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The S&P MidCap 400 SPDR (MDY) is trading at a moment of truth as its 5-day SMA returns to the 200-day SMA. A bearish trend signal triggered in early March. Despite a strong bounce from early April to mid May,
This page shows Trend Composite signals for stocks in the S&P 500. The Trend Composite aggregate trend signals in five trend-following indicators. Recent signals appear at the top of the table. Users can also sort by different columns and single
Commodity, crypto and a few bond related ETFs are leading. Our ETF Ranking shows that 10 of the top 20 are related to these alternatives. Equity ETFs make up the other ten, but equity alternatives remain, well, serious alternatives. In
Nasdaq 100 stocks and QQQ are leading, but the weight of the evidence remains mixed for the broader market. After a big advance since early April, a pullback could be brewing as short-term bearish divergences take shape in S&P 500
The long-term breadth indicators are the last piece of the bullish puzzle. These are the trend and leadership indicators that measure performance within the indexes (Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, S&P 1500). Nasdaq 100 stocks are performing well, but only
Tech-related ETFs are leading in June as several broke out of pennants and extended higher. Today’s report will update these breakouts and their trailing stops. Despite continued strength in tech, I am seeing short-term underperformance emerge in mid-caps, finance, banks
Three sectors stand out, with one sporting a recent breakout that argues for higher prices. Today’s report will highlight three criteria to define a leading uptrend. First, price should be above the rising 200-day SMA. Second, the price-relative should be
Non-equity ETFs continue to perform well and feature in the top twenty. These include commodity, bond and crypto ETFs. This list expands when we include equity ETFs related to commodities, such as the Gold Miners ETF (GDX). GDX is part
SPY and QQQ continued to lead the broader market higher, but MDY and IJR caught a bid with pennant breakouts this week. In fact, there are lots of pennant breakouts, especially in leading tech-related ETFs. We will cover these breakouts
QQQ and Nasdaq 100 stocks continue to lead the market since the April low. QQQ extended higher and crossed the upper Bollinger Band on Wednesday for an uptrend signal. A breadth indicator also flipped bullish, which means the Nasdaq 100
SPY and QQQ continue to lead the market with leading breakouts in mid May. Small-caps surged over the last five days, but the S&P SmallCap 600 SPDR (IJR) remains below its falling 200-day SMA. IJR is also showing relative weakness.
QQQ and tech ETFs are leading the surge off the April low, but there is another group leading year-to-date. Year-to-date performance is important because it includes two big events: the stock market decline from mid February to early April and
Despite the stock market surge from early April to early June, only a handful of stock ETFs are outperforming alternative asset ETFs. Commodity and crypto related ETFs account for twelve of the twenty year-to-date leaders in the all-weather ETF list,
The broader market remains mixed with fewer than 50% of S&P 1500 stocks in long-term uptrends. Strength is concentrated in large-caps and large-cap tech stocks (Nasdaq 100). Several tech ETFs formed flag/pennant patterns the last two weeks and broke out.
There is no change for the broad market environment, which is mixed, at best, and still bearish at worst. The weight of the evidence turns bearish in mid March and this signal has yet to be reversed. Keep in mind
Even though small-caps and mid-caps are dragging their feet, Nasdaq 100 stocks are leading with the highest percentage above their 200-day SMAs. This is a positive sign for large-cap stocks and stocks in the Technology sector. In addition, SPY and
Today’s report covers commodity ETFs and the Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), simply because they are leading in 2025. Year-to-date, nine of the top ten performing ETFs are commodity or crypto related. My focus list has 74 ETFs covering equities, commodities, bonds
SPY, QQQ and XLK are leading the surge as their gap-breakouts hold. The broader market, however, remains mixed as small-caps and mid-caps lag. New highs are starting to appear with cybersecurity, defense and telecom leading the way. We are also
The broad market environment is mixed, at best, and still bearish at worst. Keep in mind that SPY and QQQ are part of the broad market environment, but they are large-cap driven ETFs that do not always reflect conditions under
Here we go again. Negative tariff news on Friday weighed on stocks, and positive tariff news lifted stocks on Monday-Tuesday. Last week’s drop and today’s pop do not change the situation in the markets. SPY and QQQ broke out with