Studying the Repeat Pattern that Targets New Highs for SP500

I’ve been posting frequently about the potential “Repeat Pattern” in the S&P 500 that charts a price pathway straight up toward new highs.

With price mere points shy of that target, let’s step inside the price action (per reader request) and peek behind the scenes as to what happened during the prior two “Repeat Patterns.”

We’ll start with a broader picture comparison and then drop down individually next:

To get a sense of what we’re seeing in the three charts above, take a moment to start with the prior updates:

“Onwards and Upwards to New Highs for the S&P 500”

Planning a Breakout (from a Repeat Pattern) in the S&P 500

S&P 500 “Breaks on Through to the Other Side

Decision Point for the Dow Jones

With those as your backdrop, now we can look inside the prior retracements and rallies that took price back to the prior high and then beyond it.

All we’re doing is comparing the current (August) pattern with the two most recent patterns in April and January.

In fact, when we pull them apart, we can see the individual movement that created the patterns:

April 2014:

And our current pattern unfolding to the upside (August 2014):

I wanted to highlight a quick comparison both from a planning the near-term future (as we do in the Member Reports each night) and an educational example of how buyers and sellers create chart patterns that repeat (or at least are very similar).

As long as the pattern “holds” and plays out as it did in the past, it allows us to profit from the movement (while being on guard for any “pattern breaks” or unexpected reversals).

Corey Rosenbloom, CMT
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9 Comments

  1. There have DEFINITELY been a lot of repeat patterns this year – bottom the week before opex (except Jan), pull back the week after opex, rally in to employment, pull back post employment and then rally in to opex again….

    Has not happened with that exact script every month…. but almost every month…
    -Jan: Employment was a week later
    -Feb: Fall was so big… there was not even a discernible post opex pullback
    -March: Played it perfectly
    April: Played it perfectly
    May: Close, but no pullback post opex
    June: Limited pullbacks, but did play out
    July: Spot on
    August: Employment was a low – so no…. but bottomed pre opex….

    Now, the next big question – is this February all over or more like March, April and June….

    Most of this year's pattern has been seen before during this bull, EXCEPT for the super consistent pre opex week bottom – that is a new one…..

    THANKS for all of your excellent posts!

    -D

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