Closing: The biggest orders bought the index into today's close. Underneath, four stocks fell hard for every one that rose. One of those two groups is about to be proved wrong.

Power Hour: The index barely moved today. Underneath, four stocks fell hard for every one that rose hard, and the money holding it up is sitting in a single company.

A flat S&P is covering for real damage: 798 stocks fell more than four percent while only 209 rose that much. Barely a third of all stocks still hold their 40-day line. The index is the last thing standing, not proof the market is fine. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Midday: The index looks calm at lunch. Underneath, big buyers are walking away from both major index funds, and the handful of giants keeping it flat are doing a job they rarely hold for long.

A flat S&P is covering for a rough tape: 515 stocks are down more than four percent against 182 up, and only a third sit above their 40-day line. The average stock is in a correction the index refuses to show. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Morning: The index is barely moving, but three stocks are falling hard for every one rising hard. The money behind that split is coming out of one specific place, and it was the market's favorite trade.

Pre-Market: The index is green before the open, but money is walking out of chips and into the market's dullest corners. That swap says more about this week than the green number does.

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Power Hour: The index pushed through yesterday's high, and more stocks are still hitting new lows than new highs. The biggest orders spent the afternoon selling it, but not everywhere.

Nearly two in three stocks rose, yet 190 still printed new lows against 139 new highs. A bounce that cannot stop fresh lows from outnumbering fresh highs is a relief rally, not a bottom. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Midday: Two of every three stocks are up and the index just broke yesterday's high. The biggest orders in the market spent the morning selling into it, and that says who this rally is for.

Gold is up more than a percent on a morning when 5,829 stocks are rising and 3,473 falling. New lows still outnumber new highs, 137 to 88. This is a bounce inside a damaged tape, and nobody is selling the hedges into it. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Morning: The same SpaceX headline lifted the cell-tower owners and sank the phone companies on the same morning. Read together, they say who the market thinks loses the customers.

Pre-Market: Three of every four stocks rose yesterday, and more of them still hit new lows than new highs. That combination has a usual next move, and this morning's open is where it gets tested.

Closing: Chip stocks got dumped and oil took the money, yet the S&P barely moved. The cushion under it came from a buyer most people are not watching.

Power Hour: Oil jumped and the chip trade got dumped, yet the biggest buyers spent the afternoon loading up on tech. One side of that bet is about to be badly wrong.

Small caps barely budged while 1,049 stocks fell more than four percent and only 266 rose that much. Bonds and gold both caught a bid alongside. That is money leaving risk, not rotating inside it. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Midday: Most stocks are falling and the Nasdaq is red, yet the biggest orders bought it almost three to one. In the same hours, the crowd piled into bets that chips keep dropping.

The S&P is barely red, yet 5,885 stocks are lower against 3,350 higher and new lows outnumber new highs 276 to 82. A few giants are holding up the index while the average stock is being liquidated underneath it. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Morning: The index erased most of its early loss by mid-morning. Most stocks did not come with it, and the money doing the buying went somewhere you would never pick for a recovery.

Pre-Market: Oil jumped before the open, and gold and bonds were sold right along with stocks. When the usual hiding places fall too, the dip is about something else, and it changes what to buy.

Closing: Bond yields hit a level that usually breaks small caps, and today it did. The big index held only because large buyers stepped in, and what they bought says where they think this goes.

Power Hour: Big funds bought the index today for the first time in days, while three in four stocks fell. One of those two groups is wrong, and the bond market just picked a side.

Volatility barely stirred, yet 889 stocks dropped more than four percent against 250 that gained that much. Even gold sold off. When the hedges get sold alongside the stocks, this is liquidation, not panic. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Midday: Most stocks are falling and the index has barely moved, propped up by drug makers. The bond market gets its say this afternoon, and it has been leaning the wrong way all week.

Gold and long bonds fell alongside stocks, so there was nowhere to hide: 7,623 names declined against 1,884 that advanced. When the havens get sold too, someone is raising cash, not rotating it. Live scorecard → confluencetradingtools.com

Morning: Four out of five stocks are falling this morning and the index has barely moved. What is holding it up is not what you would pick in a selloff, and it changes where the bounce comes from.

Pre-Market: Rates jumped and gold, silver and bitcoin all got sold together before the open. When everything that pays no yield sells at once, the dip is about something other than fear.

Closing: The index closed above Monday's high, yet more stocks fell hard today than rose hard, and the largest orders sold for a third day running. Someone else is doing the buying.