Monday, May 18, 2026

Afternoon Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

  • Volume Running +3.7% Above 100-Day Average 
  • Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 14.9 +.8
  • 7 Sectors Rising, 4 Sectors Declining
  • 60.9% of Issues Advancing, 37.1% Declining 
  • TRIN/Arms .79 +11.3%
  • Non-Block Money Flow +$99.5M
  • 86 New 52-Week Highs, 51 New Lows
  • 51.4% (+2.5%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
  • Average 14-Day RSI 48.6 -2.1
Polymarket: 
  • Will China invade Taiwan by end of 2026? 7.0% +1.0 percentage point
  • Trump announces US blockade of Hormuz lifted by June 30th 45.0% -11.0 percentage points
  • US x Iran permanent peace deal by June 30th 25.0% -10.0 percentage points 
  • US Invades Iran before 2027 32.0% +4.0 percentage points
Other:
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 123.3 +.1%
  • Global Monitor Iran Instability Index 90.0 -10.0
  • Strait of Hormuz Oil Tanker Traffic Curtailed Estimate 98.0% +3.0 percentage points
  • US High-Yield Tech Sector OAS Index 458. -.5 basis point
  • Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index 257.6 -.3%
  • Morgan Stanley Growth vs Value Index 152.0 -2.2%
  • CNN Fear & Greed Index 62.0 (GREED) unch.
  • 1-Day Vix 12.0 -28.4%
  • Vix 18.4 -.4%
  • Total Put/Call .86 -5.5%

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