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Hello everybody, and welcome to this week’s analysis on the S&P 500. It was quite a volatile week. After the very strong bounce last Friday, the S&P 500 continued that strength into the start of this week. On the 4-hour chart, we can see how the index was able to break out of the declining…

Welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500. It was another very interesting week, with the index closing down 1.5%. Looking at the 4-hour chart, last week we discussed the short-term upward-rising trend channel, which is shown here with the black trend lines. On Friday, we saw a very clean test of the lower…

Welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500. The index experienced wide swings up and down but ended the week posting a gain of 0.7%. On the 4-hour chart, we can see how the S&P 500 had strong gains between Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by volatility after the FOMC meeting, where the Federal Reserve…

Welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500. The index had a strong week, gaining about 2%. Looking at the daily and 4-hour chart, we can see how the index managed to break out of the downward-sloping trend channel that we discussed last week. The channel, marked by black trendlines, had contained price action…

Welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500. After last week’s sharp drop, which we discussed in detail, the index rebounded strongly, gaining about 2.6% this week. On the 4-hour chart, we can see how the week started with a strong open on Monday, moving above the 6,600 support zone. Throughout the week, there…

Hello everybody, and welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500.It was a fairly quiet week — until Friday, when the S&P 500 experienced a very sharp drop, closing the week about 3.1% lower compared to last week’s levels. The main catalyst was news that former President Trump announced an additional 100% tariff on…

Hello everybody, and welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500. The index finished 1% up this week, marking a good  performance despite the government shutdown in the US. The shutdown remains unresolved, and it’s still unclear how long it will continue. Historically, such events have sometimes affected the S&P 500 — though the…

Hello everybody, welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500. The index closed the week with a slight loss of about 0.25%. Volatility picked up: the S&P 500 saw some gains on Monday, but hit resistance and then dropped through Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. From peak to trough, the index lost almost 2%, but…

Hello everybody, so we had quite a strong week. The S&P 500 gained around 1.3% for the week. On the 4-hour chart, you can see the black trend lines marking the wedge formation we discussed last week. We broke out of that wedge, and on Wednesday we had a nice retest of the formation from…

Hello everybody, and welcome to this week’s analysis of the S&P 500. This week was another very interesting one, with the index gaining about 1.6%. That’s quite a strong week, driven mainly by weak inflation data and soft job numbers from the US. These fueled expectations of a Fed rate cut next week, which the…