Risk & timing dashboard. A plain-English read on market pulse, real participation, volatility climate, credit confirmation, yield-curve context, and quick timing for swing-trade setup quality.
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This page is a risk filter, not a buy or sell signal.
Use this to see whether the swing-trading backdrop is improving, fading, or staying mixed.
The number shows how far SPY is above or below its short-term trend. Today's +/- reading is not breadth; it is short-term market momentum.
This is true breadth. It shows whether many stocks are participating, or whether the index is being carried by fewer large names.
This compares 3-month expected volatility with short-term volatility. It shows whether near-term fear is calm or stressed.
This shows whether risky corporate-bond spreads are widening or tightening. Tightening means investors are demanding less extra yield to own riskier debt.
This compares high-yield bonds with safer intermediate Treasuries. It tells us whether investors are choosing risk or safety.
This is the macro backdrop. It compares long-term rates with short-term rates and helps show whether policy pressure is easing or tightening.
Look for closes above the fast EMA and the fast above the slow (stacked EMAs) for momentum entries. Pullbacks to EMA-20 that hold are often swingable when credit confirms. The lower blue line is RSI 14: above 50 confirms momentum; below 50 warns that momentum is fading.