✨ The Research tab is where you'll find the unique investment approaches our analysts use to read the market. Today it's home to the Market Sentiment view, with more views on the way.

The Market Sentiment view is powered by the new Tactical Tilt indicator, which measures the pressure building underneath prices — how many stocks are actually bullish versus bearish, how fast that balance is shifting, and how much turbulence is in the air. Pick the broad market or any sector, and get a single, at-a-glance read on the kind of environment you're investing in.

🔒 Who Can Use the Research Tab

The Research tab is available exclusively to members of the following Chaikin Analytics subscriptions:

• Chaikin's PowerTactics
• Power Gauge Pro Platinum
• The Chaikin Trust

If you don't see Research in your navigation, your current plan doesn't include it. Call our Customer Support team at 1-877-697-6783 to learn about upgrading.

🌤️ What Market Sentiment Tells You

The Tactical Tilt indicator works like a weather barometer for the stock market. Instead of just looking at whether prices went up or down, it measures the underlying pressure in the market:

• How many stocks are actually bullish versus bearish
• How fast that balance is shifting
• How much turbulence (volatility) is in the air

When conditions are calm and more stocks are participating on the upside, it's a signal that pullbacks are likely buying opportunities. When pressure is breaking down and the market's own trend turns lower at the same time, it's a signal to slow down, size positions smaller, and protect capital.

It won't tell you exactly when to buy or sell — but it tells you what kind of environment you're investing in, so you're not caught off guard by a storm that was building quietly underneath a market that still looked calm on the surface.

💡 Tip: Use Market Sentiment as your first stop before you dig into individual names. Get a read on the overall backdrop — and the specific sector you're interested in — before you commit capital.

🧭 How to Open the Research Tab

Click Research in the top navigation bar. The page opens on the Market Sentiment view with SPY (the broad market) loaded by default. From there, pick any sector from the list on the left to change what you're looking at.

👀 What You'll See

The Market Sentiment view is laid out in three areas:

Select a market or sector (left)

The Select an ETF list on the left lets you choose what to analyze: SPY for the broad market, or any of the 11 SPDR Sector ETFs (Energy, Technology, Financials, Health Care, Real Estate, Industrials, Utilities, Consumer Staples, Communication Services, Materials, and Consumer Discretionary). Each row shows the ETF's rating, current price, and daily % change. Click any symbol to load it.

The Tilt chart (center)

The main chart shows the story for whatever you've selected:

• Top chart — the price of the selected symbol, with the Tactical Tilt history plotted underneath and the standard Chaikin LT Trend overlaid on price.
• Lower chart — three supporting indicators:
  • Cumulative Money Flow
  • Relative Strength vs. SPY
  • Volatility (optional — off by default)