While the NASDAQ gained .91 percent this week, the DJIA advanced a mere .19 percent, and the S&P500 improved .27 percent over the previous Friday close.
All three indices moved up today, again led by NASDAQs 1.21 percent rise, with the DJIA posting a .56 percent gain and the S&P500 increasing by .48 percent.
With todays positive close, the NASDAQ followed a pattern of +1 /-1 /+ 5 (that is, a series of closes with one positive day, following a down day, that occurred after five straight upticks). There are only nine such trading patterns since January 2000, having a typical median- gain of .48 percent, which was outdistanced by todays NASDAQ advance of 1.21 percent.