Below is symbol $SPX200MA which tracks the percentage of stocks above their 200-day moving average. As you can plainly see, this thing has been hammering out an enormous topping pattern since December.

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Below is symbol $SPX200MA which tracks the percentage of stocks above their 200-day moving average. As you can plainly see, this thing has been hammering out an enormous topping pattern since December.

As eager as I am for a big ol’ honkin’ bear market, I’ve got to hand one thing to the permabulls: the moving averages are all screaming “steady as she goes“. If this market ever does truly break, this laggig indicators are going to let folks know the news after it’s way too late.

Ignore ’em at your peril:

This is not a good thing, perma-bulls………..

It seems that, in spite of the lifetime highs, the raw strength of the market is starting to wane, as this chart of the percentage of stocks above their 200-day moving averages illustrates.
