Signal Validation

Market Dynamics Performance Index

A concept-validation index for US equities, testing whether first Market Dynamics Buy signals identify productive weekly setups. Entries and exits are research pointers for a shortlist, not a follow-along strategy.

United States
Latest week 31 Jul 2026 Initial value 100.00
Index Value
470.81
Total Return
370.81%
CAGR
54.44% Annualized from first index week
Edge vs Market
+32.75%/yr Beats SPY on CAGR
Risk Adjusted
Sharpe 2.59 Sortino 5.03
Current Holdings
1067
Transactions
10881 Avg 3052.4/yr · 254.4/mo · 58.7/wk
Exit Mix
4907 Stop 42.0% · Warning 57.4% · Other 0.6%

Method

How The Index Works

The index is a weekly, equal-weighted signal-validation model for US equities. It starts at 100.00 on the first transaction week after 1 Jan 2023 and is rebuilt from stored weekly closes, Market Dynamics buy signals, and Smart Money warning data to test the Market Dynamics concept over time.

01

Universe

Active US equities only. ETFs, crypto, commodities, index benchmark records, and listings outside the US market are excluded from this index.

02

Entry Rule

A stock enters at that week’s stored weekly close on the first Market Dynamics Buy signal while the stock is not already held. New entries are blocked if that same week has a Reversal Risk or Reversal Danger Warning.

03

Exit Rule

A position exits at the weekly close on the first Reversal Risk Warning. It also exits if the weekly close falls 20% or more below the original entry close.

04

Return Math

Each active holding contributes equally. The weekly index return is the average weekly close-to-close return of all positions active during that week, then compounded into the index value.

Assumptions
  • This index is designed to validate the Market Dynamics signal concept, not to serve as a mechanical follow-along strategy.
  • Only the first actionable Market Dynamics Buy signal opens a position while the stock is flat.
  • Weekly entries and exits may help identify stocks for a research shortlist, but they are not portfolio instructions.
  • New positions are not opened on weeks with Reversal Risk or Reversal Danger Warnings.
  • Reversal Danger blocks new entries, but the Market Dynamics index exits only on Reversal Risk or the 20% entry drawdown rule.
  • Positions are closed at the last valid close if a 5x or larger weekly close scale break indicates a price-data unit change.
  • Transaction prices are the stored weekly closes for the entry or exit week, except price scale-break exits, which use the last valid close.
  • Returns are shown before transaction costs, bid-ask spreads, slippage, taxes, and other implementation frictions.

Weekly Index

Cumulative Value

Equal-weighted active positions

Latest Week

Positions In And Out

31 Jul 2026

New Positions In

Entries at weekly close
25
BR NYSE · Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc
153.95 MD 0.49 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
BZFD NASDAQ · BuzzFeed Inc
1.19 MD 0.22 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
CMCO NASDAQ · Columbus McKinnon Corporation
19.17 MD 0.48 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
CNET NASDAQ · ZW Data Action Technologies Inc
1.60 MD 1.12 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
CRM NYSE · Salesforce.com Inc
184.02 MD 0.35 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
DPZ NASDAQ · Domino's Pizza Inc Common Stock
347.44 MD 0.32 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
DXC NYSE · DXC Technology Co
11.24 MD 0.02 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
EFOR NYSE · Everforth, Inc.
28.44 MD 0.09 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
GEHC NASDAQ · GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
68.02 MD 0.24 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
GOGO NASDAQ · Gogo Inc
4.18 MD 0.11 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
HLNE NASDAQ · Hamilton Lane Inc
88.91 MD 0.13 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
HUBS NYSE · HubSpot Inc
237.36 MD 1.24 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
HURN NASDAQ · Huron Consulting Group Inc
151.77 MD 0.52 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
INFY NYSE · Infosys Ltd ADR
12.03 MD 0.30 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
INTA NASDAQ · Intapp Inc
32.69 MD 1.29 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
LVWR NYSE · LiveWire Group Inc.
1.81 MD 0.42 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
NICE NASDAQ · Nice Ltd ADR
98.79 MD 0.36 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
PEW NYSE · GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc.
2.48 MD 0.20 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
PTC NASDAQ · PTC Inc
137.20 MD 0.02 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
SGRP NASDAQ · SPAR Group Inc
0.60 MD 0.30 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
SPOK NASDAQ · Spok Holdings Inc
10.90 MD 0.50 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
TAP NYSE · Molson Coors Brewing Co Class B
41.56 MD 0.07 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
TME NYSE · Tencent Music Entertainment Group
9.45 MD 0.50 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
TRI NASDAQ · Thomson Reuters Corporation Common Shares
98.13 MD 1.47 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
WK NYSE · Workiva Inc
59.80 MD 0.70 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal

Positions Out

Closed at weekly close
29
ACDC NASDAQ · ProFrac Holding Corp.
4.04 20% entry drawdown · -20.00%
ADXN NASDAQ · Addex Therapeutics Ltd
5.20 20% entry drawdown · -23.64%
AVD NYSE · American Vanguard Corporation
2.39 20% entry drawdown · -24.37%
BLDR NYSE · Builders FirstSource Inc
66.44 20% entry drawdown · -25.47%
CJMB NASDAQ · Callan JMB Inc. Common Stock
1.35 20% entry drawdown · -47.06%
CLRO NASDAQ · ClearOne Inc
4.08 20% entry drawdown · -37.04%
CUPR NASDAQ · Cuprina Holdings (Cayman) Limited Class A Ordinary Shares
2.92 20% entry drawdown · -26.45%
DBX NASDAQ · Dropbox Inc
32.56 Reversal Risk Warning · 12.66%
DFH NYSE · Dream Finders Homes Inc
12.79 20% entry drawdown · -25.64%
EVH NYSE · Evolent Health Inc
3.09 20% entry drawdown · -35.63%
JMSB NASDAQ · John Marshall Bancorp Inc
23.20 Reversal Risk Warning · 36.35%
KFFB NASDAQ · Kentucky First Federal Bancorp
5.48 Reversal Risk Warning · 113.87%
KPTI NASDAQ · Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc
1.92 20% entry drawdown · -67.57%
KRRO NASDAQ · Korro Bio, Inc.
10.37 20% entry drawdown · -20.17%
LKQ NASDAQ · LKQ Corporation
22.45 20% entry drawdown · -23.71%
MRDN NASDAQ · Meridian Holdings Inc
11.27 20% entry drawdown · -21.33%
MYGN NASDAQ · Myriad Genetics Inc
2.86 20% entry drawdown · -51.36%
NAUT NASDAQ · Nautilus Biotechnology Inc
0.98 20% entry drawdown · -26.54%
NXL NASDAQ · Nexalin Technology Inc.
0.34 20% entry drawdown · -29.80%
OI NYSE · O-I Glass Inc
7.15 20% entry drawdown · -26.97%
PDCC NYSE · Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc.
8.60 20% entry drawdown · -22.67%
PSN NYSE · Parsons Corp
44.21 20% entry drawdown · -21.46%
RADX NASDAQ · Radiopharm Theranostics Limited American Depositary Shares
3.15 20% entry drawdown · -28.89%
SILO NASDAQ · Silo Pharma Inc
4.19 20% entry drawdown · -23.78%
SKIN NASDAQ · Beauty Health Co
0.69 20% entry drawdown · -24.64%
TULP NASDAQ · Bloomia Holdings, Inc.
3.27 20% entry drawdown · -20.82%
TZOO NASDAQ · Travelzoo
7.23 20% entry drawdown · -25.46%
WHD NYSE · Cactus Inc
65.01 Reversal Risk Warning · 52.94%
XHLD NASDAQ · TEN Holdings, Inc. Common Stock
1.00 20% entry drawdown · -52.04%

Live Book

Current Holdings

Showing 691-720 of 1067 open
Ticker Entry Last Close Return Signal MD ROC RS
NTIC NASDAQ · Northern Technologies
4 Jul 20258.25
8.02
-2.78%
Buy
0.03
-
-
NTLA NASDAQ · Intellia Therapeutics Inc
20 Feb 202612.64
10.68
-15.51%
Buy
0.15
-
-
NTNX NASDAQ · Nutanix Inc
24 Apr 202640.56
59.01
45.49%
Buy
0.02
-
-
NVAX NASDAQ · Novavax Inc
30 May 20257.34
7.32
-0.27%
Buy
0.03
-
-
NVCR NASDAQ · Novocure Ltd
1 May 202616.62
14.84
-10.71%
Buy
0.19
-
-
NVO NYSE · Novo Nordisk A/S
22 May 202644.96
47.08
4.72%
Buy
0.26
-
-
NVR NYSE · NVR Inc
26 Jun 20266828.62
6147.05
-9.98%
Buy
0.38
-
-
NVST NYSE · Envista Holdings Corp
16 Aug 202417.91
27.31
52.48%
Buy
0.28
-
-
NWL NASDAQ · Newell Brands Inc
12 Jun 20264.92
5.60
13.82%
Buy
0.17
-
-
NX NYSE · Quanex Building Products
19 Dec 202515.30
17.84
16.62%
Buy
0.25
-
-
NXDR NYSE · NXDR
15 May 20262.03
2.22
9.36%
Buy
0.30
-
-
NXPL NASDAQ · Nextplat Corp
1 May 20266.34
6.05
-4.57%
Buy
0.10
-
-
NXRT NYSE · Nexpoint Residential Trust Inc
8 May 202629.38
26.11
-11.14%
Buy
0.03
-
-
OBA NASDAQ · Oxley Bridge Acquisition Limited Class A Ordinary Shares
6 Mar 202610.12
10.26
1.38%
Buy
0.75
-
-
OBIO NASDAQ · Orchestra BioMed Holdings Inc.
17 Oct 20253.32
3.98
19.88%
Buy
0.99
-
-
OC NYSE · Owens Corning Inc
23 Jan 2026123.48
138.90
12.49%
Buy
0.19
-
-
OCSL NASDAQ · Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp
17 Apr 202612.75
11.61
-8.94%
Buy
0.09
-
-
ODD NASDAQ · ODDITY Tech Ltd. Class A Ordinary Shares
12 Jun 202611.72
14.18
20.99%
Buy
0.38
-
-
OEC NYSE · Orion Engineered Carbons SA
27 Mar 20266.04
6.75
11.71%
Buy
0.37
-
-
OFIX NASDAQ · Orthofix Medical Inc
24 Jul 202611.25
11.80
4.89%
Buy
0.22
-
-
OFS NASDAQ · OFS Capital Corp
17 Apr 20263.96
3.36
-15.05%
Buy
0.09
-
-
OGCP NYSE · Empire State Realty OP LP
15 May 20265.69
5.26
-7.45%
Buy
0.04
-
-
OGN NYSE · Organon & Co
17 Apr 20269.75
13.55
39.04%
Buy
0.23
-
-
OKUR NASDAQ · OnKure Therapeutics, Inc.
22 Aug 20252.83
3.82
34.98%
Buy
1.52
-
-
OLED NASDAQ · Universal Display
19 Jun 202688.94
80.16
-9.87%
Buy
0.08
-
-
OLN NYSE · Olin Corporation
22 Aug 202522.41
18.51
-17.39%
Buy
1.14
-
-
OLPX NASDAQ · Olaplex Holdings Inc
26 Dec 20251.35
2.07
53.33%
Buy
0.38
-
-
OMC NYSE · Omnicom Group Inc
4 Jul 202571.80
78.70
9.60%
Buy
0.02
-
-
OMCL NASDAQ · Omnicell Inc
21 Nov 202536.00
35.37
-1.75%
Buy
1.53
-
-
OMSE NASDAQ · OMS Energy Technologies Inc.
2 Jan 20264.49
4.22
-6.01%
Buy
0.10
-
-

Ledger

Transaction History

Showing 8971-9000 of 10881
Date Action Ticker Price Reason Return Qualifiers
5 Jan 2024
Entry
GIFI NASDAQ · Gulf Island Fabrication Inc
4.65
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 1.42
5 Jan 2024
Entry
GLBE NASDAQ · Global-E Online Ltd
37.35
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.11
5 Jan 2024
Entry
HAYW NYSE · Hayward Holdings Inc
12.73
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.03
5 Jan 2024
Entry
HCA NYSE · HCA Healthcare, Inc.
270.74
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.73
5 Jan 2024
Entry
HSHP NYSE · Himalaya Shipping Ltd.
6.52
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 1.25
5 Jan 2024
Entry
ICUI NASDAQ · ICU Medical Inc
97.62
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.28
5 Jan 2024
Entry
JG NASDAQ · Aurora Mobile Ltd
4.11
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 1.20
5 Jan 2024
Entry
LBTYK NASDAQ · Liberty Global PLC Class C
9.85
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.16
5 Jan 2024
Entry
LNSR NASDAQ · LENSAR Inc
3.75
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.78
5 Jan 2024
Entry
MAMA NASDAQ · Mama's Creations Inc.
4.75
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.34
5 Jan 2024
Entry
MDAI NASDAQ · Spectral AI Inc.
3.07
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.10
5 Jan 2024
Entry
MG NYSE · Mistras Group Inc
7.80
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 1.12
5 Jan 2024
Entry
MTC NASDAQ · MMTEC Inc
18.80
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.72
5 Jan 2024
Entry
NAMS NASDAQ · NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. Ordinary Shares
12.63
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.84
5 Jan 2024
Entry
NESR NASDAQ · National Energy Services Reunited Corp Ordinary Shares
8.03
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.13
5 Jan 2024
Entry
NMR NYSE · Nomura Holdings Inc ADR
4.15
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 1.09
5 Jan 2024
Entry
NTRB NASDAQ · Nutriband Inc
2.24
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.73
5 Jan 2024
Entry
NVS NYSE · Novartis AG ADR
95.90
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.14
5 Jan 2024
Entry
NWG NYSE · Natwest Group PLC
4.89
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.61
5 Jan 2024
Entry
OKE NYSE · ONEOK Inc
63.07
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 1.10
5 Jan 2024
Entry
OMAB NASDAQ · Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV
70.10
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.22
5 Jan 2024
Exit
PFLT NYSE · PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd
9.23
Reversal Risk Warning
13.44%
Entry 24 Nov 2023 8.14
5 Jan 2024
Exit
PSHG NASDAQ · Performance Shipping Inc
2.35
Reversal Risk Warning
88.00%
Entry 11 Aug 2023 1.25
5 Jan 2024
Entry
PYXS NASDAQ · Pyxis Oncology Inc
2.11
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.81
5 Jan 2024
Entry
REAX NASDAQ · Real Brokerage Inc
1.77
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.47
5 Jan 2024
Entry
SEM NYSE · Select Medical Holdings
14.05
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.46
5 Jan 2024
Exit
SLQT NYSE · Selectquote Inc
1.21
20% entry drawdown
-20.39%
Entry 22 Dec 2023 1.52
5 Jan 2024
Entry
SNDR NYSE · Schneider National Inc
23.47
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.02
5 Jan 2024
Entry
SRTS NASDAQ · Sensus Healthcare Inc
2.63
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 1.05
5 Jan 2024
Entry
TAC NYSE · TransAlta Corp
7.68
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.02