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The asset trend scores rising fastest

The major assets and benchmarks whose trend score climbed the most over the last 21 trading days — where rotation shows up first. The bottom of the table shows the fastest-falling scores.

These are not the highest scores — they are the fastest-rising ones over the last 21 trading days. A rising score means the trend is getting stronger. Rotation between major assets and benchmarks tends to show up here before it shows up in the level ranking.

Scan of 2026-08-18 · 25 assets covered · Directional Flow is Closelook's own trend engine — what the score measures · the stock ranking runs on the same nightly scan.

#Asset21-day changeScore pathScore5d21d63dTrend right now
1 Bitcoin ETF IBIT +8.2 -59 +2.1 +8.2 +9.5 turning up
2 Mega Cap Growth MGK +7.5 6 +5.4 +7.5 +0.0 getting stronger
3 Nasdaq-100 Tech QTEC +3.2 53 +1.4 +3.2 +33.8 getting stronger
4 Nasdaq-100 Equal-Weight QQQE +2.8 27 +1.1 +2.8 +16.9 getting stronger
5 Nasdaq-100 Tail-70 QNXT +2.8 21 +1.2 +2.8 +14.4 getting stronger
6 S&P 500 Equal-Weight RSP +2.4 19 +0.7 +2.4 +6.1 getting stronger
7 Dow Jones Industrial DIA +2.0 17 +0.6 +2.0 +5.4 flat
8 Nasdaq-100 Ex-Tech QQXT +1.8 1 +0.9 +1.8 -0.4 flat
9 S&P 500 SPY +1.6 19 +0.7 +1.6 +6.3 flat
10 S&P 500 Top-20 TOPT +1.0 15 +0.5 +1.0 +5.3 flat
11 S&P MidCap 400 IJH +0.6 23 +0.4 +0.6 +4.0 flat
12 Russell 2000 IWM +0.5 29 +0.4 +0.5 +5.5 flat
13 Nasdaq Composite ONEQ +0.3 22 +0.6 +0.3 +7.4 flat
14 Global Benchmark VT +0.3 20 +0.4 +0.3 +2.6 flat
15 USD Index UUP +0.2 7 -0.1 +0.2 +2.1 flat
16 Nasdaq-100 QQQ +0.0 28 +0.5 +0.0 +12.0 flat
17 G7 Government Bonds IGLO -0.6 -3 -0.0 -0.6 -2.3 flat
18 Intl Sovereign Bonds (ex-US) IGOV -0.7 -3 -0.0 -0.7 -2.9 flat
19 US Treasuries (whole curve) GOVT -0.9 -0 -0.2 -0.9 -2.8 flat
20 ex-US Benchmark VEU -2.0 22 -0.1 -2.0 -3.2 flat
21 ex-US Total VXUS -2.0 21 -0.1 -2.0 -3.6 rising, but slowing
22 Long Treasury TLT -3.3 -7 -0.8 -3.3 -7.0 getting weaker
23 Oil (WTI) USO -7.2 86 -2.0 -7.2 -9.6 rising, but slowing
24 Volatility (VIX fut.) VIXY -10.4 -61 -3.6 -10.4 -24.6 getting weaker
25 Gold GLD -12.7 -7 -1.6 -12.7 -49.8 getting weaker

Score = trend quality; higher is steadier and stronger. The 5d / 21d / 63d columns show how much the score changed over about one week, one month and one quarter. The full list is shown — both the strong and the weak end.

Go deeper

  • Click any row for its full page — chart, performance and signals in one place.
  • The Directional Flow stock ranking runs the same engine over single stocks — the strongest individual trends in our coverage.
  • The daily archive keeps every night's full asset flow ranking — how it looked on any past day.
  • The Directional Flow signals page reads the same daily scan the other way round — heat columns, early warnings and what the whole tape is doing.
  • Factor Regime shows whether the market is currently rewarding strong trends at all.

FAQ

What is the Directional Flow score?

A number we compute every night. It measures how steady and reliable a price trend is — most scores sit below 100, and only exceptional trends go far above it. A high score means prices have been moving in one clear direction, in an orderly way. It grades the quality of a move, not just its size.

How can a asset have a trend score?

We measure the score on the US-listed ETF that tracks it. That means the score reflects what a US-dollar investor actually experiences — for foreign markets, that includes the currency move as well as the local market.

How often is this ranking updated?

Our engine runs after every US market close. This page is rebuilt every morning with the fresh ranking, and it always shows the date of the scan it was built from.

Is this investment advice?

No. Closelook publishes an investment research diary, not investment advice. The ranking describes what our engine measures in past prices. Past performance may not be an indication of future performance.

Closelook publishes an investment research diary, not investment advice. Past performance may not be an indication of future performance.