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Market data · Oct 16, 2026 · close · ET

Tracked: 48 unique · Universe screened: 334 · 7 groups


Lumen's Analysis

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Market Status

ExposureDefensive
33/1000 = max defensive · 100 = max risk-on

Trend

Long-termSideways
IntermediateSideways
Short-termSideways

Breadth

Weak
Above 20d MA52%
Above 50d MA31%

Risk Environment

VolatilityNeutral
SentimentBearish
MomentumNegative
Momentum EnvChoppy

FinOps Signals


Tech Concentration

XLK vs SPY
Grade C-0.53 RS
Growth ratio (QQQ/SPY)Lagging -0.32
Mag 7 proxy (QQQ)$713  -2.1%

Risk & Opportunity

Commitment Windows

Market Internals

VIX↑
21.4+30.2%
10Y Yield
5.11%+0.4%
Dollar (DXY)
101.9+1.7%
GLD gold ETF
$381-0.3%
USO oil ETF
$161.4+2.6%

Macro Context

Bonds (TLT)
Flat-0.63 RS1M
Credit (HYG)
Widening-1.98 RS1M
Dollar (DXY)
Rising+1.00 RS1M
Small vs Large
IWM lagging-0.94 spread

Momentum

Top and bottom 5 · 334 instruments

Leaders

1
TJX relative-strength sparkline
TJXA

The TJX Companies, Inc

+2.90

2
MAR relative-strength sparkline
MARA

Marriott International,…

+2.77

3
COST relative-strength sparkline
COSTA

Costco Wholesale Corpor…

+2.17

4
CHD relative-strength sparkline
CHDA

Church & Dwight Co., Inc

+2.14

5
HLT relative-strength sparkline
HLTA

Hilton Worldwide Holdin…

+2.09

Laggards

1
ARE relative-strength sparkline
AREC

Alexandria Real Estate…

-2.85

2
MOS relative-strength sparkline
MOSC

The Mosaic Company

-2.63

3
MGM relative-strength sparkline
MGMC

MGM Resorts Internation…

-2.02

4
MS relative-strength sparkline
MSC

Morgan Stanley

-1.94

5
STT relative-strength sparkline
STTC

Corporation

-1.92

Sectors · RS1M vs SPY

1XLP
+1.22
2XLV
+1.01
3XLE
+0.89
4XLU
+0.48
5XLB
+0.34
6XLY
+0.24
7XLC
-0.11
8XLF
-0.35
9XLI
-0.41
10XLRE
-0.43
11XLK
-0.53

Countries / Global

1EWZ
+0.79
2EWC
-0.03
3INDA
-0.22

Cloud Valuations

Hyperscaler CapEx

AI Compute Commitments

22

tracked deals

11

Signed

4

Announced

2

Target

5

Reported / in talks

Last updated September 13, 2026 · Values and capacity identify their provenance; only comparable, company-disclosed signed compute/cloud values enter the dollar headline, and no GW total is calculated.

Company-disclosed signed compute and cloud-service contracts total $265B+ across 4 qualifying contracts; reported-only and undisclosed values remain excluded.

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OpenAI

Firmus (Malaysia AI factories)

Announced

Undisclosed · undisclosed

OpenAI allocation undisclosed (undisclosed)·Multiyear·Sep 8, 2026Firmus ↗

Amazon

Qualcomm (custom silicon / optical)

Signed

Undisclosed · undisclosed

Undisclosed (undisclosed)·Multigenerational·Sep 8, 2026Qualcomm ↗ · Qualcomm SEC 8-K ↗

Australian AI ecosystem

NVIDIA Cloud Partners / DSX

Target

Undisclosed · undisclosed

Up to 2 GW by 2027 (ecosystem target) (company-disclosed)·Target by 2027·Sep 9, 2026NVIDIA ↗

Unidentified customer

SpaceX / xAI

Reported / in talks

$1.11B/month reported (run rate; total undisclosed) · reported

Undisclosed (undisclosed)·Undisclosed·Sep 2026Business Insider ↗

Anthropic

AWS (Trainium / Inferentia)

Signed

$100B+ · company-disclosed

Up to 5 GW (company-disclosed)·10 years·Apr 2026Anthropic ↗

Anthropic

Google Cloud / TPU (Broadcom)

Signed

Undisclosed · undisclosed

Multiple gigawatts (company-disclosed)·Deployment starts 2027·Apr 2026Anthropic ↗

Anthropic

xAI / SpaceX (Colossus 1)

Signed

~$40B reported · reported

More than 300 MW / 220,000+ NVIDIA GPUs (company-disclosed)·3 years reported·May 6, 2026Anthropic ↗ · TechCrunch ↗

Anthropic

Nscale (West Virginia / Vera Rubin)

Reported / in talks

~$45B reported · reported

~460 MW reported (reported)·6 years reported·Aug 26, 2026Reuters ↗

Anthropic

Lambda (Texas / Nueces County)

Reported / in talks

~$35B reported · reported

~350 MW reported (reported)·Undisclosed·Aug 31, 2026Reuters ↗

Anthropic

AMD (Instinct MI450 / Helios)

Announced

Undisclosed · undisclosed

Separate equity investment: AMD may invest up to $5B in Anthropic (company-disclosed)

Up to 2 GW (company-disclosed)·Starts H1 2027·Jul 22, 2026AMD ↗

Anthropic

Volta (Norway project)

Reported / in talks

~$10B reported · reported

~133 MW reported (reported)·6 years reported·Aug 4, 2026TechCrunch ↗

OpenAI

Stargate (Oracle, SoftBank, partners)

Target

Undisclosed current value · undisclosed

Original 10 GW goal surpassed (company-disclosed)·Ongoing·Jan 2025 (current update 2026)OpenAI ↗

Meta

NVIDIA (Blackwell + Vera Rubin + Grace)

Announced

Undisclosed · undisclosed

Millions of Blackwell and Rubin GPUs (company-disclosed)·Multiyear·Feb 2026NVIDIA ↗

Meta

AMD (Instinct MI450+)

Signed

Undisclosed · undisclosed

Up to 6 GW (company-disclosed)·Multiyear·Feb 24, 2026Meta ↗

Meta

Amazon (Graviton)

Signed

Undisclosed · undisclosed

Tens of millions of Graviton cores (company-disclosed)·Multiyear·2026Amazon ↗

Meta

CoreWeave (Vera Rubin)

Signed

~$21B · company-disclosed

AI cloud capacity; no comparable GW disclosed (undisclosed)·Through Dec 2032·Apr 9, 2026CoreWeave ↗

Jane Street

CoreWeave

Signed

~$6B · company-disclosed

Undisclosed (undisclosed)·Undisclosed·Apr 15, 2026CoreWeave ↗

OpenAI

Cerebras Systems

Announced

Undisclosed · undisclosed

750 MW (company-disclosed)·Through 2028·Jan 14, 2026OpenAI ↗

OpenAI

SB Energy / NVIDIA (PORTS-Pike, Ohio)

Signed

Undisclosed · undisclosed

4.25 IT-GW initial; approximately 3.75–3.8 IT-GW optional; OpenAI describes the overall agreement as approximately 8 IT-GW (company-disclosed)·20-year lease, phased availability beginning 2028·Aug 17, 2026OpenAI ↗ · NVIDIA News ↗ · NVIDIA SEC 8-K (Aug 17, 2026) ↗

Google

SpaceX / xAI

Reported / in talks

~$30B reported · reported

Undisclosed (undisclosed)·32 months reported·Jun 5, 2026TechCrunch ↗

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