SPX historical monthly performance

Here's a graph that counts the number of months that had positive gains. The number of months up for each time frame is plotted. This shows you the frequency of runs, or streaks.

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Here's a comparison of each month's performance over the last 55 years.

January

SPXJan

February

SPXFeb

March

SPXMar

April

SPXApr

May

SPXMay

June

SPXJun

July

SPXJul

August

SPXAug

September

SPXSep

October

SPXOct

November

SPXNov

December

SPXDec