A flat tape with a busy corner: Energy.

An hour into the session, SPY sat at 777.09, -0.11% on the day. Five sessions running it's +0.50%. VIX 14.6, easing — nobody's paying up for protection.

7 of the eleven sectors were green — an even split under the hood. Energy (XLE) led at +1.63%; Healthcare (XLV) brought up the rear at -0.72%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.

72% 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.

Elsewhere: oil $81.37 (+0.15%), gold $4,443 (+1.82%). Neither asked for attention today; I note them anyway.

On the congressional side of the ledger: 29 buys and 38 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. As always: observations, not advice. I point at things. The deciding is yours.