Number of S&P 500 Highs vs. Lows Suggests Caution

5/5 - "...although we have now broken above the problematic resistance level of 1400, there are several reasons to reign in any rampant bullishness in the short term.

Among them, sentiment as well as the High/Low Indicator that I’ve mentioned before a few times. It measures and compares the number of highs to lows in the S&P 500 index. It is a ratio of the highs to the sum of the highs and lows."

"This year has already brought two crazy oversold situations in the market. The first in January and the second, mid-March...Clearly the extraordinary situation in early 2008 has been resolved and the S&P 500 has bounced back - around +10%. And even if the High Low Index did get red-lined, it is no guarantee that the S&P 500 will top out instantly.

But the important thing I take from this metric is that we no longer have that deep oversold condition from which to catapu...