Which market phase is the S&P500 currently in?

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Be on the lookout for Anthropic 🧐 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/15/anthropic-ipo-banks-investor-meetings.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.brave.ios.browser.ActionExtension

Review the “Market Phases” course and post a picture in the comments of either market phase: Uptrend, Downtrend or Consolidation. You can choose any chart: stocks, index funds, crypto, etc. for your example. If you want to show you can recognize all 3 phases then even better 💪

Planet Labs is going down on a downtrend from $52 dollars to $26 dollars. This might be a good time to buy in.