Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Mid-Day Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

  • Volume Running -12.7% Below 100-Day Average 
  • Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 12.6 -2.1
  • 7 Sectors Rising, 4 Sectors Declining
  • 40.1% of Issues Advancing, 57.9% Declining 
  • TRIN/Arms .77 -40.3%
  • Non-Block Money Flow +$40.7M
  • 46 New 52-Week Highs, 144 New Lows
  • 60.2% (-.4%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
  • Average 14-Day RSI 64.3 -7.5
Polymarket: 
  • Will China invade Taiwan by June 30th 2027? 9.0% unch.
  • Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by September 30th 8.0% -4.0 percentage points
  • Iran agrees to end enrichment of uranium by Sept. 30th 3.0% unch.
  • Israel withdraws from Lebanon by September 30th 2.0% unch.
  • US Invades Iran before 2027 18.0% +1.0 percentage point
  • US announces end of Iranian blockade by September 30th 32.0% -7.0 percentage points
Other
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 129.6 -.1%
  • Global Monitor Iran Instability Index 54.0 unch.
  • Strait of Hormuz Oil Tanker Traffic Curtailed Estimate 92.0% unch.
  • US High-Yield Tech Sector OAS Index 475.5 +11.0 basis points
  • Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index 267.8 -.9%
  • Morgan Stanley Growth vs Value Index 149.1 -2.3%
  • CNN Fear & Greed Index 55.0 (Moved to NEUTRAL from GREED) -7.0
  • 1-Day Vix 8.1 -2.2%
  • Vix 15.9% +4.9%
  • Total Put/Call 1.03 +13.2%

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