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Aero and Defense stocks today

Where the basket ranks among 30 US sectors right now, how broad the move is, and which names make up the basket.

Rank right now
11of 30
Basket move
-0.05%
Names green
7of 10
Tape
6of 30 green

Showing the after hours, on the 4pm close basis. Updates every few minutes during the session, 4pm close after hours.

Ranked next to it right now: Macro Satellite -0.03% #9 · Magnificent 7 -0.03% #10 · Homebuilders -0.09% #12 · Consumer Disc -0.15% #13

The basket

10 names, one share class per company. The roster is versioned, so every rank ever published for this basket points at a known list of names.

Driving the move right now

••••-1.00%
••••-0.39%
••••+0.35%

The names behind the moves are for members.

About this basket

Defense primes alongside newer drone, autonomy and electric aircraft names. The primes move on budgets and geopolitics; the smaller names move on contracts and sentiment. Together the basket shows whether the market is paying for security and hardware.

Reading this basket

Ten names in two halves: the large primes and the small drones and air taxi names. The small half moves several times faster than the large half. A high rank on a day the primes are flat is the speculative half running; both halves green is the defense theme itself being bought.

  1. Rank first. The rank says where the money is going right now. A basket near the top of the board is where the tape is rotating in this session; one sliding down the list is where it is leaving.
  2. Breadth next. Names green of names total says whether the group is moving or one name is carrying it. Most names green is a group move. Two of ten is one stock and a different trade.
  3. Then the driver. Inside the basket the biggest mover sits first. On the free page the three biggest moves are shown with the names masked; members see which name leads and which has not moved.

How the rank works

Every basket is scored on its average move and its breadth against the other 29, every few minutes during the session and again at the 4pm close. The rank is the basket’s place in that list. It comes from the tape itself, not from headlines, so rotation shows up here before it is written about.

Common questions

What is in the Aero and Defense basket?

10 names, one share class per company: ONDS (Ondas), AVAV (AeroVironment), KTOS (Kratos Defense & Security Solut), ACHR (Archer Aviation), JOBY (Joby Aviation), LMT (Lockheed Martin), RTX (RTX), NOC (Northrop Grumman), GD (General Dynamics), LHX (L3Harris Technologies). The roster is versioned, so every rank the board publishes for the basket points at a known list of names.

Is the Aero and Defense basket up today?

Right now the basket is down 0.05% on the 4pm close, ranked 11 of 30 US sector baskets, with 7 of 10 names green. The numbers on this page update every few minutes during the session.

How is the Aero and Defense basket ranked?

Every basket is scored on its average move and its breadth against the other 29, every few minutes during the session and again at the 4pm close. The rank is the basket’s place in that list. It comes from the tape itself, not from headlines, so rotation shows up here before it is written about.

Which Aero and Defense stock is leading today?

This page shows the three biggest moves inside the basket today without naming the stocks. Members see every name in rank order, which one is leading and which has not moved, and the alerts when a name crosses a level on real volume.

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