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Grey vertical bands = US recessions (NBER). Hover any chart's i icon for the underlying definition + source.
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Market Regime

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Methodology: ten trend, breadth, liquidity, volatility and Trend Exhaustion readings, plus two vetoes and a liquidity-cycle window.
RISK ON 60–100
WATCH 45–59
CAUTION 30–44
RISK OFF 0–29

TrendArc Regime Indicator™

US Tech 100

Range:
Indicator components: current state

Open readings always add to a warning score. Gated ones act only when their condition is met: a warning score of 60 or more reads CAUTION on its own, and RISK OFF needs 50 or more plus a confirmation, unless a veto holds it at CAUTION.

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Bitcoin Regime Indicator™

Regime
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BTC price (log) with rare bearish and bullish confluence marks
Range:
Bearish confluence Bullish confluence ┊ halving ·  Rare marks from an amplitude-adaptive valuation model + the 500-day halving gate. Not financial advice.

Top Highlights

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U.S. Corporate Profit Growth

Corporate profits with IVA & CCAdj · YoY

US 500 Earnings Revisions

Net EPS-growth breadth vs its normal · with US 500 price

US Liquidity Index

WALCL − TGA − RRP, in $B

High Yield OAS

ICE BofA HY option-adjusted spread, %

Market Leadership & Breadth

5 charts · free with sign-up

Large-Cap Momentum

MTUM − β·SPY · β-neutral daily excess · blue leading / red cracking

Growth vs Value

IWF − β·IWD · β-neutral daily excess · purple growth / orange value

Mega-Cap Concentration: Rate of Change

% change of SPY ÷ RSP concentration index · positive = narrowing breadth

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US Tech 100 Real Breadth

% of US Tech 100 names above their 50-DMA

US Tech 100 1-Month % Change

Rolling 21-trading-day return · oversold < −10% / overbought > +10%

Liquidity & Macro Backbone

8 charts

Global CB Liquidity vs US Tech 100

Central bank balance sheets ($B, shifted +70d) vs US Tech 100 (log RHS)

US Liquidity vs BTC

WALCL − TGA − RRP − foreign RRP − BTFP + RE Loans (shifted +84d) vs bitcoin price

M2 Money Supply

Level ($B) with YoY % change bars

Fed Balance Sheet (WALCL)

Total assets ($B) with YoY % change

Treasury General Account

Treasury balance at the Fed, $B

Overnight Reverse Repo (RRPONTSYD)

Cash parked at the Fed overnight, $B, daily since 2021

US Bank Securities Holdings

Treasury and agency securities at US commercial banks, $B: an eSLR-sensitive liquidity gauge

The Liquidity Cascade (Why Invest in Megatrends)

A shrinking workforce → rising federal debt → an expanding Fed balance sheet → rising global liquidity → rising high-beta assets (Megatrend Investments & US Tech). Each link is connected.

4 charts

Labor Force Participation vs Federal Debt

US LFPR, % (L) · US debt as % of GDP (R, inverted)

Fed Net Liquidity vs Federal Debt

Fed net liquidity, $B (L, log) · US debt as % of GDP (R, log)

Fed Net Liquidity vs Global Liquidity

US Fed net liquidity, $B (L) · total global central-bank liquidity, $B (R)

Own Growth, Not Cash

Every asset divided by global central-bank liquidity, then indexed to 100, log · semis, tech, gold, 10Y & USD/EUR/JPY

Rates & Credit

6 charts

2s10s Yield Spread

10Y minus 2Y Treasury, %. Zero line = inversion

US Treasury Yield Curve

3M→30Y · today vs 3M / 1Y / 2Y ago

Global 10Y Sovereign Yields

US · Germany · Japan · UK · benchmark 10Y, %

10Y − 3M Spread

The Fed's preferred recession gauge · zero = inversion

Corporate Credit Spreads

Moody's Baa & Aaa over 10Y, % · since 1986

10Y Real Yield (TIPS)

Inflation-protected 10Y yield · real cost of capital, %

Inflation, Commodities, FX

3 charts

CPI Year-over-Year

Headline CPI, % YoY

WTI Crude Oil

Spot price, $/bbl

US Dollar Index (DXY)

The dollar against six major currencies

Activity & Sentiment

5 charts

Financial Conditions (NFCI, inverted)

Chicago Fed NFCI · shifted +6mo · leads ISM

ISM Manufacturing PMI

50 line = expansion / contraction

Building Permits YoY

Rate-sensitive real-economy lead · Census building permits

Heavy Duty Truck Sales

Class 8 truck sales, units (recession indicator)

Fear & Greed: Crypto

Alternative.me composite, 0 to 100

Tape Internals

5 charts

US 500 Median Short Interest

Median SI across the index, %

Mania Indicator

% of US stocks that doubled in a quarter · long-run median ≈ 0.2%

MOVE Index

Treasury implied volatility

Tech ETF Net Money-Flow (proxy)

XLK weekly accumulation/distribution, $B · Chaikin money-flow proxy · not fund flows / not retail

Investor Margin Debt ÷ Market Cap

FINRA margin debt as % of total US market cap · leverage gauge · monthly since 1997

Asia Exports (Leading)

2 charts

Taiwan Exports YoY

% YoY, leads the global goods cycle

Korea Exports YoY

% YoY, a coincident global trade signal

Valuation

2 charts

Shiller CAPE

Cyclically-adjusted P/E ratio, US 500

US 500 Information Technology: Forward P/E

Sector forward 12-month P/E · 5-year lookback · vs 5Y & 10Y averages

Assets ÷ M2 (Real-Money Pricing)

4 charts

US Tech 100 ÷ M2

US Tech 100 priced in money supply

Gold ÷ M2

Gold priced in money supply

BTC ÷ M2

Bitcoin priced in money supply

FX ÷ M2

DXY, CHF, EUR vs US money supply

Benchmarks

1 chart

QQQ + SPY (1 year)

Indexed to 100 at start

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