Key Earnings Week Continues, U.S. Markets Finish Higher Amid Latest China Tension
We have adjusted our “worst-case” short-term scenario to $296 as our models are projecting the SPY to trade between $296-$330. As long as the market trades above the $323 level for the SPY, Market Commentary readers can consider adding to their positions using market pullbacks.
Several key earnings push the markets higher
All three major U.S. indices closed in the green today ahead of several key earnings releasing after market close, including Microsoft, Tesla, and Spirit Airlines. For the most part, earnings have supported markets this week with better than expected results. Tomorrow, corporate earnings from AT&T, Intel, and Twitter will release as well as the latest weekly unemployment data. Over in D.C., additional stimuli talks continue ahead of the upcoming August break for lawmakers.
Chinese consulate in Houston was ordered to be shut down
Tension between the U.S. and China is once again making headlines as the Chinese consulate in Houston was ordered to be shut down by the U.S. government in order to “protect American intellectual property and Americans’ private information.” Globally, Asian markets closed to mixed results while European markets finished in the red. At this moment, we believe the market remains overbought. Short-term traders could consider adding to positions when SPY nears $293 and we will look to be buyers into any short-term corrections. We will continue monitoring the VIX as the market can overshoot support and resistance levels when VIX is trading near $30 level, and we encourage all market commentary readers to maintain clearly defined stop-levels for all positions. For reference, the SPY Seasonal Chart is shown below:
Key U.S. Economic Reports/Events This Week
- Weekly Jobless Claims (7/18) – Thursday, July 23rd
- Leading Economic Indicators (June) – Thursday, July 23rd
- New Home Sales (June) – Friday, July 24th
Upcoming Earnings
- MSFT – Microsoft – Wednesday, July 22nd
- TSLA – Tesla – Wednesday, July 22nd
- SAVE – Spirit Airlines – Wednesday, July 22nd
- CMG – Chipotle Mexican Grill – Wednesday, July 22nd
- AAL – American Airlines – Thursday, July 23rd
- ATT – AT&T – Thursday – July 23rd
- INTC – Intel – Thursday, July 23rd
- TWTR – Twitter – Thursday, July 23rd
- AXP – American Express – Friday, July 24th
- VZ – Verizon Communications – Friday, July 24th
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For reference, the S&P 10-Day Forecast is shown below:
Using the “^GSPC” symbol to analyze the S&P 500 our 10-day prediction window shows a near-term mixed outlook. 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.
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Thursday Morning Featured Symbol
Our featured symbol for Thursday is BlackRock (BLK). BLK is showing a steady vector in our Stock Forecast Toolbox’s 10-day forecast. This stock is assigned a Model Grade of (B) indicating it ranks in the top 25th percentile for accuracy for current-day predicted support and resistance, relative to our entire data universe.
The stock is trading at $582.54, with a vector of 0.46% at the time of publication.
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.
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Highlight of a Winning Trade
On July 6th, our ActiveTrader service produced a bullish recommendation for PayPal Holdings (PYPL). ActiveTrader is included in several Tradespoon membership plans and is designed for day trading, with signals meant to last for 1-2 days.
Trade Breakdown
PYPL entered its forecasted Strategy B Entry 1 price range $177.21(± 1.24) in the second to last hour of trading that day(7/6/20) and passed through its Target price of $178.98 in the first hour of trading on 7/8/20. The Stop Loss price was set at $116.64.
Oil
West Texas Intermediate for Crude Oil delivery (CL.1) is priced at $41.89 per barrel, down 0.07% from the open, at the time of publication.
Looking at USO, a crude oil tracker, our 10-day prediction model shows mixed signals. The fund is trading at $29.75 at the time of publication. 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.
Gold
The price for the Gold Continuous Contract (GC00) is up 1.46% at $1,870.80 at the time of publication.
Using SPDR GOLD TRUST (GLD) as a tracker in our Stock Forecast Tool, the 10-day prediction window shows mixed signals. The gold proxy is trading at $175.63, at the time of publication. Vector signals show -0.18% 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.
Treasuries
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is down, at 0.597% at the time of publication.
The yield on the 30-year Treasury note is down, at 1.294% 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 mixed signals in our 10-day prediction window. 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.
Volatility
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is $24.32 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.