Daily Spike In Google Trends For Emergency Dental Care Signals Consumer Stress Impacting Health Sector
Lab started: 2026-02-05  ·  Last run: 2026-06-11  ·  $100k base · $10k/trade
Increased emergency dental queries indicate rising consumer health emergencies and cost stress. Higher urgent care demand supports health services and insurance companies.
Signal Brief
Quant Thesis

This signal tests whether search interest can detect demand, attention, or stress shifts before sector ETFs fully react.

Plain English Description

Increased emergency dental queries indicate rising consumer health emergencies and cost stress. Higher urgent care demand supports health services and insurance companies.

Universe
  • XLV
Data Sources
  • Google Trends daily searches for 'emergency dental care'
Signal Logic

Enter long XLV if daily searches rise 50% above 14-day average

Entry / Exit

Entry: Enter long XLV if daily searches rise 50% above 14-day average Exit: Exit after 7 days or if searches drop below 20% above baseline

Position Sizing

Allocate 5% per signal, max 20% total exposure.

Risks

Data source instability, false positives, and regime shifts.

Total Equity
$100,008
Net P&L
$+8
Return
+0.01%
Win Rate
50%
Strategy
Daily Spike In Google Trends For Emergency Dental Care Signals Consumer Stress Impacting Health Sector
Sharpe Ratio
-24.86
Max Drawdown
-0.1%
Avg Win
$+90
Avg Loss
$-62
Realized / Unrealized
$+28 / $+0
Equity Curve
Drawdown
Open Positions (0)
No open positions
Portfolio Stats
CASH$100,007.97
BORROWED$0.00
ACCRUED INT.$0.00
OPEN POSITIONS0
TOTAL TRADES2
WINNERS1
WIN RATE50.0%
SIM START2026-02-05
Trade Log (last 30)
DateActionTickerPriceSharesValueP&LNotes
2026-06-04 SELL XLV $152.08 33.8623 $5,139.56 $+90.20 (+1.8%) rebalance
2026-06-04 BUY XLV $147.55 33.8623 $4,996.39 CASH
2026-03-02 SELL XLV $157.88 31.3393 $4,937.67 $-62.33 (-1.2%) rebalance
2026-02-27 BUY XLV $159.54 31.3393 $5,000.00 CASH