Market Conditions
Conditions
Market Conditions
Market Conditions — 2026-08-21
No new close for 2026-08-22 — carrying the 2026-08-21 readings forward (no trading session in between).
A frozen snapshot: each card records its own moment and is meant to read stale later. The strip of cards, in order, is the climate history.
| Gauge | Read | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Indexes (7d) | SPY -1.4% · QQQ -2.4% · IWM -1.7% · RSP -0.5% | 30d: SPY +2.5% · QQQ +1.1% · IWM +2.1% · RSP +4.2% |
| Volatility | VIX 15.13 (CALM) · 1d -5.5% | Fire-sale window closed — the trigger is a ≥30% one-day spike |
| Rotation | In: Government Compute, Cloud SAAS, Cloud ETFS, Web Cloud, Copper (+28 more) · Out: Thebuildout High Speed Pcbs Server Networking, Thebuildout Ems Contract Electronics Manufacturing, Thebuildout Semiconductor Ip Licensors, Thebuildout Deposition Equipment, Thebuildout Glass Core Panel Level Packaging (+53 more) | 33 in / 58 out / 1 emerging of 122 tracked themes · ranked on trailing 30d strength vs SPY |
| Credit (7d) | HYG -0.1% · LQD -0.2% · IEF -0.2% | Orderly credit means the selling is positioning, not a credit event |
| Hard assets (7d) | GLD +5.5% · USO +6.4% · COPX +10.4% | Gold · oil · copper miners |
Sources
- market-pulse +
rotation-map.json·data/state/vix-gate.json(all numbers code-computed and frozen at emit)
Related
8 events DateTypeEvent
Aug 22 ScanMarket Pulse — Macro Dashboard Aug 21 ConditionsMarket Conditions Aug 20 ConditionsMarket Conditions Aug 24 ConditionsMarket Conditions Aug 25 ConditionsMarket Conditions Aug 19 ConditionsMarket Conditions Aug 18 ConditionsMarket Conditions Aug 26 ConditionsMarket Conditions No direct external sources are attached to this read.