Research Log: A Broad Rally the S&P 500 Barely Showed Has Led to Gains, but Not Near the High, Which Is Where Today Sits Yang Market Research · Original Idea · Research Log · October 15, 2026 Today NYSE advancing issues beat decliners 3.09 to 1, one session after a 0.33-to-1 rout, yet the S&P
VIX Breaks Above Its Upper Band in Expiration Week, From a Low Base New-trigger client note · October 14, 2026 The VIX closed at 16.87 today, up 10.5% from 15.27 and above its upper Bollinger band (16.72), on the Wednesday of October’s options-expiration week, as the S&P 500 fell 1.11% to 7,718.94. Across the full
Semiconductors Wash Out While the S&P 500 Holds Above Its 20-Day Average New-trigger client note · October 13, 2026 The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index’s two-day RSI fell to 1.93 today after five straight down sessions that took the index 7.6% lower, while the S&P 500 closed at 7,805.45, still 1.0% above its 20-day average and 0.17%
Transports Sold Into Earnings Season: After a Weak Run Into the Quarter’s First Month, the Dow Transports Rose Over the Next Month 30 of 39 Times Yang Market Research · Original Idea · October 13, 2026 The Dow Jones Transportation Average closed today at 19,810.47. It is down 4.43% over the last 21 sessions and
Four Straight Days of More New Lows Than New Highs at a Record New-trigger client note · October 9, 2026 For the fourth straight session, more NYSE stocks hit 52-week lows than highs while the S&P 500 sits within days of a record close. Today 123 new lows outnumbered 41 new highs even as the
When Breadth Outruns Price: A NYSE TICK Signal for the Week Ahead BREADTH RESEARCH · NYSE TICK · October 3, 2026 A day’s cumulative NYSE TICK usually tracks the S&P 500: up days bring positive breadth, down days negative. The interesting days are the ones where breadth comes in much stronger than the index’s move
Swing model made the following adjustment Friday morning… model covered its short position at SPX 7735 and shifted to cash.
Semiconductors Hit a 30-Day High the Day Before the Jobs Report New-trigger client note · October 1, 2026 The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index closed at a fresh 30-session high today, the session before Friday’s employment report. Since 1995 this has happened 52 times, and the S&P 500 rose on 35 of the 51 jobs-report days that