Gareth Soloway argues the recent S&P 500 and NASDAQ pullback may be more than a routine dip: he thinks the market could be forming a head-and-shoulders top, especially if prices bounce for a few sessions and then roll over. He links near-term market support to the upcoming SpaceX IPO, saying institutions may try to keep the market from collapsing so retail demand and IPO pricing stay strong.
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Gareth Soloway opens by framing the video around a key question: whether the S&P 500 and NASDAQ’s recent weakness is just a pullback before new highs, or the start of a larger top. His core thesis is that the current bounce should be watched not as confirmation of strength, but as a possible right-shoulder setup in a developing head-and-shoulders pattern. He says the market broke a trend line, the prior session was weak, and any near-term rise could simply complete the topping formation before a downside break. A major part of his reasoning is the upcoming SpaceX IPO. Soloway argues institutions, including bookrunners such as Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Morgan Stanley, have an incentive to avoid a sharp market drop before the IPO because they need retail buyers and a successful first-day launch. …
Near term, Soloway is tactically bearish but expects any downside to be delayed by a possible pre-IPO stabilization bounce. The tradeable risk is that a modest rally forms the right shoulder before the market rolls over.
Over the next several weeks, the market likely needs to prove whether the bounce is a base or just a topping pattern. A confirmed neckline break would shift the view toward a broader correction; failure to do so would invalidate the bearish setup.
Structurally, the video argues that crowded AI leadership and IPO-cycle incentives can mask exhaustion before a broader regime shift. If the head-and-shoulders completes, it would suggest the prior uptrend has matured into a distribution phase rather than a fresh leg higher.
The S&P 500 may be forming a head-and-shoulders top rather than just a normal pullback.
He says a bounce followed by rollover would create the pattern and set up a neckline break.
The market is unlikely to collapse sharply before the SpaceX IPO because institutions have an incentive to keep it supported.
He argues bookrunners need retail demand and a successful debut, so they will not allow a major drop.
A successful right-shoulder bounce followed by a neckline break would confirm a larger top and shift the S&P into a downtrend.
He says lower highs and then a lower low would mark a change from uptrend to downtrend.
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