Thx Rekar. I definitely believe that the fact I was powering through my early symptoms (lethargy, general malaise, weakness, muscle pain) that prolonged my recovery process as I’m now in about week 4 with mild cases typically over within 2-weeks. Taking it easy now as I was doing a lot of labor-intensive projects in the 90*+ heat & sweltering humidity down here in SW FL before the 2nd test came back positive (1st was neg.) Tests even confirmed dehydration. Just sharing that as an FYI to all as Rona seems to be spiking. Rest & lots of fluids until symptoms & fever are gone for 2+ days.

Keep in mind “the” stock market (S&P 500) only closed less than 4% above its pre-COVID closing high. It’s semantics, really, whether one wants to argue the case that the rally off the March lows was a bear market rally, turbocharged with the Fed’s nuclear response, Technically speaking, one can certainly argue the case that the move off the March lows was not a bear market rally since the stock market did make that ~4% marginal new high. However, if that proves to be the highs with the S&P 500 going on to take out the March lows from there, then I think many would agree that the rally was just a Fed-induced, turbo-boosted bear market rally. Only time will tell & right now, my focus lies largely on the near-term outlook based on the 60-minute charts.

Thx. No cure for COVID & I’m not a big fan of taking prescription meds unless really needed. Sure, plenty of the latest “treatment de jour” but I prefer meds that are tried & true. Doc told me to set up another tele-appt this week if not feeling better which I’m debating. Maybe a steroid to get over the hump? As long as don’t suspect any potential pneumonia starting, I’d prefer to let it run its course with rest & lots of fluids. Thx again for your concern.

Also some gaps below, particularly Monday’s gaps, to be backfilled if the market wants to continue higher. Certainly not an absolute necessity but that ‘could’ help the intermediate-term bullish case by injecting a little more fear into the market in order to provide some more fuel for another leg higher. I just posted those as potential pullback targets in the lastest post (charts, not video). Thx for sharing your thoughts.

Plus maybe an element of window dressing as end of Q.

Notable divergence between Europe and US today. US ramped 2% on the open but largely left EU behind, which is unusual.

Little VXX gap fill for what is worth. Been short of this market is like pulling teeth.