Regime context — size to the state: Choppy Neutral
This regime historically persists ~8 td, p_stay 0.87. Labels are monotone in forward VOLATILITY, not direction — Distribution Risk historically preceded the BEST fwd-20d returns (+2.54%).
SPY +0.22% since prior close; Neutral / Transition leads (+0.05%), Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch lags (-1.63%).
This regime historically persists ~8 td, p_stay 0.87. Labels are monotone in forward VOLATILITY, not direction — Distribution Risk historically preceded the BEST fwd-20d returns (+2.54%).
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.
The production basket sigma board shows elevated relative volume in Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch (rvol median 0.87, 17.9% of members above 1.5x) and Quality / Low-Vol Uptrend (0.86, 0.0% above 1.5x). Thematic Momentum Leadership has rvol median 0.53 with 10.9% above threshold, while Neutral / Transition sits at 0.51 with 8.3%.
Week-to-date factor moves show High Beta underperforming Low Vol by 1.41%, while Growth lags Value by 1.21%. Momentum outperforms Low Vol by 0.43%. The Semis-Market spread is -1.27%, and Duration is negative at -0.30%.
Sector rotation this morning is dominated by a sharp bid in Energy (+3.15% wtd) with 95% of constituents advancing, alongside Utilities (+1.16% wtd, 95.45% breadth). In contrast, Health Care is under heavy distribution (-1.41% wtd, breadth 33.07%), while Information Technology continues to struggle (-0.65% wtd, breadth 40.61%).
Among themes, Cybersecurity leads the morning with an intraday gain of 0.90% (wtd +0.47%), followed by Oil & Gas at +0.70% and Commodities/Materials at +0.66%. On the downside, Healthcare/Biotech is the weakest theme, down 0.99% intraday (wtd -0.39%), with AI Infrastructure down 0.20% and Semiconductors down 0.41%. Healthcare/Biotech coverage is degraded at 57.57%.
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 is classified as Choppy Neutral with 0.87 confidence and a composite score of 0.71. Trend and breadth remain constructive at scores of 1.05 and 1.0, supported by SPY 1.19% above the 50-day and 8.05% above the 200-day. Volatility is contained—realized 20-day vol sits at the 58th percentile of its two-year range and intraday range relative to the 20-day ATR is 0.29. Rotation is negative at –0.85, triggered by a leadership flip and Spearman correlations of –0.04 between daily and weekly returns and –0.07 between week-to-date and monthly. The model implies an expected dwell of 7.7 days with an 87% probability of staying in regime tomorrow.
The session opens with a regime label of Choppy Neutral (confidence 0.87, composite 0.7075). Energy leads intraday at +3.15%, while Health Care lags at -1.41%. Volume anomalies include distribution in IBM (rvol 30.94, -22.72%) and breakout in GS (rvol 4.46, +5.42%).
| Size bucket | N | Intraday | D1 | WTD | Breadth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>=5B) | 1003 | -0.04% | -0.04% | -0.04% | 54.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64.7% | 68.3% | 549 | 452 | 35.4% |
Sector breadth is highly bifurcated: Energy and Utilities register advancing shares of 95.0% and 95.5%, while Consumer Discretionary languishes at 28.3%. Across the broad market, 64.7% of stocks remain above their 50-day moving averages. Size factor dynamics show a day-over-day small-large spread of +0.37% but a week-over-week decline of –0.75%, underscoring short-term relative outperformance by small caps against a larger drift lower over the week.
| Dimension | Basket | Median RVol | % Members RVol>1.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | Broken Momentum / Avoid | 0.54 | 9.0% |
| production | Extended Momentum Risk | 0.54 | 0.0% |
| production | Neutral / Transition | 0.51 | 8.3% |
| production | Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | 0.87 | 17.9% |
| production | Quality / Low-Vol Uptrend | 0.86 | 0.0% |
| production | Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout | 0.44 | 0.0% |
| production | Thematic Momentum Leadership | 0.53 | 10.9% |
| Ticker | Basket | RVol | Return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Neutral / Transition | 30.94 | -22.72% | distribution volume |
| HCA | Neutral / Transition | 11.09 | -9.78% | distribution volume |
| THC | Neutral / Transition | 5.04 | -8.81% | distribution volume |
| GS | Neutral / Transition | 4.46 | +5.42% | breakout volume |
| NOW | Neutral / Transition | 4.35 | -2.38% | distribution volume |
Volume anomalies concentrate in the Neutral/Transition basket, with IBM posting extreme distribution volume at rvol 30.94 and HCA and THC at 11.09 and 5.04, respectively. GS registered breakout volume at 4.46. Among factor baskets, Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch exhibits elevated participation with a median rvol of 0.87 and 17.9% of members exceeding 1.5x relative volume, while Quality / Low-Vol Uptrend shows a similar median at 0.86 but 0.0% above the 1.5 threshold, indicating controlled price discovery.
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 | -5.58% | -3.95% | diverges |
| SWKS | -2.93% | -1.30% | diverges |
| TAP | +0.26% | +0.28% | confirms |
| OZK | +0.55% | +0.50% | confirms |
| CGON | -3.30% | -3.18% | diverges |
The screener highlights OKLO as the top-scored opportunity at 93.2, in Wave 1 accumulation with 95.8 regime fit, but intraday price action fails to confirm, down 5.58% versus its basket’s –3.95%. TAP and OZK confirm, advancing 0.26% and 0.55% relative to their baskets. Among pattern setups, short-side double tops dominate: PSKY scores 73.64 and RIOT 73.48, while SMCI shows a head-and-shoulders short at 70.89.
| Basket | D3 | WTD | MTD |
|---|---|---|---|
| production: Broken Momentum / Avoid | +0.29% | -0.02% | +0.51% |
| production: Extended Momentum Risk | -1.01% | -1.03% | +8.12% |
| production: Neutral / Transition | +0.19% | +0.05% | -0.15% |
| production: Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | -3.11% | -1.63% | -13.74% |
| production: Quality / Low-Vol Uptrend | +0.16% | +0.03% | +0.48% |
| production: Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout | +1.07% | -0.06% | +13.27% |
| production: Thematic Momentum Leadership | -0.71% | -0.12% | +0.23% |
| theme: AI Infrastructure | -0.70% | -0.12% | -2.28% |
| theme: Cloud Software | -0.33% | +0.15% | +2.55% |
| theme: Commodities / Materials | +0.16% | +0.33% | -3.64% |
| theme: Consumer / Retail | +0.54% | -0.08% | +0.03% |
| theme: Crypto / Digital Assets | -0.65% | -0.14% | +1.26% |
| theme: Cybersecurity | -0.54% | +0.47% | +1.06% |
| theme: Defense / Aerospace | -1.08% | -0.19% | -5.09% |
| theme: Energy Transition | -0.60% | -0.08% | -1.29% |
| theme: Financials / Credit | +0.23% | +0.16% | +1.45% |
| theme: Healthcare / Biotech | -1.99% | -0.39% | +1.12% |
| theme: Housing / Real Estate | +0.28% | +0.09% | -1.10% |
| theme: Industrial Automation | +0.02% | -0.07% | -2.88% |
| theme: Macro Rates / Inflation | +0.58% | +0.20% | -0.43% |
| theme: Oil & Gas | -0.39% | +0.39% | +0.48% |
| theme: Semiconductors | -0.89% | -0.27% | -5.42% |
| sector: Communication Services | -0.68% | -0.06% | +1.52% |
| sector: Consumer Discretionary | +0.07% | -0.88% | -1.06% |
| sector: Consumer Staples | +1.20% | -0.35% | +1.49% |
| sector: Energy | +3.10% | +3.15% | +5.83% |
| sector: Financials | +0.82% | +0.57% | +3.61% |
| sector: Health Care | -2.59% | -1.41% | +0.60% |
| sector: Industrials | +0.26% | +0.09% | -4.16% |
| sector: Information Technology | -1.47% | -0.65% | -3.07% |
| sector: Materials | +1.40% | +0.92% | -2.17% |
| sector: Real Estate | +0.89% | +0.71% | +1.07% |
| sector: Utilities | +1.75% | +1.16% | +1.37% |
| size: Large (>=5B) | -0.06% | -0.04% | -0.33% |
| 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 | +0.29% | +0.00% | -0.82% |
| style: Extended Overbought Momentum | -0.18% | -0.15% | +8.32% |
| style: High-Vol Breakdown | -1.86% | -1.49% | -1.43% |
| style: High-Vol Momentum | +1.07% | -0.06% | +13.27% |
| style: Low-Vol Uptrend | -0.82% | -1.21% | -1.38% |
| style: Momentum Breakout / Leadership | -0.20% | +0.49% | +3.90% |
| style: Neutral / Transition | -0.24% | -0.24% | -1.61% |
| style: Normal Vol/Trend | -0.22% | -0.04% | -0.07% |
| style: Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | -3.11% | -1.63% | -13.74% |
| style: Persistent Uptrend / Compounder | +0.62% | +0.44% | +2.09% |
| style: Weak Downtrend / Avoid Momentum | +0.29% | -0.02% | +0.51% |
Over three days, Energy leads at +3.10% while Oversold/Mean-Reversion Watch trails at –3.11%; the small-large spread compresses by 0.57% and breadth is flat. Week-to-date, Energy extends gains to +3.15% with Utilities at +1.16%, and momentum outperforms low vol by 0.43%. Month-to-date leadership shifts dramatically: Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout and High-Vol Momentum surge +13.27%, while the Oversold basket collapses –13.74% and Semiconductors decline –5.42%. The small-large spread turns negative at –2.29% and momentum-lowvol reverses to –7.05%, concurrent with deteriorating breadth.
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 | 2026-07-14T09:45:00-04:00 |
| warehouse_snapshot | 2026-07-14 |
| proxy_daily | 2026-07-13 |
| screener_artifact | 2026-07-13T20:54:29.913442-04:00 |
| grouped_daily | unavailable |