Where the money is moving, sector by sector.

Sector Money Flow tracks the movement of institutional capital across the 11 standard GICS stock market sectors. By analyzing price action weighted by trading volume over a 14-day window, this dashboard identifies whether heavy accumulation (buying) or distribution (selling) is occurring. Monitoring these inflows and outflows helps investors identify market rotation, gauge risk appetite, and spot emerging market trends before they are fully reflected in major indices.

Above 50 means buying pressure dominates; below 50 means capital is leaving. The 5-day price change is the sector index move over the last five sessions.

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Market average

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Sector rankings by 14-day money flow

What is money flow in the stock market?

Money flow measures whether capital is moving into or out of a market or sector. It combines price direction with trading volume so that moves on heavy volume weigh more than moves on light volume. Rising prices on strong volume signal accumulation (inflow); falling prices on strong volume signal distribution (outflow).

What is sector rotation?

Sector rotation is the shift of institutional capital from one group of stocks to another as the economic cycle, interest rates, or risk appetite change. For example, money may leave growth-oriented technology and move into defensive utilities or energy. Tracking relative money flow across the 11 GICS sectors helps surface those rotations early.

What is the Money Flow Index (MFI)?

The Money Flow Index is a volume-weighted momentum oscillator scaled from 0 to 100. It uses typical price (high + low + close) / 3 and volume to classify each period as positive or negative money flow, then ratios those sums over a lookback window. Readings above 50 generally indicate net buying pressure; readings below 50 indicate net selling pressure. Extremes near 80 or 20 can flag overbought or oversold conditions.

Why use a 14-day window?

Fourteen periods is the classic default for the Money Flow Index, balancing responsiveness with noise reduction. On daily sector ETF data it covers roughly three trading weeks, long enough to reflect institutional positioning without reacting to every single-session spike. Shorter windows flip more often; longer windows lag turning points.

How should I use this dashboard?

Scan the ranked sector cards for relative inflow versus outflow, then cross-check the 5-day price change. Strong MFI with a rising price supports an ongoing accumulation trend; strong MFI with a flat or falling price can hint at absorption or divergence. Use the strongest-inflow, heaviest-outflow, and market-average summaries for a quick market-wide read. This site is educational and illustrative only—it is not investment advice.

What do the sector tickers represent?

Each card maps to a Select Sector SPDR ETF that tracks one of the eleven GICS sectors of the US equity market (for example XLK for Information Technology, XLF for Financials, XLE for Energy). Live metrics are computed from those ETFs' OHLCV history via Yahoo Finance.