• The S&P 500 Index rallied on Monday again after initially falling.
• It now looks as if we are going to do everything we can to break above the 4300 level, and that opens up the possibility of a bit of a “melt-up”.
• There’s nothing truly keeping the market back other than the 200-day EMA, an indicator that is only somewhat reliable.

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S&P 500 Likely To Break Out to Upside

Keep in mind that these markets run on liquidity and not what’s going on in the economy unless of course, it’s good news. Because of this, I think that this market probably does break out to the upside and continues going much higher, mainly due to the fact that there doesn’t seem to be anything that can dissuade buyers from coming in and taking advantage of the “cheap pricing.” Keep in mind that this is about liquidity, and it’s obvious that the market believes the Federal Reserve will do whatever it tells it to, and right now is telling the Federal Reserve to be loose with its monetary policy.

The bond market also doesn’t buy the Federal Reserve being able to tighten either, and that has had its own emphasis on potential flooding of liquidity. As long as there is liquidity, stocks go higher because that’s what Wall Street’s been trained to do. The Federal Reserve has been complicit in pumping up a massive asset bubble and has raised an entire generation of traders that know nothing else but pay attention to what the bond market and liquidity is doing. Fundamentals do not matter anymore, and unfortunately, there are a lot of retail traders out there wasting their time looking at P/E ratios, expense reports, etc.

The game has changed quite drastically because most of the volume is done with high-frequency trading machines looking at mathematical patterns, not anything to do with the stock that they are trading. Quite frankly, it’s just an algorithm that gets followed. I know this sounds pessimistic, but once you understand the game you’re playing, you can begin to score some points. At this point, it’s almost impossible to short this market and we are so close to a major breakout it’s unreal. Yes, there are a lot of bearish cases to be made out there, but it’s obvious that Wall Street doesn’t care. As long as it’s going to be the case, you can either argue with Wall Street, or make money.

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