SPX daily closes above 2732 are needed for several days in order to see a short squeeze and lasting buying surge in earnest, and seriously discourage the bearish bias which remains in the psychology or in the hopes and dreams of some traders/technicians
for those who know where to look, Don W. made a telling public statement in recent weeks which is a valuable reminder, and I have summed up his sentiment in my own words below:
the more bleak it temporarily appears, the healthier and more sustainable will be the following advancing sequence
and I remind you that the longer is the period of horizontal price basing, the more sustainable is the following breakout or breakdown ( an accepted classic rule among market technicians )
* here is a link to John Bollinger's Market Timing Chart Pack, for which permission is already granted to re-distribute
a PDF file Note - chart #21 is newly added with this March 6, 2018 update
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