Multiple time frames help. That was the one thing I kept coming back to was that my monthly charts looked bearish going into April.
Also, I think having some objective indicators that tell you market momentum are helpful, I know Overnight argues that no one can predict anything, but this indicator gave a warning even ahead of 2020 meltdown. I like this because the MACD gives an alert and then the parabolic SAR gives a confirmation:
That one is a customized all-US stocks momentum indicator. But here is all-US advance-decline line over the S&P:
Futures are red. SPY down .45% pre-market. Ditto the Q's. I'm gonna go out on a limb here with a btfd call. This market reeeally wants to go higher. I think a lot of weak hands were shaken out Friday and yesterday morning. If they do start climbing at the bell, it'll be a very swift climb.