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A rare streak, and Wall Street loves a pattern
The S&P 500 just pulled off a seven-week winning streak, which sounds less like a market statistic and more like something you’d brag about in a fantasy football group chat. But Ryan Detrick of Carson Group says this setup has been a pretty tasty omen in the past: the last three times it happened, the index was up more than 20% a year later.
And the longer lens gets even juicier. Historically, the S&P 500 has risen 15.7% on average over the following 52 weeks after this kind of signal. That doesn’t mean the market has a crystal ball — but it does mean the tape is looking stubbornly bullish.
So… should you panic about Friday?
Not exactly. The index fell 1.2% on Friday after hitting a record high the day before, but that came after an unusually long stretch of back-to-back 1% gains. In other words: a little air coming out of the balloon was probably inevitable.
Detrick’s point is basically that strong markets can keep being strong without it being some dramatic plot twist. The S&P 500 is still up about 8% year to date, while the Nasdaq has been running even hotter.
What it means if you own the big index ETFs
The move matters for the usual suspects:
- SPY slid 1.20%
- QQQ dropped 1.51%
- DIA fell 1.03%
If you own those funds, you’re basically betting on the market’s mood swing continuing to trend upward. And right now, the chart people are calling this a “good news” setup — which is finance-speak for: don’t fight the tape unless you really enjoy pain.
Big picture: rare technical signals don’t guarantee anything, but they can remind you that markets are often more momentum machine than rational calculator.