Hey everyone! I just launched a market analysis side project and would love some feedback.
**About me / disclaimer:** I’m not a finance professional, just a designer who hyperfixated on building a more human-readable way to gauge market and economic “health.” **This is a vibe-coded context tool, not investment advice, predictions, or signals.** Mostly posting to get smarter eyes on it and see what I’m missing. I wanted something transparent that blends multiple signals into an empathic context without pretending to predict the market.
**What it is**
The **Market Diagnostic Dashboard** is a real-time tool that tracks \~10 indicators across six domains to give a high-level snapshot of overall market stability:
* **Volatility & Equity:** VIX, SPY
* **Rates & Curve:** Fed Funds Rate, 10Y–2Y
* **Employment:** U.S. Unemployment
* **Bonds:** Credit spreads, curve dynamics, Treasury volatility
* **Liquidity:** M2 growth, Fed balance sheet, RRP usage
* **Sentiment:** Analyst, consumer, and corporate sentiment
Each indicator is scored **0–100** (higher = healthier) and combined into a weighted composite that classifies conditions as **GREEN** (stable), **YELLOW** (caution), or **RED** (stress).
**What it includes**
* Live data from FRED + Yahoo Finance + Seeking Alpha
* 1 year of historical context with charts
* Dow Theory–based market strain analysis
* Market news for a custom ticker list + full methodology docs
* Free, no ads/paywalls. Only using publically available data to draw conclusions.
**Would love thoughts on**
* Indicators to add/remove
* Sanity check on if my current indicators measure viable stats/trends
* Whether the weighting makes sense (it’s a bit vibe-based)
* How you’d actually use this
* Bugs or UX issues