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Pre-market 2026-10-20T08:30

Market state: Trend since 2026-09-25 · Track #0 position: Holding SPY · Sentiment warm · Valuation extreme. S&P 500 pre-market -0.3%; yesterday +0.4%. No scheduled macro release today; next is FOMC on 2026-10-28.

S&P 500
766.48
+0.4%
Nasdaq 100
718.36
+1.2%
Russell 2000
271.28
+0.3%
S&P 500 equal-weight
213.40
-0.3%
Mag-7
NVDA217.09+1.4%
MSFT533.52+0.8%
AAPL342.94-0.1%
AMZN262.45+5.0%
GOOGL344.18+1.1%
META705.44-0.5%
TSLA368.06+3.8%
11 sectors
Consumer Discretionary XLY+1.8%
Technology XLK+1.4%
Materials XLB+0.1%
Communication XLC-0.2%
Consumer Staples XLP-0.5%
Health Care XLV-0.6%
Energy XLE-0.6%
Industrials XLI-0.6%
Financials XLF-0.8%
Real Estate XLRE-1.2%
Utilities XLU-2.0%
Market state: Trend since 2026-09-25 · Track #0 position: Holding SPY · Sentiment warm · Valuation extreme.

Post-close 2026-10-20T16:30

S&P 500 +0.3%, Nasdaq 100 -0.1%, Russell 2000 +1.7%. 10 of 11 sectors up; led by Health Care, Real Estate; lagging: Technology, Industrials. Equal-weight beat cap-weight — a broad day. Mag-7: 2 of 7 up, best Tesla, worst Meta. VIX 17.3 (-6.1%).

S&P 500
769.05
+0.3%
Nasdaq 100
717.63
-0.1%
Russell 2000
275.78
+1.7%
S&P 500 equal-weight
215.86
+1.1%
Mag-7
NVDA216.47-0.3%
MSFT531.87-0.3%
AAPL339.50-1.0%
AMZN262.63+0.1%
GOOGL340.27-1.1%
META694.25-1.6%
TSLA373.71+1.5%
11 sectors
Health Care XLV+2.4%
Real Estate XLRE+1.7%
Utilities XLU+1.3%
Financials XLF+1.2%
Consumer Discretionary XLY+0.9%
Consumer Staples XLP+0.6%
Materials XLB+0.5%
Energy XLE+0.2%
Communication XLC+0.1%
Industrials XLI+0.1%
Technology XLK-0.3%
Market state: Trend since 2026-09-25 · Track #0 position: Holding SPY · Sentiment warm · Valuation extreme.

The morning letter free · 2026-10-20

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AEGIS Morning Letter · Tue Oct 20, 2026 · Public edition

TODAY'S MARKET

Market state: trend (since Sep 25) · sentiment warm (Fear & Greed 23) · valuation CAPE 40.7
Pre-market S&P fut -0.3% · Nasdaq fut -0.7% · VIX 18.9 · 10y 5.08% · oil -3.0% · gold -0.6% · BTC -0.5% (as of 08:30 ET)
No scheduled release today · ahead FOMC Oct 28 (extreme), GDP Oct 29 (high), PCE Oct 29 (extreme) · earnings within 2 sessions CB, COF, EFX, GE, GM, GPC, HAL, HAS (44 in all)

TODAY'S CANDIDATES

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PRE-MARKET VOLUME · RISK FLAGS

Pre-market volume (08:30 ET): no high-grade hits (322 with readings)
Planned insider sales (Form 144) 5: CRWD $141.0M (Director) · CVX $9.7M (Officer) · META $1.1M (Officer) (+2 more)
News risk ≥7/10: none
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