Soybean vs the S&P 500 (SOYB): is it outperforming?
Over the past month, SOYB has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1.9 points. Here is where that puts it in the market rotation — updated daily.
Where SOYB sits on the rotation map
Soybean 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.
SOYB vs SPY: head-to-head returns
SOYB (soybean) and SPY (the S&P 500) side by side over every window Zensei tracks. The spread is the difference — positive means SOYB won that window.
Data as of 2026-08-28 · computed from daily adjusted closes · how we measure
The read
Soybean (SOYB) sits in the Outperformers quadrant of the rotation map: it has clearly beaten the S&P 500 by 1.9 points over the past month, on top of a 4.0-point advantage over the longer, time-shifted window. Ranked by one-month spread, it currently stands #42 of the 115 groups Zensei tracks.
On the shorter tape, SOYB's momentum reads strong: the recent hourly trend is positive across every lookback Zensei measures. SOYB's relative-strength line — its price ratio against the S&P 500 — is trading above its moving averages, the healthiest configuration we track. The two signals agree — the short-term tape and the longer trend point the same way.
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.
What's inside SOYB
Top 1 of 1 tracked holdings, by portfolio weight.
Soybean vs the market — common questions
Is soybean outperforming the S&P 500?
Right now, yes: over the past month SOYB has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1.9 points. This page updates daily, so the answer reflects current market data rather than a dated article.
What is SOYB?
SOYB is Teucrium Soybean Fund, the fund Zensei uses to measure the soybean group against the S&P 500 benchmark (SPY).
What quadrant is soybean in right now?
As of the latest daily data, soybean 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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