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Themes - Rel. Strength 1 Day

Overview​

The Themes - Rel. Strength 1 Day profile shows which narratives lead the market right now. Stocks are grouped by MarketAlpha's curated themes, sized by market capitalization, and colored by the 1-day Relative Strength rating, a live 1-to-99 rank of intraday performance against every tracked symbol, adjusted for the current session.

When a theme catches a bid, its whole block lights up at once. That group-level glow is often more tradeable than any single stock's move, because it tells you the market is pricing the story, not just one company's news.

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The 1-day rating adjusts automatically for the pre-market, regular, or post-market session, so this map is useful at any hour. It updates in real time.

Strategy Focus​

  • Spot which themes lead and lag today, normalized against the whole market
  • Catch a narrative catching fire intraday before it hits the news cycle
  • Confirm single-stock moves by checking whether the whole theme participates
  • Find sympathy candidates, lower-rated names inside a theme that just lit up
  • Track day-to-day theme rotation through the trading week

Map Configuration​

  • Main Category: Themes
  • Box Size: Market Capitalization ($)
  • Box Color: Relative Strength 1 Day

Metrics Behind the Map​

  • Themes: MarketAlpha's curated, narrative-based classification reflecting strategic and emerging trends.
  • Market Capitalization ($): The total dollar value of a company's outstanding shares, weighting each theme by its members' real size.
  • Relative Strength 1 Day: Ranks each ticker's intraday price performance against all others, session-adjusted, from 1 to 99. A 99 means the stock is outperforming 99% of tracked symbols today.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Check this map when a stock spikes to see whether its whole theme is moving, a stronger signal than an isolated pop
  • Trade theme momentum: pick the strongest names inside today's hottest theme
  • Hunt laggard entries in a leading theme before they catch up
  • Watch for theme leadership flipping intraday as a rotation cue
  • Compare against Themes - Rel. Strength 1 Year to separate one-day pops from themes in established uptrends