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BTS announces a seven-heatmap market seasonality research system spanning indexes, ETFs and stocks with shared metrics, Zones and backtests.

BTS Strength Zones — S&P-100 Stocks produced 36.1% CAGR versus 11.3% for buy-and-hold SPY over the 2003–2025 backtest period.

BTS Strength Zones — U.S. Sector ETFs produced 18.7% CAGR versus 10.6% for buy-and-hold SPY over the 2005–2025 backtest period.

BTS Strength Zones — Nasdaq-100 Stocks produced 47.1% CAGR versus 11.3% for buy-and-hold SPY over the 2003–2025 backtest period.

BTS Strength Zones — Major Index ETFs produced 14.5% CAGR versus 10.6% for buy-and-hold SPY over the 2004–2025 backtest period.

BTS Strength Zones — Industry ETFs produced 27.0% CAGR versus 11.3% for buy-and-hold SPY over the 2003–2025 backtest period.

BTS Strength Zones — Dow-65 Stocks produced 32.0% CAGR versus 11.3% for buy-and-hold SPY over the 2003–2025 backtest period.

BTS Strength Zones — Country ETFs produced 24.8% CAGR versus 11.3% for buy-and-hold SPY over the 2003–2025 backtest period.

BTS Zones highlight selected multi-week periods of unusual strength or weakness versus the S&P 500 for eligible symbols in BTS Heatmaps.

BTS Heatmaps compare seasonality across benchmarks, ETFs and stocks using return, volatility, relative performance, data depth and Zones.