Thing is this: You think it was any different with number releases in the 70s, 80s, 90s than it is now? All the charts we look at for reference include all kinds of number releases, fed statements and God knows what forecasts. Trade the charts works today just like it worked 10 or 20 years ago. All these statistic numbers are just a smoke screen that nobody looking at the SP500 chart in 5 years will remember.