A Relative Rotation Graph (RRG) of 34 widely followed US stocks vs the S&P 500: who leads, who fades, who is turning around — plus a trail showing where each stock came from. Pure math from end-of-day data. Educational monitor, not investment advice.
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The Rotation Report places 34 popular US stocks on a Relative Rotation Graph: strength vs the S&P 500 on one axis, the momentum of that strength on the other. Stocks rotate clockwise through four zones — Improving, Leading, Weakening, Lagging — so you see who leads and who fades at a glance.
Trail = last 4 weeks. Arrow next to the ticker: ↑ strengthening · ↓ fading · – sideways. Data as of 2026-09-11.
● Leading● Improving● Weakening● Lagging
Sorted by relative strength vs SPY. Δ columns show the move over the trail window; the arrow is the current tendency.
This report visualizes a documented charting technique for educational purposes. It is not investment advice — zones describe relative rotation, not what you should do. Relative strength is not absolute return.
1-month return of each SPDR sector ETF minus SPY's return, in percentage points. Positive = sector beat the market over the last month.
Each stock's price is divided by the S&P 500 (SPY). Rising line = beating the market, falling line = trailing it. That becomes RS-Ratio, centered at 100.
RS-Momentum asks whether that relative strength is accelerating or decelerating — an early signal that often turns before the strength itself does.
Both readings position the stock in one of four zones: Leading (strong and rising), Weakening (strong but fading), Lagging (weak and falling), Improving (weak but turning up).
Each dot drags a multi-week trail plus a direction arrow, so you see where the stock came from and which way it is rotating — the cycle normally turns clockwise.
An RRG is a map that compares every stock with one benchmark — here the S&P 500 — on two axes: relative strength (is it beating the market?) and the momentum of that strength (is the lead growing or shrinking?). Because both axes are normalized around 100, dozens of stocks can be read on one chart, and they tend to rotate clockwise through the four zones as their cycle matures.
Leading means stronger than the market and still gaining. Weakening means still stronger, but the lead is shrinking — a stage where profit-taking discussions typically start. Lagging means weaker than the market and still losing ground. Improving means still weaker, but momentum has turned up — the classic early-recovery zone worth watching. None of these labels is a buy or sell signal.
A fixed list of 34 of the most widely followed US names: the mega-cap technology leaders (Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, Broadcom), major financials (JPMorgan, Bank of America, Visa, Mastercard, Berkshire Hathaway), healthcare (Eli Lilly, UnitedHealth, Johnson & Johnson), consumer names (Walmart, Costco, Home Depot, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Disney), energy (Exxon Mobil, Chevron), software (Oracle, Salesforce), chips (AMD, Intel, Qualcomm) and popular growth names (Netflix, Uber, Palantir, Coinbase). The list is fixed in advance so the map stays comparable week to week.
The trail shows the stock's positions over recent weeks, oldest to newest — where it came from. The arrow next to the ticker is its current tendency: up means the rotation is strengthening, down means it is fading, and a dash means sideways. A stock in Lagging with an up arrow is behaving very differently from one in Leading with a down arrow, even though a simple price chart might look similar.
No. It is an educational visualization of a well-documented technique (Relative Rotation Graphs, developed by Julius de Kempenaer). It shows where each stock currently sits in its rotation cycle relative to the S&P 500 — not what you should buy or sell. Relative strength is not absolute return: in a falling market even Leading stocks can lose money. Always do your own research.
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