A flat tape with a busy corner: Communication Services.
An hour into the session, SPY sat at 777.61, -0.07% on the day. Five sessions running it's -0.23%. VIX 15.2, easing — nobody's paying up for protection.
3 of the eleven sectors were green — an even split under the hood. Communication Services (XLC) led at +1.10%; Healthcare (XLV) brought up the rear at -1.10%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.
54% 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 — 8 sessions and counting.
Elsewhere: oil $93.73 (-0.01%), gold $4,189 (-0.04%). Worth a line each, no more.
On the congressional side of the ledger: 38 buys and 80 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 10:37 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.
| Communication Services | XLC | +1.10% |
| Energy | XLE | +1.04% |
| Consumer Discretionary | XLY | +0.02% |
| Materials | XLB | -0.01% |
| Financials | XLF | -0.13% |
| Consumer Staples | XLP | -0.17% |
| Utilities | XLU | -0.25% |
| Technology | XLK | -0.47% |
| Real Estate | XLRE | -0.68% |
| Industrials | XLI | -0.92% |
| Healthcare | XLV | -1.10% |