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The Sectors page maps the entire market into the 11 SPDR sector ETFs and shows you, in real time, how many symbols inside each sector are in each candle state. Rather than scrolling through hundreds of individual charts, you get a single view that tells you which sectors have bullish participation, which are compressing, and which are leaning bearish — so you can concentrate your scanning where the wind is at your back.

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How breadth is counted

Each sector card displays a live breakdown of the symbols it contains, bucketed into four candle states:
StateMeaning
1Inside candle — the symbol is compressing between its parent candle’s high and low
2UBullish candle — the symbol has broken above its parent candle’s high
2DBearish candle — the symbol has broken below its parent candle’s low
3Outside candle — the symbol has broken both sides of its parent candle
A sector card that shows a high 2U count and few 2Ds signals broad bullish participation. A card dominated by 1s tells you the sector is coiling and has not picked a direction yet.
Breadth counts refresh continuously throughout the session. The numbers you see reflect the current state of all active symbols in that sector — not a snapshot from the open.

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The 11 SPDR sectors

XLB — Materials

Basic materials companies including chemicals, metals, and mining.

XLC — Communication Services

Media, telecom, and internet platform companies.

XLE — Energy

Oil, gas, and energy equipment companies.

XLF — Financials

Banks, insurance, asset managers, and financial services.

XLI — Industrials

Aerospace, defense, machinery, and transportation companies.

XLK — Information Technology

Semiconductors, software, and hardware companies.

XLP — Consumer Staples

Food, beverages, household products, and retail staples.

XLRE — Real Estate

REITs and real estate management companies.

XLU — Utilities

Electric, gas, and water utility companies.

XLV — Health Care

Pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, and managed care.

XLY — Consumer Discretionary

Autos, retail, hotels, restaurants, and leisure companies.

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Drilling into a sector

Clicking any sector card opens a modal that lists every ticker assigned to that sector. Each symbol shows its candle state across all five higher timeframes — Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly — giving you a full TFC (Timeframe Continuity) snapshot without opening a single chart.
1

Identify the strongest sector

Scan the sector cards on the page. Look for the sector with the highest 2U count relative to its total symbols. That sector has the broadest bullish participation at the daily timeframe.
2

Open the sector modal

Click the sector card to open the drill-down modal. You will see every ticker in the sector displayed in a grid with its D, W, M, Q, and Y candle states.
3

Find symbols with TFC alignment

Look for symbols where multiple timeframes show 2U. A symbol showing 2U across D/W/M is exhibiting strong upside continuity and is a candidate for further review in the setups table.
4

Filter the setups table

Take your highest-conviction names from the sector modal back to the Setups Table and filter by sector or add them to a watchlist to monitor throughout the session.

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Practical use cases

Before entering any long setup, check that the symbol’s sector is showing more 2Us than 2Ds. A stock breaking out of a 1-2U on the daily has a higher probability of following through when most of its sector peers are also in 2U — the broader move is already underway.
If a sector’s card shows a majority of 2Ds and a bearish higher-timeframe TFC on the sector ETF itself, long setups in that sector carry additional headwind. Identify these sectors early and deprioritize them for long-side scanning.
Watch for sectors that shift rapidly from a high 1-count (compression) to a high 2U-count during the session. A sector breaking out of a broad compression phase can produce multiple tradeable setups within a short window.
Every sector card also reflects the candle state of the ETF (for example, XLE for Energy). Before trading names within the sector, confirm that XLE itself is in 2U on the timeframe you are trading. The ETF candle is the most direct read on sector-level TFC.
After identifying a strong sector, open its modal and look for symbols that show 2U on the Weekly and Monthly timeframes in addition to the Daily. Those names have continuity across all three timeframes and are the highest-conviction candidates in that sector’s current move.