It has been just over three months since the S&P 500 made its last all-time closing high on July 26th. If we get a close above 3,025.86 today, the current bull market will extend to 3,885 days using the standard bull market definition of a 20%+ rally that was preceded by a 20%+ decline on a closing basis.

As shown in the table of post-WW2 bull markets below, this one easily ranks as the second longest and second strongest on record. We’re now more than 1,000 days longer than the 1949-1956 and 1974-1980 bulls, and we’re nearly 2,000 days longer than the 2002-2007 bull. We’re also more than double the average bull market in terms of both length and gain.

The average bull sees a gain of 154.4% over 1,700 days.This bull we’ve seen a price gain of 349.5% over 3,885 days.