The market gapped up at the open for the first time since last Monday.
That day the market gained 27-points and closed near the highs.
For the next couple the days the market then struggled to make higher highs, even though opening higher on both days.
Then the recent selloff kicked in.
Today the market gapped up and gained 27-points and also closed near the highs.
Deja veau?
We continue to observe three waves down from SPX 2491: 2438-2475-2417, and now a counter rally to 2455.
Despite the strong day, thinking the 2456 pivot range should hold this advance, as noted in the weekend update, with possibly a short term negative divergence at the highs.
Short term support is at the 2444 and 2428 pivots, with resistance at the 2456 and 2479 pivots.
Short term momentum hit extremely overbought as the highs.
This week let’s look at the big picture. The very big picture.
While published data on the US stock market only began in the year 1885, we have been able to piece together, using secular Saeculum cycles and economic cycles, how the US market would have looked from the early 1700’s.
As an emerging growth economy the US would have not looked anything like the European markets that do have stock market data going back that far. That data was not considered.
From around the year 1700 to 1929 the US experienced a 200+ year grand super cycle bull market GSC 1
The 1929-1932 crash, when the stock market lost nearly 90% of its value, ended GSC 2
While short in time the crash made up for it in price damage.
A GSC 3 bull market began at that 1932 low.
Within GSC 1 there were five super cycles, approximately: SC1 1700-1770 SC2 1770-1776 SC3 1776-1850 SC4 1850-1857 SC5 1857-1929
Within the current GSC 3 there have been two completed super cycles, with the third underway: SC1 1932-2007 SC2 2007-2009 SC3 2009-xxxx
Since super cycle bull markets last 70+ years, this SC3 is not likely to top until around the year 2080.
Within each super cycle bull market there are five Cycle waves.
SC1 of GSC 3 divided as follows: C1 1932-1937 C2 1937-1942 C3 1942-1973 C4 1973-1974 C5 1974-2007
Notice the Cycle wave bull markets can be as short as 5 years or as long as 30+ years.
Also note, no matter the wave degree the bear markets are always much shorter in time than the bull markets.
Since super cycle bull markets last 70+ years, this SC3 is not likely to top until around the year 2080.