Why is the S&P price holding/bouncing at the current level?

Because it is sitting on top of the trading channel that it defined since the turn of the 20th century. The only time that the S&P broke above this channel was the dot com bubble. That is a pretty ominous sign if you ask me. The good news is that the S&P is still inside the blue channel that started in 2009.

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