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Themes - Change From Close

Overview​

The Themes - Change From Close profile is the intraday version of the theme view: the market grouped by MarketAlpha's curated themes, sized by market capitalization and colored by each stock's change from the previous close. It shows you, live, which narratives the market is buying and selling today.

News rarely moves one stock alone. A chip earnings beat lifts the whole AI complex, an oil spike moves every energy-adjacent theme. This map makes those ripples visible the moment they start spreading.

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This profile updates in real time throughout the trading day, and the color scale adapts to the day's volatility so theme moves stay easy to read.

Strategy Focus​

  • See which themes are moving today and in which direction
  • Catch news ripples spreading from one stock through its theme
  • Judge whether a theme move is uniform or driven by a single large member
  • Trade sympathy plays, laggards inside a theme that just caught a bid
  • Track intraday thematic rotation between competing narratives

Map Configuration​

  • Main Category: Themes
  • Box Size: Market Capitalization ($)
  • Box Color: Change From Close (%)

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, so each theme's visual weight matches the real size of its members.
  • Change From Close (%): The percent change between the last traded price and the previous day's close, coloring the map by today's winners and losers.

Practical Use Cases​

  • When a big name gaps on news, open this map to see how far the move spreads through its theme
  • Hunt sympathy setups: flat boxes inside a theme that is otherwise deep green
  • Watch for a theme flipping color intraday as an early rotation cue
  • Click a hot theme's header to review all members in Multi-Charts
  • Compare against Themes - Return Year to Date to see whether today's action starts, extends, or reverses the year's trend