Buyers demolished yet another middling Hidden Pivot resistance Tuesday, much as they’ve been doing for the last nine years. I’d have laid odds that the 25,392 target (see inset) would show some stopping power, but it didn’t. When the dust settled, the Indoos had topped 47 points above it at 25439. When a Hidden Pivot as clear and compelling as this one is so easily brushed aside, it strongly implies that bulls have sufficient buying power to push the blue chip average much higher. I’ll back off targeting for a while until I can offer you a fresh one with the ability to shorten our odds for a successful trade north._______UPDATE (Jan 9, 11:41 p.m.): Back to the old drawing board. The 27,251 target shown should tide us over for a while, since it leaves nearly 1900 of upside for the Indoos to cover before they hit something ostensibly solid._______ UPDATE (Jan 17, 5:39 p.m.): If you enjoy hoping that each and every Hidden Pivot rally target could conceivably produce the Mother of All Tops — I know I do — then keep the number 26,416 in mind. That’s a dark-horse-candidate ‘hidden’ resistance of somewhat lesser degree than the one at 27,251, and I would be remiss if I didn’t at least mention it. For some of you, it could make Thursday’s obligatory upthrust more interesting to watch. On the 120-minute chart, here are the coordinates that produced the target: A=22,219 on 9/25/17; B=24,534 on 12/4; and C=24,101 on 12/7. _______ UPDATE (Jan 25, 7:23 p.m.): So much for our ‘dark-horse’ target at 26,416 . Thursday’s waft to 26458 exceeded it by a not insignificant 42 points, rendering it obsolete. We’ll revert to the original target at 27,251 — a high-confidence bet as far as I’m concerned. (So high-confidence, actually, that I will be more careful than usual about noticing small but potentially telling signs of fatigue.)