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 24 Jul 2026 Initial value 100.00
Index Value
469.57
Total Return
369.57%
CAGR
54.68% Annualized from first index week
Edge vs Market
+33.24%/yr Beats SPY on CAGR
Risk Adjusted
Sharpe 2.60 Sortino 5.04
Current Holdings
1070
Transactions
10830 Avg 3054.5/yr · 254.5/mo · 58.7/wk
Exit Mix
4880 Stop 41.8% · Warning 57.6% · Other 0.5%

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

24 Jul 2026

New Positions In

Entries at weekly close
22
ALC NYSE · Alcon AG
67.91 MD 0.00 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
BIXI NASDAQ · Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp Ltd. Class A Ordinary Shares
10.01 MD 1.18 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
BUR NYSE · Burford Capital Ltd
4.14 MD 0.19 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
CAG NYSE · Conagra Brands, Inc.
14.77 MD 0.57 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
CJMB NASDAQ · Callan JMB Inc. Common Stock
2.55 MD 0.41 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
FMST NASDAQ · Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology Ltd. Common stock
1.65 MD 0.05 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
GCL NASDAQ · GCL Global Holdings Ltd Ordinary Shares
0.51 MD 0.67 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
KNDI NASDAQ · Kandi Technologies Group Inc
0.65 MD 0.31 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
LAFA NASDAQ · LaFayette Acquisition Corp. Ordinary Share
10.11 MD 0.90 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
LVLU NASDAQ · Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings Inc
19.20 MD 0.16 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
LW NYSE · Lamb Weston Holdings Inc
49.58 MD 1.48 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
MAMO NASDAQ · Massimo Group Common Stock
0.98 MD 0.13 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
NBP NASDAQ · NovaBridge Biosciences
1.77 MD 0.13 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
OFIX NASDAQ · Orthofix Medical Inc
11.25 MD 0.22 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
OTIS NYSE · Otis Worldwide Corp
71.93 MD 0.05 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
OTLY NASDAQ · Oatly Group AB ADR
13.37 MD 0.05 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
PLNT NYSE · Planet Fitness Inc
53.48 MD 0.02 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
PSN NYSE · Parsons Corp
58.73 MD 0.56 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
SRFM NYSE · Surf Air Mobility Inc.
0.79 MD 0.16 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
TDWD NASDAQ · Tailwind 2.0 Acquisition Corp. Class A Ordinary Shares
10.04 MD 0.93 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
WSTN NASDAQ · Westin Acquisition Corp
10.13 MD 1.67 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal
WVVIP NASDAQ · Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc PR
2.78 MD 0.21 · Market Dynamics Buy Signal

Positions Out

Closed at weekly close
29
AMST NASDAQ · Amesite Operating Co
0.99 20% entry drawdown · -21.44%
ATER NASDAQ · Aterian Inc
0.40 20% entry drawdown · -70.94%
BARK NYSE · BARK, Inc.
8.51 20% entry drawdown · -22.14%
BZFD NASDAQ · BuzzFeed Inc
1.11 20% entry drawdown · -25.50%
BZH NYSE · Beazer Homes USA Inc
33.19 Reversal Risk Warning · 60.11%
COOK NYSE · Traeger Inc
61.26 20% entry drawdown · -22.75%
DAR NYSE · Darling Ingredients Inc
62.50 Reversal Risk Warning · 59.93%
DFSC NASDAQ · DEFSEC Technologies Inc.
1.51 20% entry drawdown · -35.19%
GEHC NASDAQ · GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
60.58 20% entry drawdown · -20.22%
GOOS NYSE · Canada Goose Holdings Inc
8.89 20% entry drawdown · -24.47%
GTEC NASDAQ · Greenland Acquisition Corp
0.51 20% entry drawdown · -21.19%
LFCR NASDAQ · Lifecore Biomedical Inc.
4.33 20% entry drawdown · -21.84%
LFMD NASDAQ · LifeMD Inc
3.71 20% entry drawdown · -20.04%
LOCL NYSE · Local Bounti Corp
1.06 20% entry drawdown · -22.63%
NIXX NASDAQ · Nixxy, Inc.
0.85 20% entry drawdown · -35.80%
NKTX NASDAQ · Nkarta Inc
2.27 20% entry drawdown · -25.08%
PEW NYSE · GrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc.
2.33 20% entry drawdown · -21.28%
PPSI NASDAQ · Pioneer Power Solutions Inc.
2.98 20% entry drawdown · -25.13%
RC NYSE · Ready Capital Corp
1.47 20% entry drawdown · -20.97%
REAX NASDAQ · Real Brokerage Inc
1.69 20% entry drawdown · -22.12%
SAFX NASDAQ · XCF Global, Inc. Class A Common Stock
0.41 20% entry drawdown · -25.36%
SEDG NASDAQ · SolarEdge Technologies Inc
42.60 20% entry drawdown · -31.02%
SGRP NASDAQ · SPAR Group Inc
0.38 20% entry drawdown · -46.99%
SRG NYSE · Seritage Growth Properties
2.31 20% entry drawdown · -22.22%
TOMZ NASDAQ · TOMI Environmental Solutions Inc
1.54 20% entry drawdown · -33.95%
UPST NASDAQ · Upstart Holdings Inc
26.93 20% entry drawdown · -20.30%
WETO NASDAQ · Webus International Limited Ordinary Shares
0.69 Price scale break · 37.71%
WRAP NASDAQ · Wrap Technologies Inc
1.70 20% entry drawdown · -30.89%
XELB NASDAQ · Xcel Brands Inc
1.23 20% entry drawdown · -21.15%

Live Book

Current Holdings

Showing 211-240 of 1070 open
Ticker Entry Last Close Return Signal MD ROC RS
CNR NYSE · Core Natural Resources, Inc.
11 Jul 202575.23
83.20
10.59%
Buy
0.56
-
-
CODI NYSE · Compass Diversified Holdings
3 Apr 20268.59
10.03
16.76%
Buy
1.01
-
-
COLD NYSE · Americold Realty Trust
19 Dec 202511.76
14.32
21.77%
Buy
0.05
-
-
COLM NASDAQ · Columbia Sportswear Company
12 Sep 202553.74
62.32
15.97%
Buy
0.10
-
-
COO NASDAQ · The Cooper Companies, Inc
26 Jun 202671.02
70.31
-1.00%
Buy
0.33
-
-
CPB NASDAQ · Campbell’s Co
19 Jun 202620.80
21.84
4.99%
Buy
0.48
-
-
CPHC NASDAQ · Canterbury Park Holding Corporation
23 Jan 202615.83
15.55
-1.80%
Buy
0.44
-
-
CPRI NYSE · Capri Holdings Ltd
27 Jun 202517.58
15.44
-12.17%
Buy
0.35
-
-
CPSS NASDAQ · Consumer Portfolio Services Inc
19 Apr 20249.00
9.45
5.00%
Buy
0.05
-
-
CRAC NASDAQ · Crown Reserve Acquisition Corp. I Class A Ordinary Shares
3 Jul 202610.12
10.15
0.25%
Buy
1.99
-
-
CRBU NASDAQ · Caribou Biosciences Inc
11 Jul 20251.63
1.57
-3.68%
Buy
1.37
-
-
CRCT NASDAQ · Cricut Inc
3 May 20244.22
4.46
5.78%
Buy
0.78
-
-
CRDL NASDAQ · Cardiol Therapeutics Inc Class A
16 May 20251.11
1.18
6.31%
Buy
0.09
-
-
CRE NASDAQ · Cre8 Enterprise Limited Class A Ordinary Shares
29 May 20262.64
2.54
-3.79%
Buy
1.12
-
-
CREX NASDAQ · Creative Realities Inc
16 May 20252.11
3.20
51.66%
Buy
0.31
-
-
CRGY NYSE · Crescent Energy Co
27 Jun 20258.56
11.27
31.73%
Buy
0.13
-
-
CRI NYSE · Carter’s Inc
19 Sep 202530.59
38.75
26.68%
Buy
1.02
-
-
CRL NYSE · Charles River Laboratories
13 Jun 2025149.45
226.58
51.61%
Buy
0.10
-
-
CRNC NASDAQ · Cerence Inc
22 Nov 20247.20
8.45
17.29%
Buy
1.37
-
-
CRNT NASDAQ · Ceragon Networks Ltd
26 Sep 20252.37
2.13
-10.13%
Buy
0.18
-
-
CROX NASDAQ · Crocs Inc
5 Dec 202589.70
134.72
50.19%
Buy
0.31
-
-
CRSP NASDAQ · Crispr Therapeutics AG
20 Jun 202544.25
46.54
5.18%
Buy
0.58
-
-
CRSR NASDAQ · Corsair Gaming Inc
17 Apr 20266.48
9.85
52.01%
Buy
0.46
-
-
CRT NYSE · Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
14 Nov 20258.57
10.15
18.49%
Buy
0.02
-
-
CRTO NASDAQ · Criteo Sa
6 Mar 202619.74
20.44
3.55%
Buy
0.15
-
-
CRVL NASDAQ · CorVel Corp
24 Apr 202657.33
59.86
4.41%
Buy
0.03
-
-
CRWS NASDAQ · Crown Crafts Inc
20 Jun 20252.72
2.99
9.81%
Buy
0.12
-
-
CSIQ NASDAQ · Canadian Solar Inc
6 Jun 202511.24
13.35
18.77%
Buy
0.83
-
-
CSTE NASDAQ · Caesarstone Ltd
29 May 20261.86
2.09
12.37%
Buy
0.23
-
-
CTEV NYSE · Claritev Corporation
22 May 202621.67
21.61
-0.28%
Buy
0.62
-
-

Ledger

Transaction History

Showing 5221-5250 of 10830
Date Action Ticker Price Reason Return Qualifiers
30 May 2025
Entry
DTI NASDAQ · Drilling Tools International Corp.
2.62
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.09
30 May 2025
Entry
ECPG NASDAQ · Encore Capital Group Inc
37.90
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.12
30 May 2025
Entry
EL NYSE · Estee Lauder Companies Inc
65.96
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.12
30 May 2025
Entry
ETSY NYSE · Etsy, Inc.
55.35
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.17
30 May 2025
Entry
EU NASDAQ · enCore Energy Corp. Common Shares
2.01
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.17
30 May 2025
Entry
EVTV NASDAQ · Envirotech Vehicles Inc
1.87
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.50
30 May 2025
Entry
EYPT NASDAQ · Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals Inc
7.24
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.74
30 May 2025
Entry
FBIOP NASDAQ · Fortress Biotech Inc Pref Series A
7.90
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.82
30 May 2025
Entry
FBRX NASDAQ · Forte Biosciences Inc
8.50
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.03
30 May 2025
Entry
FIP NASDAQ · FTAI Infrastructure Inc.
5.96
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.54
30 May 2025
Entry
FOSL NASDAQ · Fossil Group Inc
1.48
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.14
30 May 2025
Entry
GCT NASDAQ · GigaCloud Technology Inc Class A Ordinary Shares
17.56
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.42
30 May 2025
Entry
HVT NYSE · Haverty Furniture Companies Inc
19.49
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.18
30 May 2025
Entry
HYFM NASDAQ · Hydrofarm Holdings Group Inc
3.73
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.02
30 May 2025
Entry
ICFI NASDAQ · ICF International Inc
85.16
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.30
30 May 2025
Entry
IEX NYSE · IDEX Corporation
178.15
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.02
30 May 2025
Entry
IMMX NASDAQ · Immix Biopharma Inc
2.34
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.96
30 May 2025
Entry
INDV NASDAQ · Indivior PLC Ordinary Shares
12.86
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.92
30 May 2025
Entry
JMSB NASDAQ · John Marshall Bancorp Inc
17.01
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.09
30 May 2025
Exit
KARO NASDAQ · Karooooo Ltd
54.07
Reversal Risk Warning
121.87%
Entry 24 Nov 2023 24.37
30 May 2025
Entry
KMT NYSE · Kennametal Inc
20.95
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.25
30 May 2025
Entry
LEA NYSE · Lear Corporation
87.37
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.14
30 May 2025
Exit
LEDS NASDAQ · SemiLEDS Corporation
2.98
Reversal Risk Warning
138.40%
Entry 6 Dec 2024 1.25
30 May 2025
Entry
LPAA NASDAQ · Launch One Acquisition Corp. Class A Ordinary shares
10.40
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 2.76
30 May 2025
Entry
LVS NYSE · Las Vegas Sands Corp
40.35
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.10
30 May 2025
Entry
LVWR NYSE · LiveWire Group Inc.
4.50
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.41
30 May 2025
Entry
LW NYSE · Lamb Weston Holdings Inc
54.14
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.15
30 May 2025
Entry
MANU NYSE · Manchester United Ltd
14.17
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.14
30 May 2025
Entry
MAYS NASDAQ · J W Mays Inc
37.33
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 0.13
30 May 2025
Entry
MBAV NASDAQ · M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp. Class A Ordinary shares
11.80
Market Dynamics Buy Signal
-
Market Dynamics Buy MD 2.12