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Gaming vs the S&P 500 (BJK): is it outperforming?

Over the past month, BJK has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.3 points. Here is where that puts it in the sector rotation — updated daily.

1M spread vs SPY
+2.3 pts
Quadrant
Outperformers
Momentum
Weakening
RS health
Broken
Holdings P/E

Where BJK sits on the rotation map

Gaming highlighted against the 11 broad S&P 500 sectors. Vertical: 1-month spread vs the S&P 500. Horizontal: the longer, time-shifted window — the methodology explains the math.

BJK vs SPY: head-to-head returns

BJK (gaming) and SPY (the S&P 500) side by side over every window Zensei tracks. The spread is the difference — positive means BJK won that window.

Window
BJK
SPY
Spread
1 week+1.2%+1.1%+0.1 pts
2 weeks+3.2%−0.2%+3.4 pts
1 month+6.6%+4.3%+2.3 pts
3 months+13.2%+2.4%+10.7 pts
6 months+9.3%+13.0%−3.7 pts
1 year−11.7%+20.6%−32.2 pts

Data as of 2026-08-27 · computed from daily adjusted closes · how we measure

The read

Gaming (BJK) sits in the Outperformers quadrant of the rotation map: it has clearly beaten the S&P 500 by 2.3 points over the past month, on top of a 8.0-point advantage over the longer, time-shifted window. Ranked by one-month spread, it currently stands #40 of the 115 groups Zensei tracks.

On the shorter tape, BJK's momentum is weakening: the intraday trend that carried the move is cooling across the shorter windows. BJK's relative-strength line has broken below its long-term average — the long-term outperformance trend is no longer intact. Both signals point the same direction here: the market is not rewarding this group on either horizon.

The thing to watch from here is durability: outperformers that hold their one-month spread while the longer window keeps building tend to stay out front; a fading spread is the early exit signal.

Gaming vs the market — common questions

Is gaming outperforming the S&P 500?

Right now, yes: over the past month BJK has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.3 points. This page updates daily, so the answer reflects current market data rather than a dated article.

What is BJK?

BJK is VanEck Gaming ETF, the fund Zensei uses to measure the gaming group against the S&P 500 benchmark (SPY).

What quadrant is gaming in right now?

As of the latest daily data, gaming is in the Outperformers quadrant — outperforming the S&P 500 on both the recent and the longer, time-shifted window. The quadrant rules are documented on the Zensei methodology page.

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