Small-cap and micro-cap stocks are breaking out to new all-time highs after being in a holding pattern for 10 months, which includes the Small-Cap Russell 2000 Index, the S&P Small-Cap 600 Index, and the Russell Micro-Cap Index. These small-cap and micro-cap indexes have gone nowhere for almost a year, and now they are finally breaking out to all-time highs.

Check out this point & figure chart of the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE). It's a big hot mess right now. The XLE has been busy making lower highs and lower lows. The trend is not it's friend (for now).

A picture is worth a thousand words. So too is a chart. Markets and sectors trend (up or down) over time. To that end, here are 6 market and sector charts we thought you might find interesting.

By comparing Bitcoin to past bubbles on the attached chart, you can decide for yourself if Bitcoin is a bubble about to burst. One thing we know from experience: Bitcoin cannot defy gravity forever. At some point, what goes up, must come down.