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- Over 70% of S&P 500 stocks are above their 200-day SMAs.
- SPY and RSP are trading near new highs.
- We see a bullish continuation pattern in a key AI stock.
It is a bull market for stocks. On the chart below, the S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) recently broke rim resistance of a cup-with-handle pattern and is trading near a 52-week high. The S&P 500 EW ETF (RSP) recorded a new high in late September and is leading the market since July as the bull market broadened. Moreover, over 75% of S&P 500 stocks are trading above their 200-day SMAs.
And that’s not all. As noted in our weekly reports/videos, QQQ and the Mag7 ETF (MAGS) broke out of triangle consolidations. We can also add narrow yield spreads, a dovish Fed and the Chinese bazooka to the equation. Which brings me to the question: What more do bulls want? Answer: Nothing. October is here and an election looms so we may see above average volatility. Even so, the weight of the evidence is clearly bullish for stocks. Volatility is the price of admission.
In our weekly report/video, we highlighted our top three AI stocks. Two of these broke out in late September and one remains within a bullish continuation pattern. The chart below shows Broadcom (AVGO) hitting a new high in June and trading well above the rising 200-day SMA (red line). After hitting a new high, the stock consolidated with a triangle into September. This is a consolidation within an uptrend, which makes it a bullish continuation pattern. AVGO broke out in late September and this breakout signals a continuation of the long-term uptrend.
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Arthur Hill, CMT
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Arthur Hill, CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London.
