Bearish Signals on the S&P 500

Despite recently reaching an all-time high of 5,669, the S&P 500's monthly chart is on track to end July with a bearish shooting star candlestick pattern, snapping a two-month bullish phase. Follow-through selling on the chart could see the unit trade as far south as support at 4,776.

Meanwhile, on the weekly chart, last week ended in a bearish engulfing candlestick pattern (which focusses on real bodies, not upper and lower shadows), with the market index down -1.4% week to date. Channel resistance-turned-support extended from the high of 4,607, coupled with support coming in at 5,264, calls for attention as the next layer of support.

Therefore, in addition to monthly and weekly charts showing negative divergences from the Relative Strength Index (RSI), chart studies demonstrate the scope to press lower until connecting with weekly support around 5,300.