, ALGT, CANF, CBS, CI, CJES, CLB, COV, CRAY, CSIQ, CSTM, CVI, DEST, DISCA, DK, DLTR, EA, EJ, EOG, FB, FET, FI, GIB, GMCR, HCP, HIMX, HLX, HNT, HP, HTZ, IOC, ISIL, LITB, LOW, M, MDT, MGI, MNK, MPC, MTW, NBR, NBS, NGD, NORD, NTWK, OMAM, OTEX, PANW, PBH, PDCE, PSX, PTEN, RMD, SALT, SHLD, SJM, SNDK, SNR, SPLS, SPN, SSI, TENX, TEX, TGT, THOR, TRVN, TSE, TSN, TSO, TTEK, TXRH, TYC, UA, UAM, UNH, URBN, VFC, VLO, WAC, WCG, WFC, WLP, WMGI, WNR, WRES, YHOO

Merger Monday doesn’t help market

Posted by Admin on November 17, 2014

Index & Sector performance 11/17/14 The Market: Despite a very active M&A session, it was yet another very tight trading range in the S&P 500 while the NASDAQ (QQQ) lagged and the Russell 2000 (IWM) led to the downside. In deals we saw Allergan (AGN) agree to be acquired by Actavis (ACT) for a combination of cash and ACT stock which totaled $219 per share. Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) who had also been trying to buy AGN stepped aside not feeling comfortable they could justify the valuation to shareholders. Two more big names in M&A news as Halliburton (HAL) announced it…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAP, AAPL, ABY, ACRE, ACT, ADT, AEG, AFSI, AGN, ALB, ALDW, ALGT, ALIM, ALL, ALNY, ANF, APOG, AR, ATK, BBY, BCC, BHI, BITA, BLOX, BRX, BXP, CHK, CLDX, CLH, CONE, CPXGF, CRM, CSTM, CUBE, CUDA, DBVT, DKS, DNR, DRI, ECC, ECR, ENVA, EPAM, EXR, FENG, FES, FNSR, FOLD, GLRI, HAL, HBI, HD, HL, HTZ, IMPV, JASO, JDSU, JGW, KERX, KITE, KMX, KNOP, LEAF, MANU, MDAS, MDLY, MDT, MELI, MHFI, MIK, MRC, MRVL, MSTX, MTD, MTG, MTZ, NWE, ODP, ORBK, OZRK, PANW, PF, PFLT, PG, PRTO, PSA, PSX, PTN, RIGP, ROG, RPAI, RSE, RYN, SDPI, SFXE, SMCI, SPWR, SSS, SXL, SYNA, TCO, TDG, TJX, TRIP, TTEK, TUBE, TXRH, VJET, VOLC, VOYA, VRX, VVTV, WWD, XOOM, YOKU

S&P showing signs of indecision

Posted by Admin on November 13, 2014

Index & Sector performance 11/13/14 The Market: The NASDAQ (QQQ) led today’s trading while the Russell 2000 (IWM) was the clear laggard. The S&P 500 (SPY) is refusing to break with the exception of very small sharp pullbacks which are short lived. Volume over the past two days remains light although is an uptick from earlier in the week. We view the current action as indecision as the SPY wrestles with price discovery and ultimately expect lower levels to be seen. Energy (XLE) led the WSC Scoreboard sectors lower giving back some of the recent hard fought gains but did…

Category Tabber, The Nightcap · Tags AAPL, ADPT, AEM, AGTC, AMAT, ARCW, ATW, AVT, AXP, BITA, BMY, BRCM, CHMI, CLDT, CNC, COF, CSCO, CSIQ, CTWS, CYBR, DGX, DM, EL, EMC, EZCH, FI, FLTX, FMSA, FUEL, HOLI, IMSC, INVN, IOC, JCP, JPEP, LH, LII, LPI, MMI, MONT, MRVL, MSG, NOAH, NTAP, OGZPY, OMER, PLUG, RICE, ROSE, SEAS, SFXE, SNDK, SUSQ, SWI, TSN, UIL, VMW, VTAE, ZFC

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