10am update – opening chop

US equities open in minor chop mode, mostly leaning on the upward side, with the SPX breaking a new hist’ high. VIX is churning the mid/low 20s, as a break under the key 20 threshold is clearly within range. Gold and Silver are struggling, despite a weaker dollar, -0.2%, printing DXY 90.60.

sp’60min

VIX’60min

Summary

*Doordash has priced 33M at $102. I will cover that one on Twitter across the day, and it will make for some sideline entertainment.

As for equities… expect considerable chop. Tomorrow is a Thursday, which will offer a far better chance of some cooling.


notable Dow component: DIS

Disney breaks a new historic high.
Yours truly gave this some extra attention on Monday.
see: https://www.subscriber.tradingsunset.com/2020/12/07/looking-ahead-48/

… and its somewhat amusing to see a couple of mainstream upgrades: Keybanc 177s, Morgan Stanley 160>175. I guess you could say… ‘they have spoken’.

notable weakness: ZM

JPM mixed downgrade, as its arguing a number of stocks are getting overly pricey, although JPM still raise Zoom p/t 425>450.

notable strength: AAPL

Apple is leaning upward, helped by Wedbush 150>160,

notable miner: NEM

Yesterday’s black candle played out. Miners hit by lower gold/silver.