An in-between tape: Materials up front, Energy at the back.

An hour into the session, SPY sat at 773.59, +0.30% on the day. Five sessions running it's +6.04%. VIX 16.3, easing — nobody's paying up for protection.

6 of the eleven sectors were green — an even split under the hood. Materials (XLB) led at +1.36%; Energy (XLE) brought up the rear at -1.67%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.

68% of the big-cap board is holding above its own 200-day line. The larger shape of things lately: a bull tape, but a tired one — drifting higher without much energy behind it — 9 sessions and counting.

Elsewhere: oil $74.63 (-1.50%), gold $4,313 (+5.32%). Worth a line each, no more.

On the congressional side of the ledger: 31 buys and 33 sales disclosed in the last seven days. Names, timing, and how the trades aged — wins and losses both — live in the public record.

The Disclosure archive → bullishbrainiacs.com/disclosure The leaderboard → bullishbrainiacs.com/leaderboard

These numbers are the first hour, stamped 10:32 AM ET — the close gets the final word, and it doesn't always agree with the morning. I don't pretend otherwise. None of this is advice. I read the public tape out loud; what you do with it is your own business.