There wasn't much to today's action but for what there was, it was positive - better again in the face of Google's disappointing earnings (revenue miss). The S&P barely registered a gain but with the index a couple of points shy of all-time highs it can be forgiven. Volume was sufficient to register as accumulation.

The S&P maintained bullish pressure with a small gain, a gain sufficient to mark a new closing high.  Technicals are generally bullish, although the MACD has flat-lined.

There wasn't a whole lot to today's action despite the damage done to my monitored Shutterstock ($SSTK) following disappointed earnings. The Small Caps index fell back into converged 20-day, 50-day and 200-day MA.

Nothing spectacular but after day's of tight intraday action, today's action belonged firmly in the bull column. In percentage terms there wasn't a whole lot to today's gain but relatively, the gain was key. For the S&P we now have a new closing high on slightly higher volume accumulation. While the MACD has flatlined there is still bullish accumulation trends in On-Balance-Volume and relative performance, alongside strongly overbought stochastics; what is bullish stays bullish until proven otherwise.

My individual picks on invest4success  are showing a greater level of weakness than the indices. This may reflect bad stock picking on my part, or could represent a hidden undercurrent of weakness which hasn't represented itself in the broader market. Time will tell which side is true. Leading on from this, I would like the Russell 2000 to regain its leadership which it lost in March. The February high rebuttal off the 200-day MA remains the high for the index in 2019, but something more is required to see a reversal in the relative performance loss.

While my invest4success picks saw some changes, the larger picture didn't change a whole lot. The biggest gain was from the Dow Industrials. While the gain was nothing to write home about it was the only index to register a gain.  Volume was lighter but technicals are net bullish. If there was a downside, it's that relative performance needs a pick up to run alongside index gains. The S&P didn't change a whole lot so haven't feature it.

A mixed day for markets. The only winner was the Semiconductor Index as it gapped higher off yesterday's strong white candle. With other markets suffering losses the risk of a 'bearish shooting star' tomorrow is reasonably high.