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Chart Rundown - 8/14/26

SPX Pennant Breakout The SPX finally poked through the small bullish pennant formation yesterday, which...

Still Treading Water… for Now

Key Points With CPI coming in right in line with expectations, the S&P responded as we’d expect,...

CPI, SPX and a lot more

Key Points SPX fell for the fourth time in the last five sessions, but once again, yesterday’s decline...

A lot of movement... under the surface

Key Points The S&P fell for the third time in the last four sessions, although each decline has been...

Week of 8/10/26

Key Points The S&P 500 comes off its best week since April, punctuated by the two gains of at least...

8/7/26

Pre Jobs Digestion

Key Points The S&P 500 paused again ahead of this morning’s jobs report, following the powerful four-day...

After the Spike

Key Points The SPX paused after the powerful four-day advance, slipping just 0.2% yesterday. Despite...

SPX 7,680 Target hit... and then some

Key Points The SPX followed its strong start to August with an even larger 1.8% gain, building on Monday’s...

New Month, New Bullish Pattern Breakout

Key Points The SPX kicked off August with a strong 1.5% gain, leaving the index up more than 4% since...

Aug'26 Market Notes & a New Secular Setup

Roadmap – August’26The SPX saved its best for last in July, with a 1.7% face-ripping rally on the final...

August'26

Roadmap – August’26The SPX saved its best for last in July, with a 1.7% face-ripping rally on the final...

Chart Rundown - 7/31/26

Up Big, Negative Breadth Yesterday, the SPX posted its 89th gain of at least 1% since October 2023. Only...

7/30/26

Post Fed Patterns

Key Points The Fed Day volatility we’ve become accustomed to did not disappoint yesterday, with...

Streaking Breadth & FOMC

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third straight modest gain on Tuesday as traders await the Fed...

Pre-Fed Posturing

Key Points The S&P 500 posted its second straight tiny gain on Monday. However, after being up nearly...

Week of 7/27/26

Key Points The SPX posted its second straight weekly decline last week, marking the first back-to-back...

July 2026

Earnings Volatility is Real

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its fifth decline and its second 1% loss in the last six sessions yesterday....

Holding but Lacking Momentum

Key Points The S&P 500 closed lower for the fourth time in the last five sessions, unable to build...

The Calm before the Storms

Key Points The SPX snapped back yesterday, avoiding what would have been its third straight decline and...

Looking for an Edge

Key Points The SPX logged its third straight decline yesterday, its longest losing streak since the five-session...

Week of 7/20/26

Key Points The SPX endured its first 1% decline of July on Friday, capping off just its third down week...

7/17/26

The Wishbone Market

Key Points The SPX logged its second-largest decline of July yesterday, albeit a modest 0.51%, pulling...

Tops vs. Bottoms

Key Points The SPX logged its second straight 0.4% gain on Wednesday and its fourth advance in the last...

Hovering Near the Highs

Key Points The SPX snapped back on Tuesday as the cooler-than-expected June CPI report gave traders reason...

An Important Comparison

Key Points The SPX logged its largest decline of July yesterday, though it still sits within 2% of its...

Week of 7/13/26

Key Points The SPX concluded the first full week of July with three gains in five trading sessions and...

Chart Rundown - 7/10/26

SPX – 3 Bullish Patterns After yesterday’s strong advance, the SPX now has formed another...

7/9/26

Consolidating Near the Highs

Key Points The SPX fought back from a decidedly weak morning, pivoted just before noon, and filled the...

The Reaction

Key Points The SPX failed to hold a strong open on Tuesday, fought back for a few hours, and then finished...

A New Round of Bullish Patterns

Key Points The S&P 500 notched its fourth gain in the last five trading sessions on Monday and, as...

Week of 7/6/26

Key Points The SPX ended a spirited holiday-shortened week with the tiniest of gains on Thursday, but...

Week of 6/29/26

Key PointsThe SPX endured its fifth straight decline on Friday, albeit by just 0.05%....

June 2026

Long Losing Streaks and New 52-wk Highs

Key Points The SPX endured its fourth straight decline yesterday, albeit by just 0.01%, as June’s...

Battling Near the Highs

Key Points The SPX endured its third straight decline on Wednesday, tying its longest losing streak since...

The SPX’s Two (very different) Live Patterns

Key Points The SPX endured its fourth 1% loss of June yesterday, unable to withstand the AI/semiconductor...

Reversal

Key Points The SPX failed to extend last Thursday’s big gain and, today, will have to contend with...

6/22/26

Week of 6/22/26

Key Points The SPX snapped back from last week’s post-FOMC decline and closed in the upper half...

Chart Rundown - 6/18/26

Fed-day price action The first Warsh-led trading session was erratic, but that’s expected on just about...

FOMC Day plus NDX vs. NDXE

Key Points The SPX comes into FOMC Day after snapping its winning streak at three sessions with yesterday’s...

The Snapback

Key Points The SPX logged its second gain of at least 1.7% in the last three days on Monday and now has...

Week of 6/15/26

Key Points The SPX averted two straight weekly losses by snapping back 65 basis points last week. While...

June’s First Big Gain

Key Points The SPX snapped its drought of no 1% gains in emphatic fashion with yesterday’s 1.75%...

Pattern Battle

Key Points The SPX logged its second 1% decline of June yesterday following the CPI report, with another...

Two-Way Volatility is Here

Key Points Large-cap Technology continues to drive the SPX, which was a major tailwind on the way up....

Looking for a Better Effort

Key Points The SPX snapped back on Monday, but in unimpressive fashion, fading by late morning and finishing...

Week of 6/8/26

Key Points As we all know by now, the SPX endured its biggest decline since October 2025 on Friday. Let’s...

Rotation Signs – Breadth and Bullish patterns

Key Points The SPX snapped back from an early decline on Thursday and rallied into the close, preventing...

6/4/26

Winning Streak Over… What about the Uptrend?

Key Points The SPX’s nine-day winning streak was snapped on Wednesday, with the index logging its...

Bullish Patterns beyond the SPX

Key Points The SPX extended its winning streak to nine, albeit just barely. This time, breadth was positive,...

Dueling SPX Streaks

Key Points The SPX logged its eighth straight gain yesterday, but another streak may be just as important:...

Market Notes & a New Secular Setup

The SPX couldn’t match April’s 10% surge in May, but it did the next best thing — follow it with a 5%...

June'26

The SPX couldn’t match April’s 10% surge in May, but it did the next best thing — follow it with a 5%...

Chart Rundown

SPX – Knocking on the door of 9 straight weekly gains As noted by Bluekurtic:  “Safe to say that...

May 2026

How a Strong Uptrend is REALLY Formed

Key Points The SPX scratched its way to a tiny gain on Wednesday, but it was enough to log a fifth straight...

Many ETFs Making New Highs

Key Points The SPX made another new high on Tuesday, sold off, but then held the majority of its gains....

Week of 5/26/26

Key Points The SPX tacked on its third straight gain Friday and notched its eighth consecutive weekly...

5/22/26

Trading Boxes Will Matter Again

Key Points The SPX logged its second straight gain, which comes after three losses as the recent back...

The SPX’s Latest 1% Gain

Key Points The SPX logged its first 1% gain in eight days yesterday, snapping a modest three-day losing...

Digesting

Key Points The SPX logged its third straight decline yesterday for the first time since 3/27–3/30… right...

Week of 5/18/26

Key Points The SPX hung on just enough to notch its 7th straight weekly gain last week, but Friday’s...

5/15/26

Chart Rundown

SPX – Overbought for 8 Straight days This is pretty rare, with the last occurrence (of eight or more)...

Repeat: Tech leads on tepid breadth

Key Points The SPX followed through after Tuesday’s reversal and notched a fresh record, led by Tech....

Dip Buying

Key Points The SPX failed to extend its two-day winning streak, but the midday turnaround prevented its...

ETFs that have NOT Broken Out Yet

Key Points The SPX made another fresh all-time high on Monday, though it marked the smallest advance...

Week of 5/11/26

Key Points The SPX tacked on its sixth straight weekly gain last week and hit yet another milestone,...

A Pause

Key Points The SPX pulled back 40 bps on Thursday, though not before overtaking 7,380 for the first time....

5/7/26

Only 10 times since 1970

Key Points The SPX gained 1.5% yesterday, made yet another new all-time high, and moved closer to both...

Semis Chart Rundown

Key Points The SPX snapped back on Tuesday, with the 80-bps gain allowing it to notch yet another new...

Treading Water

Key Points The SPX started the first full week of May in negative territory, albeit it was another innocuous...

Week of 5/4/26

Key Points The SPX wrapped up an extremely busy week of macro and micro data with a modest gain on Friday,...

Market Notes & Chart Trades Update

April ’26 was historic, plain and simple… and just think if we included the 3/31/26 2.9% advance in the...

May’26

April ’26 was historic, plain and simple… and just think if we included the 3/31/26 2.9% advance in the...

April 2026

No April Showers After All

Key Points The Fed Day had one of the least volatile reactions in recent memory, with yesterday’s price...

MAGS – Make or Break

Key Points The SPX endured its second biggest decline since March 27th on Tuesday, pulling back from...

The Calm Between Storms

Key Points The SPX logged its smallest gain since April 7th yesterday, with the index advancing just...

2/12/26

Week of 4/27/26

Key Points The SPX comes into the busiest week of earnings season yet – with some of the biggest...

Chart Rundown

SPX – The next phase The SPX just hit overbought for the first time since September and remains in a...

4/23/26

The Most 1% Gains in 12 Months

Key Points The SPX logged its fifth 1% gain of April yesterday, snapping a modest losing streak at two...

SPX Dips, Bitcoin Extends Breakout

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its biggest single-day decline since March 27th yesterday, dropping...

Melting Up

Key Points The SPX endured just its second loss in the last 14 trading sessions, but like the prior one...

Week of 4/20/26

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third straight weekly gain, with last week adding 4.5%. This also...

4/17/26

Looking for Higher Lows

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its 11th gain in the last 13 trading sessions yesterday and closed...

Slingshot to New Highs

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its 10th gain in the last 11 trading sessions yesterday and closed...

SPX Hits First Upside Target of 2026

Key Points The SPX followed up Monday’s 1% advance with a 1% gain on Tuesday, allowing it to achieve...

The Next Move

Key Points The SPX logged its second gain of at least 1% in April and its third since March 31, with...

Week of 4/13/26

Key Points The SPX notched its second straight weekly advance last week, which unfolded after the five-week...

Boomerang

Key Points The SPX tacked on its seventh straight gain on Thursday, which, as we know by now, is the...

4/2/26

A Familiar Setup

Key Points Despite finishing off its highs yesterday, the SPX was able to log its second straight advance...

April & Q2’26

Despite yesterday’s strong finish to March, the S&P 500 snapped its three-quarter winning streak,...

March Roaring into Month-End

Key Points The SPX avoided another big down day yesterday, but the early 1% gain was quickly erased....

Week of 3/30/26

Key Points The SPX began last week with a 1% gain and three straight days of positive breadth. Yet the...

3/27/26

The Most 1% Declines in a Year

Key Points The SPX endured its fifth 1% decline of March on Thursday, finishing at its intraday lows...

Momentum Still Dragging

Key Points The SPX bounced back on Wednesday but again failed to close above its intraday midpoint. The...

Tracking Early Bullish Signals

Key Points The SPX couldn’t extend upon Monday’s snap back, losing 37 basis points on Tuesday, but it...

Big Moves Aren’t Going Away

Key Points The SPX held the 1% gain yesterday but finished off its highs and slightly below its midpoint....

Week of 3/23/26

Key Points The SPX comes into the last full week of March with three straight losses and now is down...

Downside Target Hit... and a Lot More

Key Points The SPX avoided its second straight 1% loss on Thursday by staging a strong intraday rally,...

March 2026

The Lowest RSI on Fed Day in a Year

Key Points The SPX comes into the second Fed Day with two straight gains. We haven’t seen more than two...

March Madness

Key Points The S&P 500 ended last week with a four-day losing streak. It is now also down three straight...

3/13/26

Bulls Searching for a REAL Response

Key Points The S&P is coming off its third straight decline and its second 1% loss in the last five...

Teetering... again

Key Points The S&P 500 logged a second straight small decline on Wednesday, just barely slipping...

From 111 to 1 new 52-wk highs

Key Points The S&P 500 logged a small loss after one of the largest intraday reversals in recent...

After the Reversal

Key Points The epic March price action continued on Monday, highlighted by one of the largest intraday...

Week of 3/9/2026

Key Points The S&P 500 recorded a second straight loss to conclude the week last Friday. Once again,...

Weight of the Evidence

Key Points Are you getting tired of everyone proclaiming that the market is in a trading range? So am...

Can the Growth Bounce Last?

Key Points The S&P 500 bounced back on Wednesday, and this time logged a respectable gain of nearly...

Dip Buyers are still… Buying

Key Points The S&P 500 logged its third decline in the last four days on Tuesday, despite the index...

Patterns Being Tested

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...

2/20/26

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,...