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Market Monitor Trends (SPY, QQQ, IWM) and Breadth May 19

By Kristoff De Turck - reviewed by Aldwin Keppens

Last update: May 19, 2025

ChartMill Market Monitor Report Trends and Breadth

(All data & visualisations by ChartMill.com)

Daily Market Trend Analysis – May 16, 2025 (After Market Close)

The short-term trend remains bullish across all major indices, supported by strong market breadth and price action.

Short Term Trend

ChartMill US Indices Performance daily

SPY (S&P 500 ETF)

  • Short-Term Trend: Bullish (no change)
  • Support at $560 - $570
  • Resistance at $610
  • Volume: At average (50)
  • Pattern: Up day

QQQ (Nasdaq-100 ETF)

  • Short-Term Trend: Bullish (no change)
  • Support at $490 - $500
  • Resistance at $540
  • Volume: At average (50)
  • Pattern: Hanging Man Candle

IWM (Russell 2000 ETF)

  • Short-Term Trend: Bullish (no change)
  • Support at $200
  • Resistance at $210-215
  • Volume: Below average (50)
  • Pattern: Up day

Long Term Trend

ChartMill US Indices Performance weekly

SPY (S&P 500 ETF)

  • Long-Term Trend: Neutral (no change)

QQQ (Nasdaq-100 ETF)

  • Long-Term Trend: Positive (no change)

IWM (Russell 2000 ETF)

  • Long-Term Trend: Neutral (no change)

Daily Market Breadth Analysis – May 16, 2025 (After Market Close)

ChartMill US Indices Performance weekly

May 12 marked a powerful bullish breadth day with 75.4% advancing stocks, of which 20.9% advanced over 4%, indicating strong upward momentum.

The trend continued through May 16, where 68.9% of stocks advanced, far outweighing the 28.2% declining.

The breadth is confirmed by a consistent rise in stocks above key moving averages:

  • SMA(20): 77.8%

  • SMA(50): 71.6%

  • SMA(100): 52.4%

  • SMA(200): 42.9%

ChartMill US Indices Performance weekly

Intermediate Trends:

The weekly advance-decline trend shows that advancing stocks have reclaimed control:

  • From May 6–9, advancers hovered near 50–60%.

  • From May 12 onwards, weekly advancers surged above 70%.

New Highs vs. New Lows (NH/NL):

  • A subtle but steady increase in New Highs (NH) from 1.7% (May 6) to 3.8% (May 16).

  • New Lows (NL) remain minimal, dropping to 0.8% on May 16.

Market Interpretation

The market breadth data from May 6 to May 16, 2025, reflects a clear shift toward bullish momentum.

After brief weakness around May 6 and May 14, the majority of stocks have resumed upward movement with strong participation across multiple timeframes. The increasing number of stocks above key moving averages, rising new highs, and solid weekly breadth figures all confirm broad internal market strength.

The rally is not just driven by a few large caps—it is broad-based and gaining momentum, this is a constructive environment for short- to mid-term traders and trend followers.

ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 ETF

NYSEARCA:IWM (6/18/2025, 8:04:00 PM)

After market: 209.81 +0.16 (+0.08%)

209.65

+1.1 (+0.53%)


INVESCO QQQ TRUST SERIES 1

NASDAQ:QQQ (6/18/2025, 8:21:25 PM)

After market: 528.96 -0.03 (-0.01%)

528.99

-0.09 (-0.02%)


SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST

NYSEARCA:SPY (6/18/2025, 8:04:00 PM)

After market: 597.29 -0.15 (-0.03%)

597.44

-0.09 (-0.02%)



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