leftyg I have no idea how much you know so let me explain what $BPSPX is
$BPSPX (is a free Stock Charts program) that uses all 500 stocks in the S&P500. It determines the percentage of the 500 stocks that are in the P&F buy mode.
Today that is 51%
Each of the stocks in the S&P 500 is tested for the standard three box set up for a BUY MODE
Then I use the result and look at the trend over a number of days.
The KEY is that the $BPSPX trend should confirm the SPX trend.
This increases the probability of the SPX TREND being correct.
Today we have non confirmation. For 8/19/08 any thing is possible we may get confirmation or we not get confirmation.
Hope that helps. If not, ask again before you put real money into play.