The S&P 500 index ($SPX) has failed to make any significant upside progress since breaking out to new all-time highs in mid-July.  So is the SPX just stuck?  Has it run out of steam?

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The S&P 500 index has spent a month and half in a period of consolidation, true.  This consolidation however is amid a much larger uptrend.  In the larger context, this consolidation is healthy for the on-going uptrend. 

The bias remains bullish with near-term support in the SPX at 2159 and lower support at 2134 and 2115.  The bias will remain bullish while above these levels of support.

Only a move below 2100 would shift the big picture bias and advantage away from the bulls.

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