Daily Market Map

Mechanical report: every figure computed, none written. Session 2026-09-03 · as of 2026-09-04 14:52 UTC

MARKET TREND

UPTREND

SPY uptrend · QQQ uptrend

RISK

NEUTRAL

VIX 14.3 -1.3%/5d

BREADTH

NARROW

59% of 41 above 50d

BREAKOUT LONGS

ALLOWED

regime permits

The broad market is trending up, risk appetite is mixed, and participation is narrow.

Mixed regime: take only high-confluence setups and keep risk tight. With participation narrow, concentrate on the strongest names, not the broad tape.

SECTOR RELATIVE STRENGTH vs SPY

#	ETF	SECTOR	1W RS	1M RS	HALF
1	XLE	Energy	+3.47%	+12.32%	TOP
2	XLV	Health Care	+0.71%	+5.10%	TOP
3	XLC	Communication Services	+1.50%	+1.82%	TOP
4	XLF	Financials	+0.91%	+0.53%	TOP
5	XLP	Consumer Staples	-0.06%	-0.52%	TOP
6	XLB	Materials	-1.41%	-0.48%	TOP
7	XLY	Consumer Discretionary	+0.23%	-2.28%	BOT
8	XLK	Technology	-1.67%	-0.41%	BOT
9	XLU	Utilities	-0.62%	-1.88%	BOT
10	XLRE	Real Estate	-1.19%	-2.54%	BOT
11	XLI	Industrials	-2.64%	-6.77%	BOT

Money is rotating toward XLE, XLV, XLC; XLI (Industrials) lags most at -6.77% over one month.

Long setups screen best in top-half sectors. A strong chart in a bottom-half sector is fighting the flow.

SPY

close 773.17 · ATR 6.38

RESIST775.00–779.377

PRICE773.17

SUPPORT766.43–769.213

SUPPORT758.58–762.084

SPY at 773.17 is pressed against resistance 775.00–779.37 (7 levels stacked).

React to the break, don't anticipate it: a daily close above 779.37 opens toward ~792.12 (measured); a close below 766.43 targets 762.08.

QQQ

close 717.67 · ATR 9.77

RESIST734.58–737.623

RESIST717.71–729.278

PRICE717.67

SUPPORT695.25–702.817

SUPPORT685.82–689.914

QQQ at 717.67 is pressed against resistance 717.71–729.27 (8 levels stacked).

React to the break, don't anticipate it: a daily close above 729.27 opens toward 734.58; a close below 695.25 targets 689.91.

FOCUS LIST: highest 20-day dollar volume

SYMBOL	CLOSE	$VOL/DAY	SUPPORT	RESISTANCE
NVDA	228.45	$28.0B	207.25–216.83	225.00–232.28
MU	958.16	$25.9B	854.35–891.66	930.88–1,011.77
TSLA	376.37	$12.8B	347.16–368.92	373.04–394.04
AAPL	328.21	$12.3B	312.81–322.37	n/a
MSFT	510.12	$11.7B	500.00–517.78	531.03–536.73

VCP WATCHLIST: strongest names on deck (Trend Template survivors)

MURS 98NONEpullbacks are not progressively tighter

MRKRS 90NONEbase younger than minimum length

BACRS 80NONEbase younger than minimum length

AAPLRS 70COILEDpivot 316.29 · inval 300.57 · 2 contractions

Actionable base(s) forming: AAPL (coiled).

A triggered pivot on volume is the entry; the final contraction low is the stop. Confirm sector and regime before acting.