Semiconductors continues to be the major group theme of the last weeks watchlist scans with around 20% of the group highlighted, with many in the early Stage 2 backup zone...

The Stage Analysis members midweek video discussing the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, Russell 2000 and short-term market breadth indicators. Plus a detailed look at the US Watchlist Stocks from today and yesterdays post in more detail with live markups on multiple timeframes.

SE (Sea Ltd) is in focus today with a strong Stage 2 breakout attempt following earnings results before the open, in which it had its first profitable quarter, which was a significant surprise over the analyst estimates, and so is a potential change of character for the stock...

The Percentage of US Stocks Above Their 150 day Moving Averages in the 11 major sectors has pulled back since the previous post, decreasing by -9.22% to 51.19% overall, which moves it back into the middle of the range, which is the neutral zone.

The IBD Industry Groups Bell Curve declined for a fourth week, losing -1.94% to finish at 48.43% overall. The amount of groups in Stage 4 was increased by 8 (+4%), and the amount of groups in Stage 2 decreased by 1 (-0.5%), while the amount groups in Stage 1 or Stage 3 decreased by 8 (-4%).

The Stage Analysis members weekend video with the major US Indexes, futures charts, US Industry Groups RS Rankings, the Market Breadth Update to help to determine the Weight of Evidence and discussion of some the recent breakouts and stocks in Stage 2.

Custom Percentage of Stocks Above Their 50 Day, 150 Day & 200 Day Moving Averages Combined Market Breadth Charts for the Overall US Market, NYSE and Nasdaq for Market Timing and Strategy.

The purpose of the Relative Strength (RS) tables is to track the short, medium and long term RS changes of the individual groups to find the new leadership earlier than the crowd...

For the watchlist from Thursday's scans...

Gold is at an interesting point, as the Gold Futures (GC) has pulled back to its Stage 2 breakout level recently, while the US Dollar Index (DX) has also rebounded to its Stage 4 breakdown level, and hence both are now at potential pivotal points where support/resistance comes into play and hence potential for reversals...