Action in US equity markets was pretty muted this week with consolidation just below resistance (and prior pivot high) at ~4600: It will be interesting to see whether Santa can pull us above this resistance zone and towards the all-time highs at ~4810 (~4.5% higher) before the end of the year. Despite the respectable performance […]

It was a relatively quiet week in US markets as many investors celebrated Thanksgiving: The SPX is still sitting below the resistance zone at ~4600 that we really need to see broken before the recent uptrend channel can be considered sustainable. Most other markets/asset classes were also quiet, leaving US equities near the top of […]

After Tuesday’s strong breakout to the upside, US Equities calmed down into consolidation mode but ended the week up ~2.5% from last week’s close: I think we can say that we have broken out of the downtrend channel that we have experienced over the past 3 months and may be gearing up for Santa’s rally […]

US equity markets started the week quietly but showed more volatility towards the end of the week closing up modestly from last week’s close: Although we closed slightly above resistance (and the prior high) at ~4400 we are still within the 2SD boundary of the downtrend channel – so I am not ready to call […]

It was a very bullish week in the US Equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing up 5 days in a row and ~6% higher than last week’s close: We are now sitting at the top of the 1 SD boundary of the shorter-term downtrend channel and back within the 2 SD lower […]

It was a bad week for US equities with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) dropping over 2.5% from last week’s close: It has also now closed below the lower 2 Standard Deviation boundary of the early 2023 bullish uptrend channel (yellow line) and the 50% retracement level of that uptrend (green line) for 2 days […]

It was a bad week for equities with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) dropping ~2.5% on the week: We are now back in the potential support zone (shaded area) near the prior pivot low at ~4200 and close to the bottom of the 2SD boundary of the longer term bullish uptrend channel. On the pessimistic […]