Thursday, October 13, 2016

Indices closed down .25% to .49%......

Indices closed down.

S&P 500 @ 2132.55, low 2114.72, high 2138.19

RSI @ 42.30

CMF @ 0.00

Internals were :

Down volume led by 1.86 to 1 in NYSE & 2.03 to 1 in Nasdaq

Declining stocks led by 2.04 to 1 in NYSE & 2.55 to 1 in Nasdaq

Net new 52 wk lows were leading by 7 in NYSE & 73 in Nasdaq

VIX UP 4.90% @ 16.69

Oil @ $50.40

Gold @ $1257.60

AH Futures Down

AH Asian Markets Down

AH Oil & Gold UP

About market, TAPE reacted to weak Chinese import and export numbers, fear of Chinese slowdown gripped the market, by close, we were @ half decent numbers. Nasdaq is below 50 DMA, which is very troubling in Q4, which is the strongest seasonality. Strategy should be to stay put and show conviction and patience.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

11 comments:

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Really great results out of C despite the challenging world growth and interest rate environment. With tangible book value of $64.71 and having bought back 6% of its shares in the past year, it might be my new favorite financial stock.

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

What a difference 24 hours make, China was slow growth yesterday and today...party is on?

Yes....C did well and Financials are back in vogue.

Saleem

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Sold AAPL @ 117.89 to take profits.

Looking to buy YUM.

Have orders to sell SPLK and ACIA if they rise enough. Looking to also buy C if the opportunity presents itself.

Stocktrader

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Bought YUM @ 89.67

Stocktrader

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Argh, just missed an ACIA sell and now it's down $2.50 from the highs. Truly a volatile stock.

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Good luck with YUM.

Good luck with selling strategy.

Saleem

joseph said...


Hi Stocktrader,

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ZYNE) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report published on Wednesday morning.

What do you think of the news? Let us hope it will hold it. GL

Joseph

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Joseph,

Sorry I was out of the house for a while today.

Zacks is a quantitative and technical service. Its calls are not research-based, so it shouldn't be weighted heavily, especially on biotech stocks which don't have any reported numbers to analyze appropriately.

Today is kind of a "no heroes" day where people don't want to hold an ugly chart into the weekend. Volume has finally picked up substantially, and support is strong here. I think valuation remains very good and I think it has specific catalysts that may help price appreciation. I also think the House is not in true danger of going Democratic, so I think the general drug/biotech selloff is overdone.

Only time will tell where we stand, but honestly I'm not worried.

Stocktrader

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Added to ZYNE @ 10.91

Portfolio: TRIL, QRVO ACIA SWN SPLK YUM, ZYNE DKS WLH URI, CNAT, cash 0.0%

This has been a very hard week. Had to know one of these was coming!

Stocktrader

joseph said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Thanks for your take on Zach's downgrade on ZYNE. For all of us, today was not a good day. Let us hope next week will be a better one. Thanks for sharing your stock ideas with us.

Have a good weekend and good luck to everyone.

Joseph

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Good luck with more ZYNE.

Saleem