Regime context — size to the state: Constructive Rotation
This regime historically persists ~5 td, p_stay 0.80. Labels are monotone in forward VOLATILITY, not direction — Distribution Risk historically preceded the BEST fwd-20d returns (+2.54%).
SPY +0.27% since prior close; Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout leads (+1.31%), Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch lags (-2.21%).
This regime historically persists ~5 td, p_stay 0.80. Labels are monotone in forward VOLATILITY, not direction — Distribution Risk historically preceded the BEST fwd-20d returns (+2.54%).
2.16σ extended vs 252d (n=252). Factor and regime extremes are risk-STATE signals, not direction calls (ref: the -3.45σ Momentum-LowVol week).
2.03σ compressed vs 60d (n=28). Factor and regime extremes are risk-STATE signals, not direction calls (ref: the -3.45σ Momentum-LowVol week).
Down-gaps >=1% have bounced +13-14bps from 10:00 into the close (n=74,435, t=14.3, 51.6% up); strongest faders DIA/XLE/XLI/KRE/MDY/SPY.
Up-gaps show no open->close follow-through edge across proxies EXCEPT XHB (+0.22, t=2.63, 57% follow).
High short-float names carry ~2.5x baseline odds of a +15% 10-day move (16.9% vs 6.8%), in BOTH directions.
Volume anomalies are overwhelmingly distributional. IBM prints 16x relative volume on a 24% decline, HCA trades at 5.1x down 11%, BIIB at 4.2x off 3.95%, C at 3.4x losing 4.7%, and ISRG at 3.3x shedding 6.0%. All are clustered in Neutral/Transition or Broken Momentum baskets.
Week-to-date factor spreads show HighBeta trailing LowVol by 1.27% and Semis underperforming the market by 1.29%. Quality outperforms Extended Risk by 0.85%. The Momentum-LowVol spread is flat at -0.06%, Credit adds 0.19%, while Duration detracts 0.37%.
Energy leads all sectors with a 2.44% intraday gain on 85% advancing breadth. Health Care (-1.35%), Consumer Discretionary (-1.18%), and Consumer Staples (-0.89%) constitute the weakest links. Energy maintains its week-to-date gain of 2.44%, while Health Care has shed 1.35% on the week.
Cybersecurity is the standout theme, up 1.49% intraday with solid participation. Cloud Software follows at +0.75%. On the downside, Healthcare/Biotech drops 1.11% with degraded coverage, Semiconductors give back 0.76%, and Defense/Aerospace loses 0.72%. Oil & Gas ticks up 0.17%, benefiting from Energy sector strength.
Labels are monotone in forward VOLATILITY, not direction — size positions to the risk state, don't chase the label. Transition is empirical; a label change needs two-run confirmation.
The regime has shifted to Constructive Rotation, scoring 0.69 with 80% confidence. The composite reflects strong style momentum (1.50) and trend (1.05) against weak breadth (0.50) and negative rotation (-0.35). Volatility sits at the 58th percentile of the two-year range, with intraday true range at 0.50x its 20-day average, indicating subdued realized swings. Empirically, this regime has an expected dwell of just 5 sessions and only a 31% five-day persistence probability, reflecting the fragile nature of current rotation dynamics.
The equity regime has transitioned from Choppy Neutral to Constructive Rotation, with the composite score at 0.69. The session is sharply bifurcated: Energy surges 2.44% on 85% advancing breadth, while Health Care drops 1.35% with only 35% of members positive. Consumer Discretionary and Staples also lag, down 1.18% and 0.89% respectively.
| Size bucket | N | Intraday | D1 | WTD | Breadth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>=5B) | 1003 | -0.37% | -0.37% | -0.37% | 45.1% adv |
| Micro Cap $250M-$1B | 220 | n/a | +0.00% | +0.00% | 0.0% adv |
| Nano Cap <$250M | 16 | n/a | +0.00% | +0.00% | 0.0% adv |
| Small Cap $1B-$5B | 805 | n/a | +0.00% | +0.00% | 0.0% adv |
| % > SMA50 | % > SMA200 | Advancers | Decliners | % Baskets Positive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62.6% | 67.5% | 452 | 547 | 25.0% |
The size complex shows intraday small-cap outperformance with small-large spread at +0.08%, reversing last week's -1.03% and month's -0.41%. Breadth is challenged: only 62.6% of names trade above their 50-day moving average, and the advance-decline ratio sits at 0.83. Just 25% of production baskets are positive, confirming narrow market leadership.
| Dimension | Basket | Median RVol | % Members RVol>1.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | Broken Momentum / Avoid | 0.65 | 5.5% |
| production | Extended Momentum Risk | 0.83 | 0.0% |
| production | Neutral / Transition | 0.66 | 5.9% |
| production | Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | 0.90 | 10.7% |
| production | Quality / Low-Vol Uptrend | 0.53 | 0.0% |
| production | Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout | 0.55 | 0.0% |
| production | Thematic Momentum Leadership | 0.63 | 6.6% |
| Ticker | Basket | RVol | Return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Neutral / Transition | 16.03 | -24.11% | distribution volume |
| HCA | Neutral / Transition | 5.14 | -11.03% | distribution volume |
| BIIB | Neutral / Transition | 4.16 | -3.95% | distribution volume |
| C | Neutral / Transition | 3.37 | -4.74% | distribution volume |
| ISRG | Broken Momentum / Avoid | 3.28 | -5.97% | distribution volume |
Volume analysis flags concentrated distribution. The Oversold/Mean-Reversion Watch basket trades at 0.90 median relative volume, with 10.7% of members exceeding 1.5x, while Neutral/Transition averages 0.66. Notable anomalies include IBM (rvol 16.0, -24.1%), HCA (rvol 5.1, -11.0%), and BIIB (rvol 4.2, -4.0%), all on high-volume declines within the Neutral/Transition basket. Low-vol uptrend baskets show benign volume, reinforcing a risk-off flow into defensives.
CAC +1.00 — risk-supportive (positive = risk-supportive)
| Signal | 5d | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Credit (HYG−LQD) | +1.15% | +0.60 |
| Risk vs defensives | +2.55% | +0.40 |
| Dollar (−UUP) | -0.64% | -0.15 |
| Curve (IEF/TLT) | +0.80% | +0.15 |
Duration-in-disguise — 63d TLT beta of style spreads
| Spread | TLT β | β · SPY-ctrl | β | %ile | Duration read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentum - LowVol | 1.35 | 0.24 | 100% | duration-driven (current, unstable) | ||
| Growth - Value | 0.23 | -0.21 | 92% | duration-driven (current, unstable) | ||
| HighBeta - LowVol | 1.48 | -0.01 | 100% | duration-driven (current, unstable) | ||
| Small - Large | 0.62 | 0.68 | 98% | duration-driven (persistent) |
| Ticker | Sector | Opportunity | Wave stage | Regime fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKLO | Utilities | 93.2 | Wave 1 / accumulation | 95.8 |
| SWKS | Information Technology | 90.3 | Wave 1 / accumulation | 92.9 |
| TAP | Consumer Staples | 91.4 | Wave 1 / accumulation | 91.9 |
| OZK | Financials | 86.3 | Wave 3-5 / breakout | 91.5 |
| CGON | Health Care | 85.1 | Wave 3-5 / breakout | 90.3 |
| Ticker | Since close | Vs basket | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKLO | -6.16% | -3.95% | diverges |
| SWKS | -3.83% | -1.62% | diverges |
| TAP | -1.79% | -1.63% | diverges |
| OZK | +0.17% | +0.54% | confirms |
| CGON | -4.47% | -4.20% | diverges |
Opportunity signals center on short-side technical breakdowns, with PSKY (double top, 73.6) and RIOT (double top, 73.5) leading. Long setups are scarcer; FTDR (double bottom, 65.3) and TMHC (tight base, 61.7) offer modest score. Screening identified OKLO (93.2) and SWKS (90.3) but both failed intraday confirmation, falling -6.2% and -3.8% respectively. Only OZK (86.3) affirmed its breakout with a 0.2% gain on the day, while CGON lagged -4.5%. The pattern list underscores a heavy skew toward distribution.
| Basket | D3 | WTD | MTD |
|---|---|---|---|
| production: Broken Momentum / Avoid | +0.14% | -0.16% | +0.39% |
| production: Extended Momentum Risk | -0.82% | -0.83% | +8.30% |
| production: Neutral / Transition | -0.24% | -0.37% | -0.55% |
| production: Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | -3.67% | -2.21% | -14.21% |
| production: Quality / Low-Vol Uptrend | +0.15% | +0.02% | +0.47% |
| production: Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout | +2.46% | +1.31% | +14.82% |
| production: Thematic Momentum Leadership | -0.87% | -0.27% | +0.11% |
| theme: AI Infrastructure | -0.83% | -0.25% | -2.37% |
| theme: Cloud Software | -0.03% | +0.47% | +2.92% |
| theme: Commodities / Materials | -0.34% | -0.17% | -4.11% |
| theme: Consumer / Retail | +0.38% | -0.24% | -0.12% |
| theme: Crypto / Digital Assets | -0.76% | -0.26% | +1.17% |
| theme: Cybersecurity | -0.24% | +0.78% | +1.38% |
| theme: Defense / Aerospace | -1.29% | -0.41% | -5.28% |
| theme: Energy Transition | -0.81% | -0.29% | -1.48% |
| theme: Financials / Credit | +0.07% | -0.01% | +1.28% |
| theme: Healthcare / Biotech | -2.04% | -0.43% | +1.08% |
| theme: Housing / Real Estate | +0.06% | -0.13% | -1.31% |
| theme: Industrial Automation | -0.33% | -0.42% | -3.20% |
| theme: Macro Rates / Inflation | +0.26% | -0.12% | -0.73% |
| theme: Oil & Gas | -0.70% | +0.09% | +0.19% |
| theme: Semiconductors | -1.12% | -0.51% | -5.61% |
| sector: Communication Services | -0.80% | -0.18% | +1.42% |
| sector: Consumer Discretionary | -0.24% | -1.18% | -1.35% |
| sector: Consumer Staples | +0.66% | -0.89% | +0.96% |
| sector: Energy | +2.39% | +2.44% | +5.12% |
| sector: Financials | +0.34% | +0.09% | +3.13% |
| sector: Health Care | -2.53% | -1.35% | +0.67% |
| sector: Industrials | -0.46% | -0.62% | -4.82% |
| sector: Information Technology | -1.20% | -0.37% | -2.69% |
| sector: Materials | +0.25% | -0.23% | -3.30% |
| sector: Real Estate | +0.49% | +0.31% | +0.67% |
| sector: Utilities | +1.06% | +0.47% | +0.68% |
| size: Large (>=5B) | -0.39% | -0.37% | -0.64% |
| size: Micro Cap $250M-$1B | -1.14% | +0.00% | -0.07% |
| size: Nano Cap <$250M | -2.88% | +0.00% | -3.31% |
| size: Small Cap $1B-$5B | -0.35% | +0.00% | -0.62% |
| style: Base Building / Coiled | -0.22% | -0.51% | -1.31% |
| style: Extended Overbought Momentum | -0.11% | -0.08% | +8.40% |
| style: High-Vol Breakdown | -1.08% | -0.65% | -0.61% |
| style: High-Vol Momentum | +2.46% | +1.31% | +14.82% |
| style: Low-Vol Uptrend | -0.33% | -0.72% | -0.89% |
| style: Momentum Breakout / Leadership | -0.04% | +0.67% | +4.10% |
| style: Neutral / Transition | -0.67% | -0.67% | -2.00% |
| style: Normal Vol/Trend | -0.49% | -0.30% | -0.29% |
| style: Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | -3.67% | -2.21% | -14.21% |
| style: Persistent Uptrend / Compounder | +0.19% | +0.02% | +1.68% |
| style: Weak Downtrend / Avoid Momentum | +0.14% | -0.16% | +0.39% |
Over the past month, high-beta momentum baskets dominated with Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout up 14.8%, while Oversold/Mean-Reversion fell -14.2%, producing a Momentum-LowVol spread of -7.5%. Semiconductors lagged the market by -9.1% month-to-date. The three-day view shows Energy (+2.4%) and High-Vol Momentum (+2.5%) leading, while Oversold fell -3.7%. Week-to-date performance mirrors this with Energy +2.4% and Oversold -2.2%. Breadth is flat short-term but deteriorating monthly; just 62.6% above 50-day and the advance-decline ratio at 0.83 underscore narrow participation.
Leadership/uptrend with room — flow-confirmed
Leadership/uptrend with room — flow-confirmed
Leadership/uptrend with room — flow-confirmed
Leadership/uptrend with room — flow-confirmed
Leadership/uptrend with room — flow-confirmed
Long-only opportunity lens: names where the factor basket and the technical state agree over a 4-hour-to-1-week window. Confluence score, not a price target — size to the ATR stop and treat every setup as a probability, not a promise.
Long-only confluence screen: the factor engine's basket and the technical state pointing the same way over a 4-hour-to-1-week window.| Source | As of |
|---|---|
| intraday_bars | 2026-07-14T12:45:00-04:00 |
| warehouse_snapshot | 2026-07-14 |
| proxy_daily | 2026-07-13 |
| screener_artifact | 2026-07-13T20:54:29.913442-04:00 |
| grouped_daily | unavailable |