ISHARES U.S. AEROSPACE & DEFENSE ETF. Every tracked FinTwit mention of $ITA, newest first. 62 mentions since the first on Jan 3, 2026. See the price chart.
July 2026 · 6 mentions
Jul 16
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 16, 2026
$XLV +2.5%. Healthcare leads. Yesterday's laggard is today's leader. $SOXX -3.8%. All four thematics red. All four macro red. $SLV -2.9%. Spread w…↗
Jul 10
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 10, 2026
$XBI -3.6%. Biotech crashes. All four thematics negative. Again. $XLB +1.4% leads. Materials. Factors flat. No conviction. The rotation stalled. Q…↗
Jul 8
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 8, 2026
$USO +5.2%. Second session leading. 10.1% spread. Widest of the series. All four factors negative. All four thematics negative. $SLV -4.9%. No safe…↗
Jul 7
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 7, 2026
$SOXX -4.9%. Ten sessions. $TAN -4.7%. $MTUM -3.1%. Growth crushed. $USO +2.5% leads. Oil back above $70. $XBI +2.1%. $USMV only green factor. The…↗
Jul 2
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 2, 2026
$SLV +3.02%. Silver leads the scanner. First time a commodity leads. $SOXX -4.04%. The semi sell continues. Healthcare. Staples. Defense. Pure defe…↗
Jul 1
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 1, 2026
$IGV +4.30%. Largest software move of the series. $SOXX -5.31%. 9.6% spread. Widest of the series. The split inverted on Q3 day one.
Leader: $IGV…↗
June 2026 · 20 mentions
Jun 30
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 30, 2026
$SOXX +3.71%. Second session. The dark pool buy validated. $XLRE -1.28%. Defensives sell. Growth buys. All four thematics green. Last day of Q2.…↗
Jun 29
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 29, 2026
$SOXX +2.84%. All four thematics green. $IGV +1.86%. The split resolved. Q2 close. JPM collar day.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +2.84%
Laggard:…↗
Jun 25
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 25, 2026
$VLUE +4.09%. The value surge. $SOXX +2.87%. $MU bounce. $IGV -1.35%. Software sells again. Commodities reversed. All four green.
Leader: $VLUE (…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 29, 2026 | Week 12
$IGV +5.3%. The largest software move in our scanners history. $DELL +33%. Gold +1.5%. 7.0% spread.
Leader: $IGV (Software) +5.3%
Laggar…↗
May 28
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 28, 2026
$ARKK leads +3.0%. $IGV +2.5%. All factors green. Innovation back. The risk trade is on.
Leader: $ARKK (ARK Innovation) +3.0%
Laggard: $XLU (Utili…↗
May 27
PhotonBull — It appears like there is a bit of rotation here
Relative strength in defense stocks
Did I call the bottom?
$ITA is a defense ETF
$ONDS with an incredible day
Let's see if the…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | April 30, 2026
The mega-caps beat. The money went everywhere else.
$MSFT, $GOOGL, $AMZN all beat last night. You'd expect tech to lead today. It's the laggard.…↗
Apr 28
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | April 28, 2026
Nowhere to hide. Almost everything is red.
Previous sessions the rotation scanner showed clear themes, tech up/energy down, or financials up/sem…↗
Apr 24
Alphatica — Where the money is going.
We track 37 proxy ETFs in real time across sectors, factors, thematic, and macro. Every session, the rotation scanner shows you exactly where the institu…↗
Nick Colas & Jessica Rabe (DataTrek) — US large cap aerospace/defense stocks have outperformed by +1 sigma & the largest names trade for an avg of 39x forward earnings. The group’s strong fundamentals merit a valuat…↗
February 2026 · 2 mentions
Feb 23
Jason Luongo — If we go to war with Iran, these are the stocks you will want to keep an eye on:
Defense primes:
$LMT, $RTX, $NOC, $GD, $LHX, $HWM
Drones and autonomous systems:
$ONDS, $AVAV, $K…↗
Feb 19
Serenity — The funniest beneficary if US invades Iran was:
Pistachios.
Not even joking.
Did you know US (California) and Iran operate a virtual duopoly in pistachio production?
This is…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 18, 2026
$SOXX +6.3%. Quarterly OPEX. $IGV -0.4%. The split at its widest. 6.7% gap. Gamma concentrates in semis.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +6.3%
Lag…↗
Jun 18
InvestmentGuru — THE SMARTEST WAY TO TRACK A SECTOR? WATCH THE ETF FIRST.
Most retail investors jump straight to individual stocks.
But experienced investors watch the ETF first.
Here’s why -
E…↗
Jun 17
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 17, 2026
$XBI +4.6%. Biotech leads on FOMC day. The rate-sensitive trade. $SOXX +3.5%. $IGV flat. Software waits for Warsh.
Leader: $XBI (Biotech) +4.6%
L…↗
Jun 16
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 16, 2026
$XLU +1.6%. Utilities lead. First time. $SOXX -3.5%. $IGV -1.4%. Yesterday reversed. FOMC eve. Full defensive.
Leader: $XLU (Utilities) +1.6%
Lag…↗
Jun 15
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 15, 2026
$ARKK +5.6%. $SOXX +5.0%. $IGV +3.0%. Software is back. The split resolved. $USO -4.6%. 10.2% spread.
Leader: $ARKK (Innovation) +5.6%
Laggard: $…↗
Jun 12
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 12, 2026
4.3% spread. The narrowest of the series. Nearly everything green. $XLB leads. $IGV still red. SpaceX IPO day.
Leader: $XLB (Materials) +1.6%
Lag…↗
Jun 11
PhotonBull — We are going for round 2 today
$EOS.AX has been in a sharp downturn with the broader market
The market bounced today as Trump announced that he cancelled the new round of stri…↗
Jun 11
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 11, 2026
$SOXX +3.9%. All factors green. $XBI +2.0%. $IGV -1.5%. Software alone on the sell side. The split returns.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +3.9%…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 9, 2026
$XLRE +1.9%. Real estate leads. $SOXX -3.0%. $IGV -2.9%. Oil crashing. The market is pricing lower rates.
Leader: $XLRE (Real Estate) +1.9%
Laggar…↗
Jun 8
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 8, 2026
$SOXX +7.1%. The largest semiconductor move in this series history. Friday: -6.5%. A 13.6% swing.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +7.1%
Laggard: $X…↗
Jun 5
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 5, 2026
$SOXX -6.5%. $SLV -7.1%. $TAN -7.3%. $XLP +1.7%. Consumer staples leads. The market hides in cereal and toothpaste.
Leader: $XLP (Consumer Staples…↗
Jun 4
PhotonBull — Nice bounce on the markets so far today
Noticable strength in $IWM and especially space and defense which seems hopeful for a bounce in $EOS.AX tonight
$ONDS $ITA $RKLB $ASTS $AV…↗
Jun 4
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 4, 2026
$XBI +3.0%. $XLF +2.5%. $SOXX -2.9%. $XLK -2.0%. The great rotation. Out of tech. Into everything else.
Leader: $XBI (Biotech) +3.0%
Laggard: $USO…↗
Jun 3
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 3, 2026
$IGV -4.0%. Four days. The $DELL rally is gone. $SOXX +1.3%. $AVGO reports tonight.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +2.4%
Laggard: $IGV (Software) -4.0%
Spread…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 26, 2026 | S&P All-Time High
$SOXX +5.8%. $MTUM +3.3%. Oil only red. 8.3% spread. The greenest scanner since this series began.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconducto…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 22, 2026 | Warsh Day 1
$SOXX +2.6%. All sectors green. All factors green. The scanner wakes up.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +2.6%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver)…↗
May 22
Shane C. Murphy, CMT — US Aerospace & Defense $ITA
Strap in! Coil pattern with price trading above an upward sloping 200-day average. Historically, when this type of compression occurs, price resol…↗
May 21
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 21, 2026 | Post $NVDA
3.3% spread. The quietest scanner in weeks. The market is digesting.
Leader: $TAN (Solar) +1.7%
Laggard: $XLP (Consumer Staples) -1.6…↗
May 20
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 20, 2026 | $NVDA Day
$SOXX +4.3%. All sectors green. All factors green. Oil only red. $NVDA tonight.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +4.3%
Laggard: $USO (Oi…↗
May 19
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 19, 2026 | $NVDA Eve
All tech red. Semis, software, solar. Healthcare and oil only green. $NVDA tomorrow.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +1.9%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver) -…↗
May 18
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 18, 2026
Tech sells into $NVDA earnings. Energy and financials lead. Two days.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +1.7%
Laggard: $TAN (Solar) -3.5%
Spread: 5.2%
The marke…↗
May 15
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 15, 2026 | OPEX Day
11.5% spread. All-time record. $SLV -8.5%. Oil the only green. OPEX destruction.
Leader: $USO (Oil) +3.1%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver) -8.5%…↗
May 14
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 14, 2026
Software leads. Every sector green. Every factor green. The broadening is real.
Leader: $IGV (Software) +2.6%
Laggard: $SLV (Silver) -3.3%
Spread:…↗
May 13
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 13, 2026 | 12:00 PM ET
Solar leads +3.7%. Software lags again. PPI 6.0% and the market shrugs.
Leader: $TAN (Solar) +3.7%
Laggard: $IGV (Software) -1.8%
Sp…↗
Shane C. Murphy, CMT — Aerospace & Defense Industry
Making new all-time highs on both an absolute and relative basis.
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