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 -0.05% since prior close; Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout leads (+0.77%), Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch lags (-2.20%).
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%).
2.02σ compressed vs 60d (n=28). Factor and regime extremes are risk-STATE signals, not direction calls (ref: the -3.45σ Momentum-LowVol week).
High short-float names carry ~2.5x baseline odds of a +15% 10-day move (16.9% vs 6.8%), in BOTH directions.
The volatility component is pinned at 1.0, with 20-day realized volatility in the 58.1st percentile of its two-year range and premarket intraday range relative to the 20-day average at 0.201. Week-to-date factor spread moves underscore the tension: HighBeta minus LowVol registers -3.27%, Momentum minus LowVol is -2.28%, and Semis versus Market stands at -1.64%.
Week-to-date spread moves show Momentum minus LowVol at -2.28% and HighBeta minus LowVol at -3.27%, reflecting a sharp retreat from high-beta, high-momentum exposures. Month-to-date these spreads widen materially, with Momentum minus LowVol at -9.64% and HighBeta minus LowVol at -8.38%, while market breadth deteriorates.
Energy dominates the premarket, up 3.59% with 83.33% of members advancing, while Information Technology declines 1.61% on just 28.32% breadth. Real Estate adds 0.36% and Utilities gain 0.31%, contrasting with Health Care’s 1.10% loss. Communication Services is effectively flat at -0.11%. The rotation reflects a clear flight from growth to commodity-sensitive sectors.
Among themes, Oil & Gas leads with a 0.57% gain, followed by Consumer/Retail at 0.17%. The downside is centered in Semiconductors, off 1.45%, and Defense/Aerospace, down 1.38%. Healthcare/Biotech declines 1.37% though coverage is degraded. AI Infrastructure also weakens, falling 0.87%, confirming pressure on growth-oriented themes.
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 a composite score of 0.50, driven by a volatility component of 1.0 and breadth at 0.8, offset by negative rotation of -0.35 and size at -0.10. The label carries 87% confidence and an expected dwell of 7.7 days, with a 55% probability of persisting through the next five sessions. This configuration historically precedes periods of elevated realized volatility and drawdown frequency.
The regime holds at Choppy Neutral with a composite reading of 0.4975, up 0.13 from the previous session, as the style (+1.0), size (+0.7), and volatility (+0.5) components offset declines in rotation (-1.0) and trend (-0.4). Premarket action reveals a stark division: Energy surges 3.59% while Information Technology drops 1.61%. The Oversold / Mean-Reversion basket is the worst performer, down 2.8%.
| Size bucket | N | Intraday | D1 | WTD | Breadth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>=5B) | 1003 | -0.52% | -0.26% | -0.26% | 43.3% 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% | 68.2% | 218 | 282 | 16.7% |
The size factor score is -0.10, reflecting mixed small/large dynamics with small outperforming large by 0.09% daily but underperforming by 1.02% weekly and 0.40% monthly. Market breadth shows 64.7% of stocks above their 50-day moving average and 68.2% above the 200-day, though the advance-decline ratio is 0.77 and only 16.7% of factor baskets are positive. Sector breadth is concentrated: Energy at 83.3% advancing, while Consumer Discretionary at 22.5% and Industrials at 24.2% lag significantly.
Volume metrics return no anomalies and no basket participation signals. Premarket relative volume is structurally meaningless; fewer than 1% of a day's total volume prints by 07:00 ET, so relative volume readings are suppressed. No volume-driven alert is active.
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 | -5.40% | -2.60% | diverges |
| SWKS | -4.46% | -1.66% | diverges |
| TAP | n/a | n/a | diverges |
| OZK | n/a | n/a | diverges |
| CGON | n/a | n/a | diverges |
Top opportunity scores are led by OKLO at 93.2, TAP at 91.4, and SWKS at 90.3, all in Wave 1/accumulation stages. However, intraday confirmation is absent: OKLO is down 5.4% relative to its basket since yesterday's close, and SWKS is down 4.5%. Short double-top patterns dominate the technical setups, with PSKY and RIOT both scoring above 73. Long setups include FTDR with a double bottom at 65.3 and TMHC with a tight base at 61.7.
| Basket | D3 | WTD | MTD | QTD | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| production: Broken Momentum / Avoid | +0.25% | -0.06% | +0.48% | +0.48% | -15.80% |
| production: Extended Momentum Risk | -0.76% | -0.78% | +8.37% | +8.37% | +8.40% |
| production: Neutral / Transition | +0.07% | -0.06% | -0.25% | -0.25% | +15.56% |
| production: Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | -3.68% | -2.20% | -14.21% | -14.21% | +2.93% |
| production: Quality / Low-Vol Uptrend | +0.13% | +0.00% | +0.45% | +0.45% | +1.77% |
| production: Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout | +1.91% | +0.77% | +14.21% | +14.21% | +52.93% |
| production: Thematic Momentum Leadership | -1.40% | -0.82% | -0.47% | -0.47% | +58.28% |
| theme: AI Infrastructure | -0.86% | -0.28% | -2.41% | -2.41% | +23.26% |
| theme: Cloud Software | -0.57% | -0.09% | +2.34% | +2.34% | +12.71% |
| theme: Commodities / Materials | -0.38% | -0.21% | -4.17% | -4.17% | +11.38% |
| theme: Consumer / Retail | +0.67% | +0.05% | +0.15% | +0.15% | +7.20% |
| theme: Crypto / Digital Assets | -0.87% | -0.36% | +1.04% | +1.04% | +16.93% |
| theme: Cybersecurity | -1.09% | -0.11% | +0.49% | +0.49% | +14.44% |
| theme: Defense / Aerospace | -1.30% | -0.41% | -5.29% | -5.29% | +25.48% |
| theme: Energy Transition | -0.62% | -0.10% | -1.30% | -1.30% | +17.42% |
| theme: Financials / Credit | +0.02% | -0.05% | +1.23% | +1.23% | +12.63% |
| theme: Healthcare / Biotech | -1.86% | -0.25% | +1.27% | +1.27% | +26.16% |
| theme: Housing / Real Estate | +0.09% | -0.10% | -1.29% | -1.29% | +11.44% |
| theme: Industrial Automation | -0.11% | -0.20% | -2.99% | -2.99% | +23.58% |
| theme: Macro Rates / Inflation | +0.34% | -0.03% | -0.66% | -0.66% | +14.87% |
| theme: Oil & Gas | -0.62% | +0.17% | +0.25% | +0.25% | +23.02% |
| theme: Semiconductors | -1.16% | -0.56% | -5.66% | -5.66% | +47.43% |
| sector: Communication Services | -0.68% | -0.06% | +1.51% | +1.51% | -4.23% |
| sector: Consumer Discretionary | +0.61% | -0.35% | -0.54% | -0.54% | +6.23% |
| sector: Consumer Staples | +1.72% | +0.16% | +2.01% | +2.01% | +7.20% |
| sector: Energy | +2.11% | +2.16% | +4.81% | +4.81% | +33.31% |
| sector: Financials | +0.19% | -0.05% | +2.95% | +2.95% | +9.28% |
| sector: Health Care | -1.69% | -0.50% | +1.54% | +1.54% | +27.06% |
| sector: Industrials | -0.28% | -0.45% | -4.65% | -4.65% | +19.10% |
| sector: Information Technology | -1.90% | -1.10% | -3.44% | -3.44% | +39.98% |
| sector: Materials | +0.47% | -0.01% | -3.07% | -3.07% | +14.36% |
| sector: Real Estate | +0.31% | +0.13% | +0.50% | +0.50% | +9.86% |
| sector: Utilities | +0.75% | +0.16% | +0.37% | +0.37% | +7.66% |
| size: Large (>=5B) | -0.28% | -0.26% | -0.54% | -0.54% | +18.46% |
| size: Micro Cap $250M-$1B | -1.14% | +0.00% | -0.07% | -0.07% | +17.54% |
| size: Nano Cap <$250M | -2.88% | +0.00% | -3.31% | -3.31% | +26.93% |
| size: Small Cap $1B-$5B | -0.35% | +0.00% | -0.62% | -0.62% | +20.91% |
| style: Base Building / Coiled | +0.16% | -0.13% | -0.94% | -0.94% | +11.71% |
| style: Extended Overbought Momentum | -0.15% | -0.12% | +8.37% | +8.37% | +28.13% |
| style: High-Vol Breakdown | -1.36% | -1.02% | -0.89% | -0.89% | -22.78% |
| style: High-Vol Momentum | +1.91% | +0.77% | +14.21% | +14.21% | +52.93% |
| style: Low-Vol Uptrend | +0.39% | +0.00% | -0.18% | -0.18% | +7.93% |
| style: Momentum Breakout / Leadership | -0.76% | -0.09% | +3.31% | +3.31% | +43.86% |
| style: Neutral / Transition | -0.31% | -0.32% | -1.66% | -1.66% | +21.90% |
| style: Normal Vol/Trend | -0.51% | -0.33% | -0.34% | -0.34% | +22.64% |
| style: Oversold / Mean-Reversion Watch | -3.68% | -2.20% | -14.21% | -14.21% | +2.93% |
| style: Persistent Uptrend / Compounder | +0.09% | -0.09% | +1.56% | +1.56% | +24.91% |
| style: Weak Downtrend / Avoid Momentum | +0.25% | -0.06% | +0.48% | +0.48% | -15.80% |
Over three days, Energy returns 2.11% while Oversold baskets slump 3.68%, causing factor spreads like HighBeta-LowVol to widen to -3.84% and Momentum-LowVol to -2.27%. Week-to-date, Energy adds 2.16% and Oversold sheds 2.20%, with similar spread widening. Month-to-date, Smaller-Cap High-Beta Breakout surges 14.21% versus a 14.21% decline in Oversold, driving Momentum-LowVol to -9.64% and HighBeta-LowVol to -8.38%. Breadth remains flat on daily and weekly horizons but is deteriorating monthly.
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 | 2026-07-14T06:45:00-04:00 |
| warehouse_snapshot | 2026-07-14 |
| proxy_daily | 2026-07-13 |
| screener_artifact | 2026-07-13T20:54:29.913442-04:00 |
| grouped_daily | unavailable |