The market remains volatile and -- so far -- within its previous trading range, on a closing basis.

Last Monday, the COVID-19 vaccine news caused SP to gap up on Monday's open.That was the largest percentage gap to a new all-time high in history.

As traders know, there's an old adage to "sell the news," especially if there has been anticipatory buying before "the news." And they did, driving SP back inside its 3200-3600 trading range.

It still seems that a close above the highest prices reached in September -- would be an upside breakout and would have follow-through. So that is near-term resistance. A breakout to the upside would be worth following.

"When valuations are extreme, turns become inevitable, and a small shift in sentiment is often all it takes to initiate a [huge] swing of the pendulum."

In summary, SP-500 is range-bound and volatile.

Election-related or not, the move from the bottom to the top of the SP-500 trading range in just four trading days was impressive. Trading range trading until there is a break-out. The recent moves have pretty much wiped out what had been a support and resistance area so the edges of the range itself are the only meaningful support and resistance currently.

"It's interesting that everything is up today as the dollar tanks [except] oil, and some oil related stocks. That's because investors do not expect actual economic growth that would require more energy, just more stimulus that pumps up asset prices as it sedates the real economy"