Pullback Ended in S&P 500

During the first two hours of trading, the SPY has charged towards a test of its prior two highs -- at 141.05 (11/30) and at 141.16 (11/22). Thus far today, it has a high of 141.14, which remains just 3 cents below the 11/22 high. My near-term technical work remains in very constructive condition, and argues strongly that a pullback ended and a new upleg started after Friday's low at 138.99.

From a larger perspective, however, let's notice that while all of the meaningful pullbacks since July show a series of higher-lows, juxtaposed against higher-highs on rallies, momentum actually peaked at the 10/26 high of 139. The 2006 high at 141.16 (11/22) and today's test of the high both show much lower RSI readings, which if nothing else is a warning sign that the power underlying the July-December upmove is dissipating.

As of now, the negative divergence in the RSI represents a yellow caution flag. However, a decline that breaks Friday's low at 138.99 will morph the Nov-Dec price action into a very topping-looking pattern.


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