Stock Market Investor “Buy the Dip” Mentality is Still Strong, Which is Bullish for Stocks

Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018 Jul 18, 2018 - 03:15 PM GMT

By: Troy_Bombardia

The stock market’s “buy the dip” mentality is very strong right now.

The S&P 500’s pullbacks are becoming smaller and smaller, while the S&P 500 has started to break out.

Netflix tanked -13% yesterday on its earnings report after the market closed, but has clawed its way back to -5%.

As a result, the NASDAQ gapped down more than -0.6%, but reversed and closed at a new all-time high.

Here’s what happens next to the NASDAQ (historically) when the NASDAQ opens down at least -0.6% and closes at a 1 year high (i.e. reverses due to “buy the dip”)

Here’s what happens next to the S&P 500 (historically) when the NASDAQ opens down at least -0.6% and closes at a 1 year high.

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Conclusion

As you can see, the stock market usually continues to go up when its “buy the dip” mentality is strong.

This is a short term (2 weeks forward) bullish sign and medium-long term bullish sign. This study suggests that the S&P 500 will probably get close to making new all-time highs within the next few weeks.

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By Troy Bombardia

BullMarkets.co

I’m Troy Bombardia, the author behind BullMarkets.co. I used to run a hedge fund, but closed it due to a major health scare. I am now enjoying life and simply investing/trading my own account. I focus on long term performance and ignore short term performance.

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