The Trading Day · Tuesday, August 11, 2026

The Trading Day

Defensives and energy lead a choppy week; semis stumble while software and cloud push higher.

The Morning 10

  1. 1 Sector rotation: Health Care & Energy lead
  2. 2 Semis vs Software: the key split
  3. 3 AI Generation Phase layers — weekly
  4. 4 Closelook indices: HALO positive, Rubin lagging
  5. 5 Gold (GLD) strength vs long bonds (TLT) weakness
  6. 6 Dollar (UUP) and Real Estate / Utilities lagging
  7. 7 VIX complex and Money Temperature
  8. 8 Scanner hits: 6856, 005930 (Samsung), ASX
  9. 9 Calendar: US Existing Home Sales & NFIB (today)
  10. 10 Outside view: Dan Ives · Wedbush

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