{"id":1279,"date":"2023-12-29T11:27:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2023-12-29T12:22:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T16:22:02","slug":"how-stocks-perform-with-or-without-santa-showing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/how-stocks-perform-with-or-without-santa-showing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How Stocks Perform With or Without Santa Showing Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Santa Claus Rally historically usually delivers strong market returns during such a short time frame (from 12-22-23 and ends on the second trading day of January):<\/b><br \/>\n<i>As highlighted in the chart below, the S&#038;P 500 has generated average and median returns of 1.3% during the Santa Claus Rally period, compared to only 0.2% and 0.4% average and median returns for all rolling seven-day returns, respectively. <\/i><br \/>\n<b>Please refer to the below Santa Clause Rally History bar chart as sourced at LPL Research, Bloomberg 12\/22\/23.<\/b><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1251\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1251\" data-attachment-id=\"1251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/the-stock-market-after-federal-election\/sp-500-election-cycle-chart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SP-500-election-cycle-chart-e1685458120205.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"504,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"S&amp;#038;P 500 election cycle chart\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;S&amp;#038;P 500 Midterm Election Cycle Chart&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;S&amp;#038;P 500 Midterm Election Cycle Chart&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SP-500-election-cycle-chart-e1685458120205-300x232.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SP-500-election-cycle-chart-e1685458120205.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1251\" src=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SP-500-Santa-Claus-Rally-Returns-1950\u20132022.png\" alt=\"Source: LPL Research, Bloomberg 12\/22\/23\" width=\"504\" height=\"389\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Santa Claus Rally Historically Delivers Above-Average Gains<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>When the S&#038;P 500 finishes higher during this year\u2019s Santa Claus Rally, it will mark the eighth consecutive period of positive returns. The longest streak was 10 back in the mid-1960s. However, as highlighted in the table below, positive returns during the Santa Claus Rally are relatively common, as the market has advanced 80% of the time during this period. All rolling seven-day returns for the S&#038;P 500 since 1950 have a positivity rate of only 58%.<br \/>\n<b>Please refer to the below Santa Clause Rally Chart as sourced at LPL Research, Bloomberg 12\/22\/23.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>S&#038;P 500 Santa Claus Rally Returns by Year from 1950 through to 2022<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1251\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1251\" data-attachment-id=\"1251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/the-stock-market-after-federal-election\/sp-500-election-cycle-chart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SP-500-election-cycle-chart-e1685458120205.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"504,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"S&amp;#038;P 500 election cycle chart\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;S&amp;#038;P 500 Midterm Election Cycle Chart&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;S&amp;#038;P 500 Midterm Election Cycle Chart&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SP-500-election-cycle-chart-e1685458120205-300x232.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SP-500-election-cycle-chart-e1685458120205.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1251\" src=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Will-the-Santa-Claus-Stock-Market-Rally-or-the-Grinch-Show-Up-in-2023.png\" alt=\"Source: LPL Research, Bloomberg 12\/22\/23\" width=\"504\" height=\"389\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How Stocks Perform With or Without Santa Showing Up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more on the above chart and this Santa Clause Rally Theory by LPL Financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpl.com\/research\/blog\/will-santa-claus-or-the-grinch-show-up-this-year.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To view another theory on the Santa Clause Rally at Trade Currency Now Forex Blog <a href=\"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/sp-500-positive-christmas-or-negative-christmas-history-indicator\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NOTES ON WHY PAST HISTORY MAY NOT BE A TRUE INDICATOR FOR TODAY&#8217;s MARKET: Keep in mind that we are in some unusual financial times with government overreach\/market manipulation, hyper inflation, high spending through FED monetary easing and 2024 is a presidential election year on the opposite side we have high debt, highly leveraged markets, wars and attacks and the next pandemic that can crash a market.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I hope the above information was of interest to you.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony at TradeCurrencyNow,<br \/>\nAmerica&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradecurrencynow.com\/news\/forexnewsinformationsignals.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forex News and Currency Information Source<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>The above information is opinion based except where noted. This web page and website information is NOT trading advice. Always contact a licensed professional for information on the above subject or BEFORE applying or practicing the above information.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Santa Claus Rally historically usually delivers strong market returns during such a short time frame (from 12-22-23 and ends on the second trading day of January): As highlighted in the chart below, the S&#038;P 500 has generated average and median returns of 1.3% during the Santa Claus Rally period, compared to only 0.2% and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-question-and-answer-forex-currency-trading-forum-blog-for-traders-who-trade-the-forex-market","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8riK9-kD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradecurrencynow.com\/forex-trading-help-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}