May has seen a rise on the 1st trading day of the month a high percentage of the time. But that start of May strength has not typically seen follow-through in the next few days. This can be seen in the results table below.

Of the 18 instances that rose on the first day in May since 1987, 14 of them closed lower 4 days later. Traders may want to keep this in mind this week.

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