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Broad risk-off close — QQQ leads lower as VIX spikes into heavy earnings.
Market weather: bearish. Posture: protect-first.
All four majors closed red: SPY (-1.23%), QQQ (-1.90%), DIA (-1.00%), IWM (-0.58%), in a broad risk-off close during one of the busiest earnings sessions of the quarter. Volatility spiked; the VIX closed at 18.70, up 12.38% on the day.
Today is a protect-first day. A volatility spike like this calls for patience, not new risk. Read the full Harbor Now →
Past Harbor Nows
- Aug 25, 2026QQQ leads a broad green tape — volatility eases→
- Aug 24, 2026DIA holds a split tape — QQQ and IWM lag as volatility rises→
- Aug 21, 2026Broad green tape — DIA and IWM lead as volatility eases→
- Aug 20, 2026Broad red tape — IWM and DIA lead lower as volatility rises→
- Aug 19, 2026Small caps lead a mixed green tape — tech lags→
- Aug 18, 2026Broad red tape — DIA holds best as tech and small caps lag→
- Aug 17, 2026Broad red tape — volatility rises as QQQ holds up best→
- Aug 14, 2026IWM stands alone — mixed tape, volatility eases→
- Aug 13, 2026QQQ leads a broad green tape — volatility ticks higher→
- Aug 12, 2026QQQ and small caps lead an upbeat close — volatility eases→
- Aug 11, 2026Small caps hold up while the tape stays uncertain→
- Aug 10, 2026SPY holds near flat while small caps lag — volatility rises→
- Aug 7, 2026QQQ leads a broad green close — volatility stays quiet→
- Aug 6, 2026SPY held best in a red tape — volatility eased→
- Aug 5, 2026DIA steadies a split tape — volatility eases→
- Aug 4, 2026Tech surge leads a broad green close — volatility still rose→
- Aug 3, 2026Broad lift, tech edges ahead — calm tape near highs→
- Jul 31, 2026Mid-session snapshot, July 31 — small caps lag, VIX ticks up while the tape stays orderly→
- Jul 23, 2026Broad risk-off close — QQQ leads lower as VIX spikes into heavy earnings→
- Jul 17, 2026Risk-off tape — tech led lower, VIX pops→
- Jul 16, 2026Tech hit, volatility pops — breadth uncertain into earnings→
- Jul 15, 2026Breadth broad, tech lags — a quiet day near highs→
- Jul 14, 2026Big banks open earnings season — tape stabilizes→
- Jul 13, 2026Risk-off open to the week — tech leads the pullback→
- Jul 12, 2026Exhaustion holding, posture reduce→
- Jul 11, 2026Trend up, clean and aligned→
- Jul 10, 2026Expansion settling into chop→
- Jul 9, 2026Calm; the axis quiet→