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First of all, I don't want to be misunderstood. This heat map is weekly that it visualized via closing prices from December 26 to January 2.
This was another holiday-shortened week. Commodities tumbled after the 5-week winning streak. Silver dropped more than 6% in a week, but it still higher than $70.
📊 Here are the S&P 500's week-by-week results for the last 4 week,
December 5 close at 6,870.40 - December 12 close at 6,827.41 🔴 (-0.63%)
December 12 close at 6,827.41 - December 19 close at 6,834.78 🟢 (0.11%)
December 19 close at 6,834.78 - December 26 close at 6,929.94 🟢 (1.40%)
December 26 close at 6,929.94 - January 3 close at 6,858.47 🔴 (-1.03%)
🔸 Monday: Trump met with Zelenskyy and said it was a terrific meeting. China announced it will lower certain tariff rates and import duties on selected products. Commodities did not start a good week from Monday and silver dropped more than 8%. The stock market opened lower at the start of the final week of 2025. During the session, the White House said Trump and Putin held 'positive call' on Ukraine. The stock market closed lower as opened. 🔴
🔸 Tuesday: The U.S. announced sanctions targeting Iran's drones trade with Venezuela. Gold and silver rose again amid renewed tensions between U.S. and Iran. The stock market opened slightly lower. Fed minutes were released. Some participants think interest rate should stay for some time after December cut. The stock market closed lower. The S&P 500 extended losing streak to 3-day. 🔴
🔸 Wednesday: Jobless claims data were released early because Thursday was a holiday. Continuing jobless claims is still around 1.8M and it still below the critical 2M level. The stock market opened flat on the last trading session of 2025. Santa Claus rally hopes faded and then the stock market closed lower. 🔴
📊 December 31, 2024 close at 5,881.63 - December 31, 2025 close at 6,845.50 🟢 (16.38%)
🔸 Thursday: Holiday. Happy new year! May 2026 bring good health, amazing opportunities, beautiful moments, and endless joy. 🙏
🔸 Friday: Zelenskyy said Ukraine's peace plan is 90% ready. The stock market opened higher on the first trading day of 2026. Silver and gold started higher more than 1%, but they could not hold their gains. The stock market closed higher and the S&P 500 broken 4-day losing streak. Good start to 2026. 🟢
We have completed a year. The stock market has high volatility and the main actor was Trump and he's first year of presidents. The stock market was open only one day in 2026, but it closed on the green side. We've a long year ahead. It will not be straight forward. We must manage our psychology. Happy new year again.
What do you think? How was your year?
❓ Note: Many people have asked where screenshots come from in my previous posts. I'm using Stock+ on iPhone and iPad. You can find it on the App Store. If you're using Android, I'm now sure if it's available, but you can try searching "Stock Map" or "Heat Map".