ETF Momentum

Cybersecurity Climbs as Utilities Fade – August 22, 2026 Executive Summary Sector momentum shows a clear bifurcation: technology-adjacent themes continue to build strength, but today’s session delivered broad weakness across the board. SHLD leads with a momentum score of +112.84 over the past nine days, though it retreated -16.26 points in today’s trading. Meanwhile, XLU…

Financials Lead as Utilities Collapse – August 21, 2026 Executive Summary Capital is rotating hard into risk assets today, with financials and defensible growth sectors gaining ground while utilities and real estate crater. Across 26 sector ETFs, 23 carry positive momentum scores, but today’s trading revealed a sharp reversal pattern: the strongest performers from the…

Commodities Surge as Tech Retreats – August 20, 2026 Executive Summary Commodity ETFs are commanding the market today with broad-based strength across metals and energy, while sector equities face a coordinated pullback. Of 26 sector ETFs tracked, 22 remain in positive momentum territory, yet nearly all posted negative momentum scores on August 20, signaling a…

Financials Lead as Utilities Slide – August 19, 2026 Capital is flowing into established financial services while defensive sectors retreat, according to momentum scores tracked through yesterday’s close. XLF (Financials) sits atop the sector rankings with a 10-day strength score of +106.46, yet yesterday’s momentum contribution weakened to -12.62. The contradiction is telling: the trend…

Financials Lead as Biotech Stalls – August 18, 2026 Executive Summary XLF (Financials) dominates today’s momentum rankings with a 10-day strength score of +104.82, signaling sustained capital rotation into traditional sectors. Across 26 sector ETFs, 19 hold positive trend momentum while 7 have turned negative, reflecting a broad but uneven market. Most notably, three ETFs-SMH…

Financials Lead as Semiconductors Fade – August 15, 2026 Executive Summary XLF (Financials) dominates the leaderboard with a momentum score of +103.18 over the last nine days, but yesterday’s session showed weakness across nearly all top performers. A broad rotation is underway: 16 of 26 sector ETFs maintain positive momentum, yet almost every leader retreated…

XLF Leads as Tech Reversals Accelerate – August 14, 2026 Executive Summary Financials hold the strongest momentum score across the sector complex, while a wave of technology and alternative energy reversals is reshaping the 10-day picture. Today’s session saw 12 major reversals across sectors-names that spent the last week falling are now pushing higher. Energy…

XLF Climbs as Tech Stumbles – August 13, 2026 Executive Summary Financials are running away with momentum while technology and growth sectors are caught in a sharp reversal. As of August 13, 2026, XLF leads with a momentum score of +100.09, but today’s session showed softening. The real story is beneath the surface: 13 sector…

Financials Surge as Autonomous Vehicles Falter – August 12, 2026 Executive Summary Capital rotation is accelerating away from beaten-down growth sectors and into value plays. XLF (Financials) leads with a momentum score of +98.6, while DRIV (Autonomous Vehicles) shows the weakest reading at -116.8-a 215-point spread that reveals where money is moving. What catches my…