Two-Day Consolidation Looks Buyable into Tech Earnings; Mag 7 Should Drive SPX Above 7200

Near-term US Equity trends remain positive, and the minor two-day consolidation in $SPX looks like a buyable pullback into this week's heavy slate of Mag 7 earnings. Technically speaking, it's right to lean bullish here and use any further weakness as an opportunity to add exposure, with my near-term target on $SPX of a push up toward 7200 and above into early-to-mid May. DeMark-based daily exhaustion signals on $SPY appear 4-6 days premature, and while $QQQ has registered a TD Combo "13 Countdown," the corresponding TD Sequential reading is still early — meaning the Combo Sell has not yet been confirmed and is unlikely to be actionable until both timeframes align. Tech is once again doing the heavy lifting, with $NVDA's representation in cap-weighted indices and constructive setups across $GOOGL, $AMZN, $META, and $MSFT positioning the Mag 7 to drive the next leg higher. While month-end pension rebalancing flows could create a modest near-term headwind, and front-month WTI Crude has been firming, in my view, Mag 7 earnings should overshadow both, and any near-term volatility into earnings prints should be used as an opportunity to add exposure, not reduce it. Overall, it's right to remain long, with constructive trends across Technology, Financials, and Industrials, and defensive sectors continuing to lag — both encouraging signs that the rally has further room to run before any meaningful pause.

Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) - Breakout above downtrend while not yet at prior highs from last year.

The next 24 hours represent an extraordinary 48-hour stretch. The four mega-cap tech companies alone - Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft- represent more than 10% of the S&P 500's total market capitalization. These companies are collectively expected to spend $600 billion in AI capex in 2026, making commentary on AI return-on-investment the single biggest theme across all four reports.

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