10am update – starting strong

US equities open rather powerfully higher. VIX has been ground to the 27s. USD is +0.5% at 99.15

sp’60min

VIX’60min

Summary

I’d note the opening candle is a little spiky from the hourly 200ma.
More broadly… bullish into May… 5700s with VIX 20s.


notable stock: TSLA

Lets be clear… earnings were even more ugly than expected…
EPS 27cents vs 41est. Rev’ y/y -9.0% to $19.34bn vs 21.35est.

notable semicon: INTC

Earnings are due Thurs’ AH.  S/t bullish.

notable strength: BA

Earnings were lousy, if better than expected…
EPS -49cents vs -1.18est. Rev’ y/y +18.0% to $19.5bn vs 19.4est. Backlog 5600 planes

notable miner: GOLD

Barrick lower with commodity gold.
Momentum has only just turned negative.