Markets are taking a beating today after a sluggish week, so it's more of a case of seeing which stocks are holding support, particularly 50-day MAs.
Apple (AAPL) is the enternal survivor and has so far defended trend and 50-day MA support. How long can it hold if other stocks go south?
Vale S.A. (VALE) had already been repelled by its 50-day MA last week and has shown no desire to make another assault. The bearish head-and-shoulder pattern is also playing out too. Look for test of 200-day MA down at $30.83.
Barrick Gold (ABX) eased back from the challenge of $54, before dropping sharply back to its 50-day MA as of today. The 200-day MA isn't too far away at $47.18, which might help it in the long run. Prior tests of the 200-day MA in January of this year, July, May and April of last year, were all successful.
Free McMoran (FCX) continued its push back towards its 200-day MA. The 50-day MA is already trending down which means it will be harder for Free McMoran to regain the rally which sustained it for the latter part of 2010. The 200-day MA test at $45.11 looks inevitable.
Baidu (BIDU) has expanded on its consolidation from last week. Moving from a pennant into a broader triangle consolidation. Support at $114 holds.
Research in Motion (RIMM) hasn't been able to leverage it's low key advance. Today saw a break of 50-day MA support with the 200-day MA next at $56.32.
For Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) it has been business as usual. The stock has the best chart of all the eight stocks; slight losses today but the 50-day MA is available for support.
Finally, Inuitive Surgical (ISRG) has seen little change, despite the broad selling in stocks today. The breakout gap is very strong.
So while there are stocks suffering, there are still a few which are bucking the trend. Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Apple (AAPL) and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH) are all holding up well and look best of the bunch here.
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