Has the S&P 500 Begun a Bigger Correction?
In 1998 the S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost 4.4% into its January 12 close. This was the last time the S&P 500 recovered from losses far into the month.
Since 1928, the S&P 500 recovered early January losses only 29%. When early losses were less than 2%, the S&P 500 recovered 37.5% of the time.
These stats are not entirely without merit, because 76.6% of the time (since 1950), as January goes so goes the year.
But let's take a look at the S&P 500 chart. So far, the 2014 down days are just a small blip on the chart.
Nevertheless, we see that the S&P 500 (SPY) ‘blipped’ out of a tight one-week trading range and sliced below initial support at 1,823 yesterday ... a rallied back above 1,823 today.
1,810 seems to be a major inflection point for the S&P 500. There are two reasons why bulls may be able to pull out a 'stick save' here:
The S&P 500 didn't quite touch our ideal Fibonacci up side target.
The S&P 500 has not moved below 1,810.
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