The theme for this week is Fed Watch for Wednesday afternoon, and an advance look at 4Q GDP on Friday, with earnings before and after the bell all week.
The bulls are working that bottom formation and it will run if they get the breakout. Notice the failure of a similar pattern about a week ago.
This can go either way. It may not give a clear signal until after the FOMC decision, unless 'something happens.'
“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny