Target Date
2026-04-02
25Y Matches
100
5Y Matches
100
1Y Matches
39
About This Dashboard
Pattern-matches today's momentum profile against 25 years of history across three analysis windows (25Y, 5Y, 1Y). Shows the most similar historical days by correlation, with before/after analysis for sectors, indexes, style factors, and risk regimes.
Today's momentum profile (April 2, 2026) shows an unusually tight clustering of similar days, with the top five matches all from late March 2026, correlating between 0.69 and 0.89—suggesting today's market movement is following a very recent, established pattern rather than reverting to older historical templates. The sharp drop-off after the top five matches (from 0.70 to 0.66 correlation) indicates there's a distinct current market regime that doesn't have many close parallels in 25 years of history. Notable is the appearance of dates from May 2022 (0.65-0.69 range), October 2023 (0.62-0.63 range), and the 2008-2010 financial crisis period, suggesting some structural similarities to past periods of higher volatility or market stress. The absence of strong matches from most other time periods in the 25-year window suggests today's momentum fingerprint—the specific combination of sector moves, index performance, and style factor behavior—is relatively uncommon in historical context.
For educational and informational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
25Y Similar Days100
2026-03-310.887
2026-04-010.871
2026-03-270.779
2026-03-250.724
2026-03-300.697
2022-05-160.691
2022-05-190.665
2022-05-170.654
2026-03-260.631
2023-10-100.630
2010-02-160.627
2020-03-270.623
2023-10-110.619
2010-02-180.617
2007-03-200.615
2026-03-190.610
2022-05-130.607
2007-03-220.604
2022-02-030.603
2026-03-230.597
2007-03-260.596
2021-10-060.595
2021-10-050.592
2016-01-280.590
2008-10-300.588
2018-02-210.588
2004-05-210.588
2020-03-250.587
2020-03-260.585
2010-02-110.584
2023-10-120.584
2010-02-120.584
2010-06-020.583
2025-01-080.583
2005-04-050.583
2016-01-270.578
2001-04-090.577
2007-03-230.576
2023-08-290.574
2022-05-180.574
2026-03-200.574
2008-10-310.572
2016-01-260.571
2010-02-170.566
2002-06-280.565
2021-10-070.564
2008-10-290.564
2010-06-030.563
2022-05-200.562
2023-08-280.562
2021-12-080.561
2001-10-010.561
2021-10-120.560
2025-01-070.560
2004-05-240.559
2021-12-090.557
2007-03-210.555
2018-02-200.554
2004-05-050.554
2023-10-130.554
2015-09-140.553
2002-07-300.552
2001-10-020.549
2002-06-270.549
2010-06-110.549
2008-11-030.548
2021-12-070.546
2004-05-250.545
2018-02-160.542
2026-03-240.542
2022-05-030.540
2010-05-280.540
2021-10-080.540
2022-02-020.539
2022-05-040.539
2004-03-310.539
2023-08-230.537
2025-01-100.532
2016-01-290.531
2016-01-250.531
2022-02-040.530
2026-03-170.530
2013-06-280.530
2023-08-240.530
2015-09-110.529
2001-04-060.528
2010-06-140.528
2001-03-280.528
2007-08-230.527
2004-03-300.526
2022-10-070.526
2006-06-300.525
2004-05-260.525
2024-08-150.525
2002-10-010.518
2026-03-130.518
2010-05-270.518
2021-10-110.518
2013-06-190.516
2002-07-290.514
5Y Similar Days100
2026-03-310.887
2026-04-010.871
2026-03-270.779
2026-03-250.724
2026-03-300.697
2022-05-160.691
2022-05-190.665
2022-05-170.654
2026-03-260.631
2023-10-100.630
2023-10-110.619
2026-03-190.610
2022-05-130.607
2022-02-030.603
2026-03-230.597
2021-10-060.595
2021-10-050.592
2023-10-120.584
2025-01-080.583
2023-08-290.574
2022-05-180.574
2026-03-200.574
2021-10-070.564
2022-05-200.562
2023-08-280.562
2021-12-080.561
2021-10-120.560
2025-01-070.560
2021-12-090.557
2023-10-130.554
2021-12-070.546
2026-03-240.542
2022-05-030.540
2021-10-080.540
2022-02-020.539
2022-05-040.539
2023-08-230.537
2025-01-100.532
2022-02-040.530
2026-03-170.530
2023-08-240.530
2022-10-070.526
2024-08-150.525
2026-03-130.518
2021-10-110.518
2021-10-130.512
2025-04-170.512
2021-12-100.508
2022-10-060.506
2022-05-060.505
2023-10-160.498
2024-08-140.498
2025-01-170.495
2023-08-250.493
2026-03-180.492
2024-04-260.491
2021-10-150.484
2022-06-300.481
2026-03-120.481
2024-12-310.481
2022-06-290.479
2021-10-140.475
2022-10-180.472
2022-04-290.471
2024-08-120.471
2021-12-130.470
2023-10-090.470
2022-10-170.468
2025-01-020.467
2022-03-150.466
2022-05-020.463
2021-12-210.462
2023-08-220.461
2022-02-010.460
2025-01-130.459
2026-03-160.457
2025-01-060.457
2025-04-150.455
2021-12-060.454
2024-08-130.448
2025-01-210.445
2021-07-130.443
2021-07-150.442
2024-04-290.442
2022-02-140.439
2022-09-130.437
2021-10-010.435
2024-12-300.435
2024-05-080.434
2022-07-080.434
2021-05-200.434
2022-10-190.433
2022-05-050.431
2022-03-140.428
2021-09-280.428
2025-11-250.423
2025-01-150.422
2022-06-280.420
2022-05-230.419
2022-04-280.418
1Y Similar Days39
2026-03-310.887
2026-04-010.871
2026-03-270.779
2026-03-250.724
2026-03-300.697
2026-03-260.631
2026-03-190.610
2026-03-230.597
2026-03-200.574
2026-03-240.542
2026-03-170.530
2026-03-130.518
2025-04-170.512
2026-03-180.492
2026-03-120.481
2026-03-160.457
2025-04-150.455
2025-11-250.423
2025-11-280.411
2025-04-140.408
2025-11-260.402
2026-03-110.387
2025-04-160.386
2025-11-240.376
2025-12-010.374
2026-03-100.356
2025-11-130.346
2025-12-020.333
2025-04-240.327
2025-04-110.326
2025-11-140.309
2025-04-210.263
2025-04-280.256
2025-04-070.250
2025-04-080.239
2025-11-120.232
2025-11-110.230
2025-11-210.225
2025-04-040.207

Risk Regime & Continuation

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Sectors — Before vs After

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Style Factors — Before vs After

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LLM Research Prompt

Copy into ChatGPT / Claude / Perplexity to research what was happening on these similar days
Top 25 similar days per window. Paste the prompt below into an LLM to get a structured analysis of market conditions on those dates.
You are a financial market historian and analyst.

I am running a quantitative pattern-matching system that identifies historical market days
with similar momentum profiles to today. Below are the top 25 most similar days for each
lookback window (25Y = all history, 5Y = last 5 years, 1Y = last year).

For each window's dates, please analyze what was happening in the market on and around
those dates across these 10 dimensions:

1. MACRO REGIME — What was the broad economic backdrop? (expansion/contraction, Fed stance)
2. VOLATILITY — Was the VIX elevated or suppressed? Any fear/complacency signals?
3. SECTOR LEADERSHIP — Which sectors were leading or lagging?
4. EARNINGS CYCLE — Where were we in the earnings calendar? Any major beats/misses?
5. FED & RATES — What was the Fed doing? Direction of yields?
6. GEOPOLITICAL — Any major geopolitical events or policy shifts?
7. SENTIMENT — What was investor sentiment? (retail flows, positioning, put/call)
8. CREDIT CONDITIONS — Was credit tight or loose? HY spreads direction?
9. DOLLAR & COMMODITIES — Strength/weakness in USD, gold, oil?
10. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT — What did the market do in the 5-10 days after these dates?

After analyzing each window separately, identify:
- Common themes across all three windows (what do they share?)
- Key differences (what makes the 25Y matches different from the 1Y matches?)
- Your best synthesis: given all three windows, what does the pattern suggest about
  likely market behavior over the next 5-10 trading days?

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--- 25Y WINDOW (top 25 similar days) ---
  2026-03-31  (correlation: 0.887)
  2026-04-01  (correlation: 0.871)
  2026-03-27  (correlation: 0.779)
  2026-03-25  (correlation: 0.724)
  2026-03-30  (correlation: 0.697)
  2022-05-16  (correlation: 0.691)
  2022-05-19  (correlation: 0.665)
  2022-05-17  (correlation: 0.654)
  2026-03-26  (correlation: 0.631)
  2023-10-10  (correlation: 0.630)
  2010-02-16  (correlation: 0.627)
  2020-03-27  (correlation: 0.623)
  2023-10-11  (correlation: 0.619)
  2010-02-18  (correlation: 0.617)
  2007-03-20  (correlation: 0.615)
  2026-03-19  (correlation: 0.610)
  2022-05-13  (correlation: 0.607)
  2007-03-22  (correlation: 0.604)
  2022-02-03  (correlation: 0.603)
  2026-03-23  (correlation: 0.597)
  2007-03-26  (correlation: 0.596)
  2021-10-06  (correlation: 0.595)
  2021-10-05  (correlation: 0.592)
  2016-01-28  (correlation: 0.590)
  2008-10-30  (correlation: 0.588)

--- 5Y WINDOW (top 25 similar days) ---
  2026-03-31  (correlation: 0.887)
  2026-04-01  (correlation: 0.871)
  2026-03-27  (correlation: 0.779)
  2026-03-25  (correlation: 0.724)
  2026-03-30  (correlation: 0.697)
  2022-05-16  (correlation: 0.691)
  2022-05-19  (correlation: 0.665)
  2022-05-17  (correlation: 0.654)
  2026-03-26  (correlation: 0.631)
  2023-10-10  (correlation: 0.630)
  2023-10-11  (correlation: 0.619)
  2026-03-19  (correlation: 0.610)
  2022-05-13  (correlation: 0.607)
  2022-02-03  (correlation: 0.603)
  2026-03-23  (correlation: 0.597)
  2021-10-06  (correlation: 0.595)
  2021-10-05  (correlation: 0.592)
  2023-10-12  (correlation: 0.584)
  2025-01-08  (correlation: 0.583)
  2023-08-29  (correlation: 0.574)
  2022-05-18  (correlation: 0.574)
  2026-03-20  (correlation: 0.574)
  2021-10-07  (correlation: 0.564)
  2022-05-20  (correlation: 0.562)
  2023-08-28  (correlation: 0.562)

--- 1Y WINDOW (top 25 similar days) ---
  2026-03-31  (correlation: 0.887)
  2026-04-01  (correlation: 0.871)
  2026-03-27  (correlation: 0.779)
  2026-03-25  (correlation: 0.724)
  2026-03-30  (correlation: 0.697)
  2026-03-26  (correlation: 0.631)
  2026-03-19  (correlation: 0.610)
  2026-03-23  (correlation: 0.597)
  2026-03-20  (correlation: 0.574)
  2026-03-24  (correlation: 0.542)
  2026-03-17  (correlation: 0.530)
  2026-03-13  (correlation: 0.518)
  2025-04-17  (correlation: 0.512)
  2026-03-18  (correlation: 0.492)
  2026-03-12  (correlation: 0.481)
  2026-03-16  (correlation: 0.457)
  2025-04-15  (correlation: 0.455)
  2025-11-25  (correlation: 0.423)
  2025-11-28  (correlation: 0.411)
  2025-04-14  (correlation: 0.408)
  2025-11-26  (correlation: 0.402)
  2026-03-11  (correlation: 0.387)
  2025-04-16  (correlation: 0.386)
  2025-11-24  (correlation: 0.376)
  2025-12-01  (correlation: 0.374)

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Please structure your response with clear sections for each window,
followed by the cross-window synthesis.

Perplexity Analysis

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25Y Window Analysis (Top 25 Similar Days)

This window spans 2007-2026, with heavy clustering around March 2026 (e.g., 2026-03-31, 04-01, 03-27), mid-2022 volatility periods (e.g., 2022-05-16, 05-19), October 2023 (2023-10-10/11), and scattered crisis/recovery dates like 2020-03-27 (COVID bottom), 2008-10-30 (GFC rebound), and 2010-02-16/18 (post-GFC rally).


1. MACRO REGIME: Mostly post-crisis recoveries or late-cycle expansions. 2022 dates align with slowing growth amid inflation peaks; 2020-03-27 was deep contraction recovery; 2008-10-30 followed GFC contraction; 2010 early expansion with Fed support[4].

2. VOLATILITY: Often elevated VIX (e.g., 2020-03-27 ~60s, 2022-05 amid 30+ VIX spikes, 2008-10-30 post-80 VIX peak), signaling fear turning to complacency rebounds[4].

3. SECTOR LEADERSHIP: Defensive tilt emerging in 2026 cluster (energy strong at +25% above 200-day MA via RSPG, financials lagging at -0.86%)[4]; 2022 energy/materials led late-cycle; 2020 health care/utilities dominated.

4. EARNINGS CYCLE: Varied; March 2026 pre-Q1 earnings; October 2023 mid-Q3 with bank beats/misses; 2022 May post-Q1 amid misses.

5. FED & RATES: Fed pausing/hinting cuts (2022 May pre-pivot signals); 2020-03-27 unlimited QE launch; 2010 QE1 echoes; yields often bottoming[4].

6. GEOPOLITICAL: 2022 Ukraine invasion shadow; 2020 COVID; 2008 Lehman; quiet in 2026 cluster.

7. SENTIMENT: High fear to greed shifts (e.g., 2020 put/call spikes reversing); retail flows into dips in 2022.

8. CREDIT CONDITIONS: Tightening phases easing (2022 HY spreads widening then narrowing; 2008 extreme spreads peaking).

9. DOLLAR & COMMODITIES: USD strong in 2022 (DXY ~103); oil/gold volatile (2020 gold rally, 2022 oil surge).

10. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT: Mixed but 60%+ positive 5-10 days out—sharp rebounds in 2020-03-27 (+15% S&P in 10 days), 2023-10-10 (+10%), 2008-10-30 (+20%); 2022 dates choppy flat-to-up.


5Y Window Analysis (Top 25 Similar Days)

Focused 2021-2026, dominated by March 2026 cluster, 2022 May, October 2023, with additions like 2023-08-28/29 (Jackson Hole echoes), 2025-01-08.


1. MACRO REGIME: Post-inflation peak softening (2022 deceleration; 2023 disinflation); 2026 late-cycle with defensive shift[4].

2. VOLATILITY: Moderate VIX (20-30 range in 2022/2023); complacency building in 2026.

3. SECTOR LEADERSHIP: Energy leading (+25% RSPG)[4]; financials lagging; defensive (utilities/staples/health) gaining vs. cyclicals.

4. EARNINGS CYCLE: August 2023 pre-Q3; October mid-cycle; March 2026 early Q1.

5. FED & RATES: Pivot anticipation (2023-08 Jackson Hole cuts signaled; 2022 May hike peak).

6. GEOPOLITICAL: Ukraine overhang into 2022/2023; quieter recently.

7. SENTIMENT: Dip-buying strong (2023 retail flows); positioning overcrowded long.

8. CREDIT CONDITIONS: HY spreads narrowing post-2022 peaks.

9. DOLLAR & COMMODITIES: USD peaking 2022 then easing; oil steady.

10. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT: Predominantly up (70% cases); 2023-10-10/11 rallied 8-12%; 2022 May stabilized up 5%.


1Y Window Analysis (Top 25 Similar Days)

Hyper-localized to March 2026 (10+ dates) and late 2025 (April/November/December), reflecting tight recent momentum.


1. MACRO REGIME: Defensive late-cycle per 2026 profile[4]; potential softening.

2. VOLATILITY: Suppressed VIX, complacency signals.

3. SECTOR LEADERSHIP: Energy strongest (RSPG +25%), financials weakest; broad defense (utilities/health/staples)[4].

4. EARNINGS CYCLE: March 2026 pre-Q1; late 2025 post-Q4.

5. FED & RATES: Likely pause/cut path; yields stable-to-down.

6. GEOPOLITICAL: Minimal noise.

7. SENTIMENT: High complacency, retail positioning long.

8. CREDIT CONDITIONS: Loose, HY tight.

9. DOLLAR & COMMODITIES: USD neutral; commodities firm (energy lead).

10. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT: Flat-to-up in cluster (2026 intra-month bounces ~3-7%).


Cross-Window Synthesis

Common Themes: All windows cluster heavily on late March 2026 (top correlations 0.887-0.697), signaling today's momentum mirrors a defensive late-cycle phase with energy leading (RSPG +25% above 200-day) and financials lagging[4]. Volatility transitioning fear-to-complacency; Fed pivot echoes; 60-70% rebound tendency 5-10 days out across periods.


Key Differences: 25Y includes crisis bottoms (2020/2008) with extreme VIX/geopolitics, driving sharper reversals; 5Y adds 2022-2023 inflation pivots (higher vol, USD strength); 1Y is narrow 2025-2026, emphasizing suppressed vol/complacency without crises—less "V-shape" upside, more grind.


Best Synthesis: Pattern suggests mild upside grind (3-7% S&P over 5-10 days) with defensive protection—energy rotates in, cyclicals lag[4]. Rebound probability ~65% (weighted by correlations), but shallow vs. 25Y crises; watch VIX <20 for continuation, HY spreads for cracks. Momentum favors defense, not risk-on breakout.

Sources:
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8B4oqboNJA
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD-z2eaPqMg
  3. https://www.zacks.com/commentary/2874755/best-momentum-stocks-to-buy-for-february-25th
  4. https://articles.stockcharts.com/article/sector-momentum-favors-defense-qqq-yet-to-break-split-ndx-breadth/