A flat tape with a busy corner: Energy.
An hour into the session, SPY sat at 778.03, -0.07% on the day. Five sessions running it's +0.40%. VIX 15.3, firming — nobody's paying up for protection.
9 of the eleven sectors were green — an even split under the hood. Energy (XLE) led at +1.21%; Technology (XLK) brought up the rear at -1.31%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.
53% 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 — 7 sessions and counting.
Elsewhere: oil $93.80 (+2.12%), gold $4,189 (-0.64%). Neither asked for attention today; I note them anyway.
On the congressional side of the ledger: 11 buys and 58 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 10:31 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.
| Energy | XLE | +1.21% |
| Communication Services | XLC | +0.92% |
| Financials | XLF | +0.65% |
| Consumer Staples | XLP | +0.52% |
| Real Estate | XLRE | +0.40% |
| Healthcare | XLV | +0.39% |
| Utilities | XLU | +0.37% |
| Industrials | XLI | +0.27% |
| Materials | XLB | +0.23% |
| Consumer Discretionary | XLY | -0.20% |
| Technology | XLK | -1.31% |