Today's number is... 22

Stocks have now posted 22 straight trading days with more new highs than new lows, even as investors keep waiting for this rally to break down.

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Today's number is... 2

Two extremes just hit at the same time: the riskiest stocks on Wall Street just hit all-time highs relative to the S&P 500, while the safest stocks just hit all-time lows. 

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Today's number is... 102.9%

The current S&P 500 bull market is now up 102.9% from the October 2022 low.

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Today's number is... 100%

All major indices are above every key moving average, from 5-day to 200-day.

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Today's number is... 5

We are entering May, the 5th month of the year, and the start of the market’s weakest period, which tends to run through the middle of the year. 

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Today's number is... 30

The Dow holds 30 stocks, and they are not moving the same way.

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Today's number is... 13.6%

S&P 600 small caps are up 13.6% year to date, leading every major size and style group.

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Today's number is... 18

Semiconductors just closed 18 days higher in a row. That is the longest streak on record.

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Today's number is... 56

Bullish Consensus is at 56, sitting mid-range while the S&P 500 pushes back to all-time highs.

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Today's number is... 3

Three cyclical vs defensive ratios are breaking out together across large, mid, and small caps.

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Today's number is... 100

The Canary In The Coal Mine Composite is sitting at 100, with all eight canaries back above their 200-day moving average, and all are trending higher.

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Today's number is... 20

20-day highs are surging, with 58% of small caps, 48% of mid caps, and 43% of large caps pushing to fresh short-term highs.

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Today's number is... 1.74

The High Beta vs Low Volatility ratio just broke out to fresh all-time highs at 1.74.

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Today's number is... 5

The S&P 500 just printed its 5th all-time high of the year.

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Today's number is... 2

Two leadership groups are already at all-time highs.

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Today's number is... 2

Two risky areas of the market, Small Caps and Micro Caps, have followed the same multi-year basing pattern breakout, retest, and expansion attempt.

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Today's number is... 147

My custom Risk-On vs Risk-Off ratio is back testing the 147 level.

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Today's number is... 13

The S&P 500 spent 13 days below its 200-day moving average before reclaiming it with a 2.5% rally yesterday.

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Today's number is... 0.123

The Consumer Staples vs S&P 500 ratio sits at 0.123, near its lowest level since early February.

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Today's number is... 1.17

The ratio of inflation-protected Treasury bonds vs. 7–10 year Treasury bonds just reached 1.17 as it pushes to fresh 52-week highs.

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Today's number is... 299

299 was the breakdown level for the Magnificent Seven. But the market just reclaimed it.

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Today's number is... 10

One quarter of the year is finished, and the S&P 500 sits at –3.9% for 2026 so far.

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Today's number is... 10

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones closed below their 10-month moving averages at the end of March.

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Today's number is... 0%

Not one of the six major US stock indexes I track is trading above any major moving average.

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