Market
The whole backdrop, the same dashboards as the desk, so you know how much risk to take today.
Mixed signals. Be picky, favor quality names, and keep position sizes moderate. No need to force trades.
📊 Market Health
- • 3,501 stocks up vs 1,725 down (2.0 to 1), broad participation.
- • New highs beat new lows 2.1 to 1, the average stock is healthy.
- • Volume leans to the buyers (1.32× up/down), the conviction behind the move.
- • 55% of stocks are above their 50-day line , 60% above their 200-day.
- • 345 new highs vs 167 new lows.
Why it matters: when most stocks rise together, a rally is real, not just a few giants carrying the index.
🌐 Participation
most stocks participatingWhy it matters: if small caps and the average stock keep pace with the big indexes, the move has real legs.
⚡ Volatility
CalmFear index (VIX) at 16.8 · Normal. Term structure: Calm (contango).
Why it matters: calm tape means you can press your best ideas, a spike means trim size and buy protection while it's cheap.
🚦 Who's Leading
Risk-onWhy it matters: when cyclicals lead defensives, money is reaching for risk, the green light to be aggressive.