See on the daily bar chart for the September e-mini S&P futures that prices are in a solid uptrend and have just hit a 10-month high. The bulls are in strong technical control. The price uptrend has occurred amid little fanfare and low volatility. That’s a sign the uptrend can continue—until higher volatility occurs, which would be one clue that a market top is close at hand. But right now the path of least resistance for the U.S. stock indexes is sideways to higher. Stay tuned! Jim Wyckoff