Thursday, August 20, 2026

Mid-Day Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

  • Volume Running -9.5% Below 100-Day Average 
  • Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 16.2 +3.3
  • 3 Sectors Rising, 8 Sectors Declining
  • 37.5% of Issues Advancing, 60.1% Declining 
  • TRIN/Arms .70 -34.0%
  • Non-Block Money Flow -$316.5M
  • 54 New 52-Week Highs, 50 New Lows
  • 59.8% (-2.5%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
  • Average 14-Day RSI 63.5 -3.0
Polymarket: 
  • Will China invade Taiwan by June 30th 2027? 9.0% unch.
  • Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by September 30th 6.0% unch.
  • 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% unch.
  • US announces end of Iranian blockade by September 30th 28.0% -5.0 percentage points
Other
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 126.8 +.2%
  • Global Monitor Iran Instability Index 66.0 +12.0
  • Strait of Hormuz Oil Tanker Traffic Curtailed Estimate 92.0% unch.
  • US High-Yield Tech Sector OAS Index 470.5 +1.25 basis points
  • Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index 268.4 -.1%
  • Morgan Stanley Growth vs Value Index 147.2 -.8%
  • CNN Fear & Greed Index 55.0 (Moved to NEUTRAL from GREED) -4.0
  • 1-Day Vix 8.9 -9.3%
  • Vix 15.9% +6.8%
  • Total Put/Call .80 unch.

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