An in-between tape: Healthcare up front, Communication Services at the back.

An hour into the session, SPY sat at 769.51, -0.37% on the day. Five sessions running it's +0.73%. VIX 16.6, easing — nobody's paying up for protection.

9 of the eleven sectors were green. Healthcare (XLV) led at +2.16%; Communication Services (XLC) brought up the rear at -1.72%. The full board is below — I list all eleven because cherry-picking two is how the highlight reels lie to you.

65% 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 — 4 sessions and counting.

Elsewhere: oil $100.87 (-1.86%), gold $4,036 (-0.38%). Worth a line each, no more.

On the congressional side of the ledger: 2 buys and 25 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 10:30 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.