The stock market's rally since bottoming out on August 5th has been historic. The speed with which the correction and the recovery have taken place is astounding. This type of price action has been evident elsewhere, too, sometimes with even greater velocity ($VIX, for example).
The market broke down badly once the support at area at 5370 gave way. It eventually became oversold, and is still trying to sustain an oversold rally. Typically, oversold rallies carry up to the declining 20-day Moving Average, or perhaps just a little higher before turning downward once again. That could occur just below the 5400 level. There is also a gap on the $SPX chart which would be filled at 5410, so 5400-5410 is about where the extent of this oversold rally should reach.
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Small cap stocks joined the "party" about a week and a half ago. They were late to do so, but were able to push $SPX and many other indices sharply higher. They brought with them improved breadth figures and new all-time highs for $SPX.
Unfortunately, their inclusion seems to have created such severe overbought conditions that a correction is now underway. Sell signals are beginning to emerge, although it is not clear that the bull market is over.
The market continues to trade higher, and the pace is accelerating. Moreover, the euphoria that has been enjoyed by $SPX now seems to be spilling over into the small-caps such as the Russell 2000 Index ($RUT; IWM). The inclusion of the small-caps has expanded breadth, so that is no longer a negative divergence. In fact, Cumulative Volume Breadth (CVB) has been making new all-time highs right along with $SPX -- almost every day in July. This is no longer just a NVIDIA (NVDA) market.
The stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index ($SPX), continues to rise, making new all-time highs, both intraday and on a closing basis. This alone makes the $SPX chart bullish and dictates that we continue to hold a "core" bullish position.
There are several support levels beneath the market as it has worked its way up in a stair-step fashion: 5450, 5380, and 5260.
