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Key PointsThe S&P 500 fell sharply early yesterday before recovering to close unchanged on the day...

March'26

Roadmap – March’26The SPX’s last bout of volatility resulted in a monthly loss for the second time in...

Trading Box Lessons

The SPX’s second straight gain yesterday was also its best advance since 2/6. Together, yesterday and...

Still Kicking

Key Points The S&P 500 bounced back from the latest 1% decline by logging its largest advance in...

The Suddenly Volatile Trading Range

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third 1% decline of February yesterday, finishing near its intraday...

How Long can RSP Outperform SPX?

Key Points The S&P 500 finished the week with a 1% advance, ending the two-week losing streak and...

SPX Testing a Key Weekly Moving Average

Key Points The S&P 500 broke its modest three-day winning streak on Thursday with a 30-basis-point...

Sideways Index, Active Market

  Key Points The S&P 500 tacked on its third straight gain on Wednesday but once again could not...

Hold...

Key Points The SPX scratched and clawed its way to a tiny gain on Tuesday, fighting back from early weakness....

NASDAQ & Rates

Key Points The SPX stopped the bleeding last Friday, but the early buying effort lost steam, fading in...

Danger Zone

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second 1% decline in the last week on Thursday, and its third in...

SPX stalls but > 100 stocks make new highs

Key Points The SPX logged its second 0.00% move of 2026 on Wednesday, fading after an initial strong...

Wild Looking Charts

Key Points With the focus on non-farm payrolls this morning, there are several eye-opening charts from...

Diverging Divergences

Key Points The SPX tacked on a second straight gain yesterday, following through on Friday’s epic snapback....

Week of 2/9/26

Key Points The SPX snapped back on Friday with its biggest advance since 5/12/25 (+3.3%) — the day the...

The Catch Down

Key Points The SPX finally gave in to the Tech swoon for a full session on Thursday, falling 1.2% and...

100 New 52-week Highs

Key Points The SPX fell for the second straight session on Wednesday, again pulled lower by big Tech,...

Tech Gets Hit while Breadth Holds… Again

Key Points The SPX’s down session could have been a lot worse, but the late-day spike prevented February’s...

New Month, Same Range

Key Points The S&P 500 delivered its own version of Groundhog Day on Monday, repeating what we’ve...

February 2026

SPX – Still no monthly losing streaks…yet The S&P 500 bounced back in January, albeit marginally,...

Chart Rundown

SPX – 7,240 still alive despite multiple tests The SPX first triggered this bullish pattern on 12/23...

Tech is an Island

Key Points The S&P 500’s five-day winning streak was snapped in less-than-exciting fashion, slipping...

FOMC & Sentiment

Key Points The S&P tacked on its fifth straight advance Tuesday, which has come right after the 2.1%...

The Spike Heard Around the World

Key Points The SPX logged its fourth straight gain on Monday on positive breadth, but that clearly wasn’t...

Post Storm => Big Week

Key Points The SPX logged its first two 1% moves of 2026 last week (one down, one up), navigating plenty...

1/23/26

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RSP vs. SPX: Good start, but…

Key Points The S&P 500 rallied for the second straight day, continuing to rebound from Tuesday’s...

Battling Near the Highs

Key Points Yesterday’s positive Greenland news turned a potential nasty negative reversal into the SPX’s...

Week of 1/20/26

Key Points The S&P 500 starts four days of earnings after a small loss last week but having to deal...

Small and Micro Caps Chart Rundown

Key PointsThe S&P 500 completely reversed the prior day’s price action, gapping higher on Thursday...

1/15/26

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Growth Gets Hit, and the Field Holds... Again

Key Points On a day when large cap growth got hit hard, the S&P 500 proved resilient, rallying in...

Breadth, Bitcoin, Energy and more

Key Points The S&P 500 lost 19 basis points on Tuesday, snapping a three-day winning streak, yet...

A Lot of Bullish Patterns

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its sixth gain in seven trading days on Monday to start January. While...

SPX Pattern Breakouts & Metals

Key Points The S&P 500 starts the first week of earnings having just logged a fresh all-time high...

The Field > Technology

Key Points The S&P 500 rallied for the fourth time in the last five days on Thursday, but just barely,...

The Momentum Divergence

Key Points The S&P 500 made a new all-time high on Wednesday, but unlike the prior session, it failed...

Three for Three

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third straight gain to start the year, finished near its intra-day...

The Most New 52-Week Highs Since Nov’24

Key PointsThe S&P 500 is two-for-two to start 2026, following last Friday’s small gain with a stronger...

January 2026

SPX – The long monthly winning streak is over The S&P 500’s seven-month winning streak was halted...

After a Bad Breadth Session

Last Five Trading Days The S&P 500 concluded 2025 with its fourth straight decline, with the 73-bp...

Patterns Worked Again in 2025

Key Points Today, we’ll revisit the most recent pattern breakouts, discuss how bullish patterns have...

Strong Breadth & Santa

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third straight day of gains to start the holiday-shortened week...

Week of 12/22/25

Key Points The SPX starts Christmas week coming off two gains of at least 80 bps. On Friday, the index...

December 2025

The Tech Dent

  Key Points The SPX logged its fourth straight decline and second 1% loss in four days, putting a dent...

Testing the 50-DMA Again

Key Points The S&P 500 fell for the third straight day, marking its longest losing streak since a...

Bullish Patterns & Sentiment

Key Points The recent string of intra-day lower highs continued on Monday, with the SPX logging its second...

Week of 12/15/25

Key Points The SPX endured one of its worst trading mornings in weeks on Friday, then bounced, before...

The New High List Grows

Key Points The S&P 500 posted a modest 20-basis-point gain yesterday, but the real story was the...

A Solid First Response

Key Points As we know, the S&P 500 responded well to the latest Fed decision and commentary yesterday,...

Hovering Before FOMC

Key Points The SPX fell for the second straight day ahead of today’s FOMC meeting and has formed a small...

The Long XLK Winning Streak… and more

Key Points The SPX snapped its latest 4-day winning streak on Monday, with the clear focus on tomorrow’s...

Week of 12/8/25

Key Points The S&P 500 comes into Monday up nine of the last ten sessions and riding a four-day winning...

A Significant Streak Continues

Key Points The S&P 500 extended its winning streak to three, albeit just marginally advancing on...

Knocking on the Door

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second straight advance on Wednesday — another small move, but...

Bullish Patterns Continue to Build

Key Points The S&P 500 bounced back yesterday, but once again remained in its recent mini trading...

The First MACD Buy Signal Since April

The S&P 500 began December with a down session, ending the five-day win streak. Initially, the index...

December 2025

SPX – Monthly Winning Streaks The S&P 500 finished November with its seventh straight monthly advance,...

After Heightened Two-Way Volatility

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its fourth straight advance on Wednesday before the holiday. This now...

Happy Thanksgiving

Key Points The S&P 500 just missed logging its third straight 1% advance on Tuesday. That said, it...

Two Straight 1% Gains

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second straight 1% gain on Monday, something we haven’t seen since...

Week of 11/24/25

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its first 1% gain in nearly two weeks on Friday, finally stopping the...

The Reversal

Key Points The SPX comes into Friday after enduring one of its biggest negative reversals in recent history....

11/20/25

Buying Weakness

Key Points The S&P 500 snapped its four-day losing streak yesterday and will now try to leverage...

Topping Patterns & a Key Comparison

Key Points The S&P 500 endured another back-and-forth trading session on Tuesday. For a while, we...

Teetering… Again

Key Points The SPX just missed logging another 1% loss on Monday and is now sitting directly on extremely...

Week of 11/17/25

Key Points The SPX ended a back-and-forth week (+0.08%) with a strong reversal that ultimately produced...

November 2025

Big Moves => Messy Charts

Key Points The SPX logged its third 1%+ decline of November yesterday, which prevented most of the “impending”...

Impending Pattern Breakouts

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its fourth straight gain on Wednesday, albeit just barely, with a 0.06%...

Now vs. February'25

Key Points It was an overall quiet day on Tuesday with the bond market closed in observance of Veterans...

The Eighth 1% Move in Four Weeks

Key Points The S&P 500 followed through on Friday’s hammer reversal in very strong fashion on Monday,...

Week of 11/10/25

Key Points The S&P 500’s strong reversal on Friday helped contain the otherwise big weekly decline....

11/7/25

The First Live Bearish Pattern Since April

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third 1% decline in the last six trading days on Thursday — and...

The Battle Continues

Key Points The S&P 500 bounced back on Wednesday, rallying from the open and holding its advance...

Two-Way Volatility Returns

Key Points The S&P 500 endured another volatile trading session on Tuesday, gapping lower at the...

The Cluster of Bad Breadth

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second straight gain to kick off November but spent the final hours...

November 2025

SPX – Monthly Winning Streaks The S&P 500 finished October with its sixth straight monthly advance,...

The Six-Month Winning Streak & AMZN

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second 1% decline of October yesterday, continuing the selloff...

New 52-Week Lows

Key Points The S&P 500 reacted as expected after yesterday’s FOMC decision on rates. Ironically,...

The Known Known

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its fourth straight advance yesterday — albeit a marginal one at +23...

October Has NOT Been Different Yet

October has NOT Been Different Yet   Key Points The S&P 500 gained 1.2% to start the week yesterday,...

Week of 10/27/25

Key Points The S&P 500 kicks off the final week of October — and the biggest earnings week of the...

Not Too Stretched According to this Indicator

Key Points The market’s pinball-like price action continued on Thursday, with the S&P following through...

10/23/25

The 50-DMA

Key Points The S&P 500 broke its modest three-day winning streak yesterday, but managed to rally...

A Little Less Shiny

Key Points With the S&P 500 finished unchanged yesterday, nothing changed technically for the index....

Bullish Patterns, Breadth & Momentum

Key Points For the second straight Monday, the S&P 500 logged a 1% gain to start the week. It also...

Week of 10/20/25

Key PointsThe S&P 500 bounced back last week, avoiding two straight weekly losses — something it...

Dissecting the Bearish Patterns

Key Points With the financials falling apart yesterday, the S&P 500 got hit hard intraday, pulling...

After the First Weekly Overbought Reading

Key Points Despite selling off from the open, the S&P 500 managed to log its second gain in the last...

Hanging Around

Key Points Other than the official 16-basis-point decline on Tuesday, the SPX had a constructive session...

Back-to-Back Big Moves

Key Points The S&P 500 snapped back yesterday, which was enough to stop the bleeding from Friday...

Week of 10/13/2025

Key Points With the S&P 500 emphatically breaking its 48-day streak of no 1% declines with Friday’s...

No 1% Moves, the VIX & Biotech

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second loss in the last three days on Thursday, finishing slightly...

Extended vs. Depressed

Key Points The S&P 500 bounced back on Wednesday to log a fresh new all-time closing high and is...

Bases, Breakouts & Parabolic Moves

Key Points The S&P 500’s seven-day winning streak was snapped yesterday with another—ultimately innocuous—38-bps...

Short vs. Long-Term Trends

Key Points The S&P 500 has now logged seven straight daily gains after yesterday’s modest advance....

Week of 10/6/25

Key Points The S&P 500 closed last week with a tiny 1 bp gain, but it was enough to mark the index’s...

How and why a Q4 Chase can Happen

Key Points The S&P 500 just barely notched its fifth consecutive gain on Thursday, advancing a meager...

10/2/25

Bullish Patterns, Healthcare & Chart Trades

Key Points The S&P 500 started October much like it ended September—with a marginal gain. This was...

October and Q4 2025

SPX – Monthly Winning Streaks The S&P 500 finished September with its fifth straight monthly advance,...

Surprise... September was ALSO Boring

Key Points The S&P 500 gained 26 basis points in the second-to-last trading day of September and...

CappThesis Turns Three

Key Points The S&P 500 bounced back from an early decline on Friday to finish near the midpoint of...

9/26/25

A lot of Dips

Opening Look – A lot of Dips Key Points The S&P 500 lost ground for the third straight day on Thursday,...

After Overbought

Key Points The S&P 500 lost ground for the second straight day, finishing near its lows. It’s now...

 A Key Lagging Indicator

Key Points The S&P 500 just barely missed hitting 6700 for the first time yesterday, eventually pulling...

Hovering

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third straight gain to start the week, notched another all-time...

Week of 9/22/25

Key Points The S&P 500 finished strongly on Friday, hitting another new all-time high. This marked...

The IWM R2k Breakout

Key Points The S&P 500 followed the FOMC volatility with a respectable +0.48% gain on Thursday. While...

Reaction > News

Key Points The S&P 500 slipped 13 basis points on Tuesday, selling off after hitting a fresh intraday...

30 Days

Key Points The S&P 500 bounced back yesterday, making a fresh all-time high, but didn’t do much after...

Week of 9/15/25

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second straight weekly gain last week and hit 6,600 for the first...

September 2025

Never Forget

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third straight advance on Wednesday, producing yet another all-time...

Breadth & Breakouts

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its second straight advance on Tuesday with another minor gain — just...

Two Simple Trend Gauges

Key Points The S&P 500 started the week with a small gain, but it was enough to sustain the upward-sloping...

Week of 9/8/25

Key Points The S&P 500 finished the week on a negative note, wasting the early strength after the...

Impending Pattern Breakouts

Key Points The SPX logged its second straight advance on Thursday, with the 83-basis point gain marking...

9/4/25

The Five Month Rally

Key Points The S&P 500 snapped its modest two-day losing streak yesterday, finishing near the highs...

The Shallow Dips Persist

Key Points The S&P logged its worst decline since August 1 on September’s first day. However, it...

September’25

SPX – Monthly Winning Streaks The S&P 500 finished August with its fourth straight monthly advance,...

August’s Grand Finale

Key Points The SPX’s 41 basis point advance yesterday pulled it right back near last week’s highs, essentially...

Breadth, Bitcoin & Chart Trades

Key Points The S&P 500 pulled back on Monday as it continued to ease off the Jackson Hole–induced...

Week of 8/25/25

Key Points The dovish Jackson Hole event helped produce the SPX’s third straight weekly gain, marking...

Key Charts before THE Speech

Key Points The S&P 500 comes into Jackson Hole speech day with a five-day losing streak — the first...

Battling Near the Highs

Key Points The S&P 500 logged a fourth straight decline on Wednesday, with each move coming in below...

Tech Hit Hard, as the Field Holds

Key Points The S&P 500 finally broke its tight multi-day trading range yesterday with its biggest...

The Last 8 Weeks

Key Points The S&P 500 dipped slightly to start the week yesterday, barely losing one basis point....

Week of 8/18/25

Key Points The S&P 500 finished last week with a slight loss, but the index logged its fourth...

Ebb & Flow

Key Points The S&P 500 just barely squeaked out a third straight advance on Thursday. This now is...

8/14/25

Back-to-Back 80% Breadth Days

Key Points The S&P 500 squeaked out a 32-basis point gain on Wednesday, securing its first winning...

Another Bullish Pattern Triggered

Key Points The S&P 500 shot back yesterday, logging its second-biggest advance since May 27—once...

CPI, SPX & Bonds

Key Points The S&P 500 logged another small loss to start the week on Monday, dropping 30 basis points....

 Week of 8/11/25

Key Points The S&P 500 concluded a back-and-forth week with a strong finish on Friday, marking the...

August 2025

Indicator Checkup & AAPL

Key Points The back-and-forth price action continued on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 bouncing back...

Watching SPX Breadth Closely

Key Points The SPX failed to follow through upon Monday’s big 1.5% and fell approximately 0.5% yesterday....