Indices are seeing mixed trading today as a China trade deal agreement hits a stall. A beleaguered Boeing Co. (BA) is seeing positive trading today after SunExpress ordered 10 737 Max8 aircraft, amounting to $1.2 billion. The HP/Xerox merger plan is in a stall today after Xerox’s $33.5 billion offer was rejected by Hewet Packard- saying the deal was undervalued but is still open to other options. Shares of T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) traded 0.6% lower today after the company announced its current CEO John Legere will be replaced by Mike Sievert, the current Chief Operating Officer. The change will occur after May 1, 2020.
SPY overhead resistance remains $310 and we will look to buy when the SPY is near $297 level. There is little evidence we will retest 200 days MA, and we expect further volatility as well as shallow pullbacks. We encourage Market Commentary readers to maintain clearly defined stop levels for all positions. For reference, the SPY Seasonal Chart is shown below:
Although markets are acutely sensitive to these headlines around the phase-one deal, it is apparent that this situation is still volatile and unpredictable. Increased market momentum in a bullish trend may contribute to the assumed bargaining power of the U.S. administration. While Huawei remains on a federal restriction list, a 90-day extension of the license allowing U.S. companies to conduct business with the Chinese telecom giant is expected to be approved by the Trump administration. The status of the company is one of many items of leverage in a complex trade dispute.
On the other end- China’s central bank has just announced it is lowering the interest rate on its regular reverse purchase open market operations. This would be a first in over 4 years since October 2015. This is largely an effort to revitalize confident sentiments in the market and help with slowing growth rates.
Using the “^GSPC” symbol to analyze the S&P 500 our 10-day prediction window shows a mixed outlook. Today’s vector figure of -0.03% moves to +0.35% in six trading sessions. This is considered a “sideways” projection and does not display strong directional momentum. Prediction data is uploaded after the market closes at 6 p.m. CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.
On November 4th, our MonthlyTrader service produced a bearish recommendation for Western Digital (WDC). MonthlyTrader is included in Tools, Premium or available as a single subscription and is designed for 5-20 day trades.
Trade Breakdown
WDC entered its forecasted Strategy B Entry 1 price range $53.83 (± 0.55) in its first hour of trading on 11/06 and passed through its Target price of $51.14 in the first hour of trading the following Monday. 11/11/19. The Stop Loss price was set at $56.52.
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Our featured symbol for Tuesday is Accenture Plc. (ACN). ACN is showing a confident vector trend in our Stock Forecast Toolbox’s 10-day forecast. This stock is assigned a Model Grade of (A) indicating it ranks in the top 10th percentile for accuracy for current-day predicted support and resistance, relative to our entire data universe.
The stock is trading at $198.87 at the time of publication, up 1.05% from the open with a +0.47% vector figure.
Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.
Note: The Vector column calculates the change of the Forecasted Average Price for the next trading session relative to the average of actual prices for the last trading session. The column shows the expected average price movement “Up or Down”, in percent. Trend traders should trade along the predicted direction of the Vector. The higher the value of the Vector the higher its momentum.
West Texas Intermediate for Crude Oil delivery (CL.1) is priced at $56.78 per barrel, down 1.61% from the open, at the time of publication.
Looking at USO, a crude oil tracker, our 10-day prediction model shows negative signals. The fund is trading at $11.85 at the time of publication, down 1.90% from the open. Vector figures show +0.01% today, which turns -1.62% in five trading sessions. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.
The price for the Gold Continuous Contract (GC00) is up 0.26% at $1,472.30 at the time of publication. Gold prices have been sensitive to any commentary coming out of the U.S./China trade deal. Gold was under pressure after reports of phone conversations being “constructive” between the two parties to the negotiations, but weakening indices, treasury yields, and the U.S. dollar helped the safe-haven metal regain its support.
Using SPDR GOLD TRUST (GLD) as a tracker in our Stock Forecast Tool, the 10-day prediction window shows negative signals. The gold proxy is trading at $138.71, up 0.36% at the time of publication. Vector signals show -0.56% for today. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is down 1.41% at 1.81% at the time of publication. The yield on the 30-year Treasury note is down 0.66% at 2.29% at the time of publication.
Using the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) as a proxy for bond prices in our Stock Forecast Tool, we see strong negative signals in our 10-day prediction window. Today’s vector of -0.21% moves to -1.18% in three sessions. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is up 4.40% at $12.58 at the time of publication, and our 10-day prediction window shows mixed signals. Prediction data is uploaded after the market close at 6 p.m., CST. Today’s data is based on market signals from the previous trading session.
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