SPX Uptrend Intact; GDX Falling Wedge Signals Potential Rally

SPX Monitoring purposes; Long SPX on 4/8/26 at 6782.81.  

Our gain 1/1/24 to 12/31/24 = 29.28%; SPX gain 23.67%

Our Gain 1/1/23 to 12/31/23 SPX= 28.12%; SPX gain 23.38%

Monitoring purposes GOLD:  Long GDX at 75.76; 9/29/25

The chart above goes back three years. The bottom window is the 21 day average of the Equity put call ratio (CPCE); next higher window is the 10 day average and next higher is the 5 day average. We noted with red dotted lines the times when all three moving averages of the CPCE reached near .65 and higher and in all cases the market was near a low or in a rally. 

Above is a trending following method for the SPX. The bottom window is the weekly SPX/VIX ratio and the middle window is the weekly SPX. Referring to the weekly SPX/VIX; we shaded in green and pink when the SPX/VIX ratio was below its mid Bollinger band. We shaded in green when only the weekly SPX/VIX ratio was below its mid Bollinger band and shaded in pink when both the weekly SPX and SPX/VIX where below their mid Bollinger band. The SPX/VIX ratio usually leads the SPX. So when the weekly SPX/VIX ratio falls below its mid Bollinger band this condition can lead to the SPX to fall below its mid Bollinger band which in turn can lead to a sell signal in the SPX. To get a sell signal both the weekly SPX/VXI ratio and weekly SPX need to fall below their mid Bollinger; which we shaded in pink. Right now both the weekly SPX/VIX and weekly SPX are both above their mid Bollinger suggesting uptrend in SPX is intact. 

The pattern forming on weekly GDX appears to be a “Falling Wedge.” This pattern has decreasing volume and the market works lower and the trend lines connecting the highs and lows verge into an Apex. The minimum upside target of the “Falling Wedge” is where the pattern began which is the March high near 117.00 range. Normally the rally out of the Apex is swift.   GDX is near the Apex now. The bottom window is the weekly GDX/GLD ratio. This ratio is making higher lows and higher highs while GDX is making lower low and lower highs which in turn are a bullish divergence. A strong retracement rally in GDX is nearing. Long GDX 9/29/25 at 75.76.