Use Case · Macro

Macro & stock divergence alerts

5 min read · Use case

Some of the cleanest trades in macro come from divergence: an asset moves but its usual partner doesn't follow. Gold rallies, miners stay flat. Oil spikes, energy stocks shrug. The catch-up move is the trade.

Why divergences matter

Strong correlations between assets and their related equity proxies usually hold. Gold and gold miners (GDX). Oil and energy stocks (XLE). The dollar and emerging markets. When the correlation breaks — even temporarily — one side is typically wrong. The "wrong" side often catches up over the following days or weeks.

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Tickerbot has live data on 12,000+ stocks, 20 forex pairs, 100 cryptocurrencies, gold, silver, oil, natural gas, and 10 economic indicators — updated every five minutes (for stocks/crypto/FX) or daily (for commodities and macro). You can reference any of them in the same alert.

Gold + miners divergence

Gold up more than 2% in a week while GDX (gold miners ETF) is flat or down

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GOLD +2.4% wkly, GDX −0.3%. Divergence live.

Oil + energy divergence

WTI crude up 5% in a week while XLE (energy ETF) is up less than 1%

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WTI +5.7% wkly, XLE +0.4%. Catch-up trade live.

BTC and equity correlation breakdowns

Crypto and equities usually trade together as a "risk-on" pair. When they decouple, it tends to mean the market is making a regime call.

Crypto/equity divergence

BTC up more than 5% overnight while SPY futures are down

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BTC +6.2% overnight, SPY futures −0.4%. Risk regime shift live.

Variants worth setting up

"DXY (dollar index) up while EEM (emerging markets ETF) is also up" (the unusual case)
"10-year treasury yield up more than 10bps while financial stocks (XLF) are down" (curve disconnect)
"Natural gas up 10% in a week while utilities (XLU) haven't moved"
"Copper down 5% while industrial stocks (XLI) are at new highs" (recession signal mismatch)

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