Sector Money Flow
Where institutional capital appears to be rotating across the 11 SPDR sectors. The rotation graph plots each sector by its 10-week relative strength against SPY — leading + improving quadrants are the bullish hunting grounds. The flow arrows are inferred from short-window return × dollar volume — a proxy, not actual cash-flow data.
Regime label = blended top-down sentiment + breadth + sectors read. Use as macro context for the rotation read below.
Sector Rotation — 8-week trails · 4wk projection overlay
Sector projection — 4-week look-ahead
Linear extrapolation of recent trail. Descriptive, not predictive — confidence falls when the trail wobbles.
| Sector | Current → Projected | Velocity (Δrs / Δmom per wk) | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| XLI | Lagging→Improving | +0.26 / +0.25 | 86% |
| XLB | Lagging→Improving | −0.46 / +0.59 | 82% |
| XLV | Weakening→Lagging | −0.49 / −0.15 | 54% |
| XLF | Lagging→Improving | −0.69 / +0.67 | 44% |
| XLU | Improving→Leading | +1.23 / +1.61 | 30% |
| XLY | Improving→Leading | +0.38 / +0.81 | 17% |
Linear projection — assumes current trail momentum continues. Real markets often mean-revert or accelerate.
Industry sub-sectors
Curated industry ETFs grouped by SPDR parent. Tile color = current quadrant; size = RS strength deviation from 100.
Sub-sector ETF tracking — 6 months of daily bars, weekly resampled. SMH/IGV/SOXX/etc. are the institutional proxies for these slices.
Sub-sector projection — 4-week look-ahead
Linear extrapolation of each industry ETF's recent trail. Confidence falls when the trail wobbles.
| Sub-sector | Current → Projected | Δratio/wk | Δmom/wk | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OIHOil Services | Lagging→Improving | −1.30 / +0.00 | +1.18 / +0.00 | 61% |
| Sub-sector | Current → Projected | Δratio/wk | Δmom/wk | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XRTRetail | Improving→Leading | +1.12 / +0.00 | +1.47 / +0.00 | 86% |
| XHBHomebuilders | Lagging→Improving | +0.09 / +0.00 | +0.24 / +0.00 | 78% |
| Sub-sector | Current → Projected | Δratio/wk | Δmom/wk | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBBBiotech | Weakening→Lagging | −1.13 / +0.00 | −0.32 / +0.00 | 59% |
| Sub-sector | Current → Projected | Δratio/wk | Δmom/wk | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IYTTransportation | Improving→Leading | +0.68 / +0.00 | +1.00 / +0.00 | 65% |
Linear projection — assumes current trail momentum continues. Real markets often mean-revert or accelerate.
| From \ To | leading | improving | weakening | lagging |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| leading | 44% | 6% | 44% | 6% |
| improving | 14% | 29% | 14% | 43% |
| weakening | 13% | 3% | 60% | 23% |
| lagging | 5% | 16% | 3% | 76% |
Inferred sector rotation — 5-day proxy. Not actual fund flows.
Bullish sectors — Leading + Improving
5 of 11 sectors are in constructive quadrants. Composite score = RS-Ratio + RS-Momentum.
| # | Sector | Quadrant | RS-Ratio | RS-Mom | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XLE · Energy | LEADING | 104.37 | 100.28 | 204.65 |
| 2 | XLU · Utilities | IMPROVING | 99.42 | 103.02 | 202.45 |
| 3 | XLP · Staples | LEADING | 100.38 | 100.97 | 201.35 |
| 4 | XLY · Discretionary | IMPROVING | 99.51 | 100.87 | 200.37 |
| 5 | XLRE · Real Estate | IMPROVING | 96.97 | 100.40 | 197.38 |
Top inferred rotations — 5-day window
From 55 positive-delta pairs. Magnitude = (toMomentum − fromMomentum) × min(dollar volume). Inference, not actual fund flows.
| From | → | To | From mom | To mom | Capacity | Magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLK | → | XLU | -0.52% | +3.97% | $1.35B | 60.4M |
| XLK | → | XLE | -0.52% | +3.60% | $1.35B | 55.4M |
| XLI | → | XLU | -0.41% | +3.97% | $1.13B | 49.5M |
| XLI | → | XLE | -0.41% | +3.60% | $1.13B | 45.3M |
| XLK | → | XLV | -0.52% | +2.79% | $1.35B | 44.5M |
| XLK | → | XLF | -0.52% | +2.32% | $1.35B | 38.2M |
| XLI | → | XLV | -0.41% | +2.79% | $1.13B | 36.2M |
| XLK | → | XLP | -0.52% | +3.60% | $874.0M | 36.0M |
| XLI | → | XLP | -0.41% | +3.60% | $874.0M | 35.1M |
| XLI | → | XLF | -0.41% | +2.32% | $1.13B | 30.9M |
Disclaimer: rotation analysis is descriptive, not predictive. The flow magnitudes shown are inferred from short-window sector returns and dollar volume — they are not measured fund flows or actual cash movements between ETFs. Use this read as context for hunting setups in the leading/improving quadrants; manage risk separately.