Volatile Gappy Market Update and Stock Scan April 8

The volatility and gaps continue for us short-term traders in the market.

Let’s update our levels for the S&P 500 Index and note the big trending stocks today:

Be sure to start with this morning’s “Emini Breakout and Breakdown Update” for more information.

We’re seeing more Trend Days and intraday gaps than usual, which keeps us on our toes as short-term traders.

Higher volatile environments cause us to pay more attention and – often – decrease position size to adapt.

Nevertheless our current intraday focal levels are the 2,044 and 2,055 S&P 500 pivots.

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Let’s see what our Breadth Chart reveals about current market strength (or weakness):

Despite the price action, our Sector Strength grid is bullish/positive.

Almost all sectors are above the 50% Breadth line with Health Care being the weakest of the groups.

Energy and Materials, along with Utilities and Financials, are today’s strongest sectors.

Here’s a top-level or full-perspective view of today’s S&P 500 stock performance (courtesy of FinViz.com).

Here are today’s strongest trending (intraday) names – candidates for pro-trend continuation:

Jack in the  Box (JACK), Korn/Ferry (KFY), Transcanada (TRP), and Canadian Pacific (CP)

Bearish downtrending candidates include the following stocks from our “weakness” scan:

Under Armor (UA), Gap (GPS), Linked In (LNKD), and Deckers (DECK)

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Corey Rosenbloom, CMT
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