My firm is starting to run out of ways to phrase it but this market continues to grind higher. Another gap up was bought this morning after S&P futures were down as many as seven handles pre-market and the index finished narrowly positive. In the end all major indices finished within 0.1% of the flat line as we head into the first 2013 monthly options expiration tomorrow. Typically traders like to take a step back on options expiration due to potential pinning action that is often tough to navigate. I think that being cautious would make particular sense given ...