With Friday's lower low, I believe we are in a bonafide correction and that we are either in wave (iv) (could still be in a flat) or (v) of A of 4. The Gann resistance arc rejected wave 3 just as it did in Feb 2018.
1) Looking for this correction to last at least until Feb 19-20 or so. Note the 13WMA (orange line)... a breach of it typically results in it flattening out and in a correction of AT LEAST 200% the distance between the high and the level of the 13WMA. The Dec low of 3070 is a good target to start with. I'm expecting a zig zag down and not a complete tank here, despite the virus fears earnings have been pleasant.
2) I'm expecting some kind of ABC down here... I don't expect A to go any lower than the .382 retrace of wave 3 at around 3155. This also happens to be the intersection of what looks like a wedge formed by the 1x1 and 1x3 Gann angles (green lines) so expecting a little bounce from this throwover there to start B. Good short term scalp here IMO.
3) I don't think B will get any higher than the 20DEMA (blue arrow). Past corrections usually result in the 20DEMA taking on the slope of the 1x4 Gann line and any strength above it should be shorted until the last wk of Feb. B will probably mirror price action during the Iran attack stuff.
4) Bullish scenario: If A doesn't reach 3155 and starts bouncing earlier, 3155 could very well be the end of the correction since wave 4s typically don't retrace more than 38.2% of their respective wave 3s. The entire rally from the Dec 2018 low could very well be a diagonal rising wedge. Remember, ending diagonals are 3-3-3-3-3-3 wave forms so we could get an ABC up to end wave 5 (which would probably confuse the shit out of everybody, exactly what SPX excels at).
5) Bearish scenario (shown in chart): Wave A concludes at 3155, bounces up to around the 20DEMA, then dives back down to the bottom of the channel. In that scenario, I wouldn't be surprised to see it dip below 3020 to run stops. The wave 2s drawn this summer are IMO all running flats, where the wave 1s concluded around 2950, the previous sep 2018 ATH. If that level fails to hold, expect MASSIVE selling. Very low chance of this happening IMO.
6) Ultimately we'll have some kind of H&S pattern here, where A bounces should tell us much more in the coming days.
7) Fundamentally speaking the virus could be a fake panic but really that's irrelevant. The issue is that the stock market is severely overbought and ppl are basically looking for a reason to sell. And unlike the trade war, a potential pandemic isn't something that can be tweeted away. A look at the volume shows that the recent throw-over in December was extremely lightly traded (even the recent selloff is light) With the Fed pulling back on "non-QE", impeachment, the case for bearishness can simply be explained by the absence of bullishness.