Stock Market update -Oct 13th

More volatility this week as we saw a drop, then a rally, to close the week higher, with a nice breakout on Friday, based on a favorable outcome from the trade talks.
Next week begins earnings with the banks, NFLX, and others.

Bonds dropped, as did Gold. Oil was up a bit.

Continuing concerns:  Still keeping an eye on Europe, Brexit, China

Pops:   , 

Drops:   

Over $22 Trillion in debt!  See Debt Clock on the left, or here...

S&P 500 performance chart, (9 months -Link)

Double top..

Bonds ...

New all time highs:    AAPL, EW, FAST, HD, ICE, DG, ROST, TJX, TGT, WMT
All time lows:   ,  

Options watch:   S&P 500 Implied Volatility  (CBOE VIX) -

Link to high IV stocks   

High Options volume:   

	ETFs	SPY, IWM, QQQ, GLD, GDX, USO, XOP, VXX, XLF, XLE, FXI, EEM EWZ,
	Stocks	AAPL, AMD, BAC, BABA, FB, MU, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA

Next week:    Earnings begins...

M  

T   Banks, JNJ, UNH

W  NFLX, IBM

T  

F  KO

This week's charts:

$NYA -NYSE Composite  -pulled back as well

 (IWM)   Small-caps -still struggling... 

Links...

S&P 500 - rangebound?

10yr Interest Rates  -still low!

Labor Force Participation Rate (10 year chart) 

Fear & Greed Index

ETFs - Ranked by YTD Percent Change
S&P 500 Sector performance

Commodities/Futures (charts):  

Crude Oil rallied, closing near 54.91

Gold dropped, closing near 1493

The 30 year Bond dropped, closing near 160.65

The US Dollar dropped, closing near 98.03

News:

Dow closes 300 points higher after U.S.-China trade truce

Fed says it will start to buy Treasury bills next week to ease money-market pressure

Investors are flocking to money markets at the highest rate since the financial crisis

Opinion: Netflix stock has fallen 30% in 3 months but its valuation is still irrational