Sentiment Heatmap — Week of October 12, 2026

AlphAI classified 17,033 ticker level sentiment reads across 14,020 news articles the week of October 12, 2026. Net tone came in at 11.7% bullish, 0.9 points above the previous week’s series low of 10.8%, so the drop did not reverse. Monday opened at plus 24.3 and Wednesday fell to plus 2.6, the day of a hotter than expected US inflation report and the Nasdaq’s biggest daily drop since July.