{"id":27833,"date":"2026-06-25T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/?p=27833"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:33:15","slug":"lets-take-a-quick-check-up-on-market-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/lets-take-a-quick-check-up-on-market-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Take a Quick Check-Up on Market Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Managing Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u202fToday, we\u2019re hearing from our contributing editor Mike Burnick in his weekly feature.<\/p>\n

Mike has over 30 years in the investment and financial services industry \u2013 from operating as a stockbroker, trader, and research analyst, to running a mutual fund as a registered investment advisor and portfolio manager, to being Research Director for the Sovereign Society, specializing in global ETF and options investing.<\/p>\n

\u202fAnd he\u2019s been senior analyst at TradeSmith for three years, running Constant Cash Flow, Infinite Income Loop,\u202fand Inside TradeSmith.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Mike\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s Take a Quick Check-Up on Market Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BY MIKE BURNICK, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, MARKET MINUTE <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stock market turbulence is on the rise as investors debate the merits of massive tech spending on the AI buildout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why you should keep a close eye on the TradeSmith Markets page. It\u2019s a valuable resource to visit frequently to keep tabs on market health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a glance you can see which market indexes, sectors, stocks, and ETFs (even commodities and cryptos<\/em>) are rising, and which are falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply log in to your TradeSmith Finance account<\/a> and click on the Markets tab in the main menu, then on S&P Sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see above, a snapshot of the S&P 500 shows improvement in Consumer and Healthcare sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Health Indicator system uses three color-coded health states, green, yellow, and red, just like a traffic light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An asset that\u2019s Green<\/em><\/strong> is the strongest and healthiest state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yellow<\/em><\/strong> is still healthy but has declined in price. It signals to proceed with caution, just like a flashing yellow light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red<\/em><\/strong> signals a deeper correction that we no longer consider healthy. Stocks, sectors and other assets in the red zone should be avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, Consumer Defensive (XLP)<\/a><\/em><\/strong> stocks recently moved into the short-term Health indicator green zone, the strongest, healthy state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Healthcare (XLV)<\/a><\/em> moved up from the unhealthy red zone, back to yellow, an improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you can also quickly see deterioration for Communications Services (XLC).<\/a><\/em> It dropped into our short-term health red zone, which could mean more downside ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hover your mouse over the green, yellow, and red Health Distribution bars and you can view the percentage of Healthy and unhealthy stocks in each sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For example, the Consumer Defensive (XLP) sector has 44.4% of stocks green and just 38.89% red, with 16.67% yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Communications Services (XLC) has less than 35% of sector stocks green, with 56.52% red and 8.7% yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This quickly tells you there are more prospects for winning stocks to be found in the Consumer Defensive sector. Meanwhile, there are far fewer healthy stocks in Communications Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can also dig deeper by clicking on the blue highlighted sector links to view more detailed TradeSmith data about the sector and every stock in that sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply click on Consumer Defensive (XLP) for example, and it brings you to the Overview<\/em> page for that asset. Then click on Holdings<\/em>, as shown below, to view all stocks in the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sort by the Health (ST) column and you can view improving stocks that recently moved into the green zone at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, seven consumer stocks, all household names, improved enough over the past four weeks to go Green. The most recent was Kimberly-Clark (KMB)<\/a> just six days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom line<\/em><\/strong>: The TradeSmith Markets page is a destination you should visit often to keep tabs on rapidly shifting market trends. Here you can see at a glance which markets, sectors, stocks and other assets are healthy and getting better. And which are unhealthy, which you may want to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good investing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Burnick
Contributing Editor, Market Minute<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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