The markets closed near session highs following another broad based advance. The advance was helped along by earnings and a satisfactory treasury auction. Tech outperformed with solar leading, along with big tech names. Another accumulation day for the NASDAQ as prices near full retracement of the Feb.- March slide. Financials held and [...]

Markets gapped up on favorable economic data, but after setting fractional new recovery highs, they chopped around and eventually succumbed to weakness with steady selling from midday to the last hour, where prices reversed and rallied into the close. As you can see from NASDAQ futures chart below, buyers stepped up when prices came [...]

Fractional new highs for the DOW and S&P, unconfirmed on the NASDAQ, before faltering and selling off in late afternoon. I see gap support as depicted on the XLF for both the S&P and NASDAQ futures. The NASDAQ appears stronger as it has yet to break the trend channel. I’m expecting more [...]

Accordong to IBD, Friday’s triple witching pullback came in on much higher volume, thus compiling 2 distribution days for the S&P and one each for the DOW and NASDAQ since the 3/12 follow through day. IBD defines distribution as – an occurrence where trading volume is, without any price appreciation, higher than that of [...]