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Subject: Trends and Ranks 02-Apr-26
Date: 04/03/26 8:02 AM
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Two new Bearish signals. Both in Modern Family SPY and XRT.
Modern Family: zero of 9 above MAC(50) and confirmed "Bullish", 5 of 9 are above MAC(200) while ROC(200-SMA) positive.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 8 of 15 = "Risk_Off". No Change.
My ROE_GMI Rankings: "Buy" 11 of Top 15, "HTD" one of Bottom 10 and "Sell" 13 of the 25.

   Modern Family (IT)     Symbol  IT-Signal  ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
State Street SPDR S&P500 SPY BEARish 2 Yes - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
iShares:Russ Top 200 IWL BEARish 9 Yes - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ Mid-Cap IWR Bullish 329 Not Yet - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 323 Not Yet - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:US Transportatn IYT Bullish 323 Not Yet - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
SS SPDR S&P Retail XRT BEARish 2 Yes - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
SS SPDR S&P Reg Banking KRE Bullish 121 Not Yet - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
iShares:Biotechnology IBB Bullish 248 Not Yet - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
VanEck:Semiconductor SMH Bullish 329 Not Yet - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 02-Apr-26 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

  Market Trends (IT & LT)     TPPO(24w)   LAST   PPO(12w)  PPO(6w)  PPO(3w)  MAC(10m)    LAST      MAC      DBE(5m)    LAST    SinceD      CountIF     Risk
Intermediate & Long Terms IT-Signal (ChgD) 60:120 30:120 15:120 LT-Signal (ChgD) (TPw,210) Signal (ChgD) Hi(99MD) (Bullish) Gauges
SP600 (IJR) Daily (10Yr) BEARish 10 1.49% 1.23% 0.44% Bullish 234 3.97% Bullish 254 35 2 Risk_Off
SP400 (MDY) Daily (10Yr) BEARish 8 1.25% 0.92% 0.00% Bullish 280 2.26% Bullish 254 28 2 Risk_Off
SP500EW (RSP) Daily (10Yr) BEARish 9 0.94% 0.46% -0.61% Bullish 325 0.70% Bullish 276 23 2 Risk_Off
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily (10Yr) BEARish 21 0.30% -0.81% -2.06% BEARish 9 -1.48% Bullish 1157 45 1 Risk_Off
SP500 (SPY) Daily (10Yr) BEARish 21 0.29% -0.85% -2.14% BEARish 9 -1.67% Bullish 1156 45 1 Risk_Off
As of (LastD) = 02-Apr-26 --- --- --- --- 02-Apr-26 --- --- 02-Apr-26 --- --- --- 02-Apr-26
CountIF (Bullish) = 0 3 5 8 Risk_Off

     My Rankings (WWL)               02-Apr-26              1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8     9     10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA : Long-Term (BRKB) 1-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() FSPSX FSMAX FFNOX FXAIX FXNAX BRK/B - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA : Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() RLY IYLD AOA AOM AOR AOK - - - - 1 0 5
3- QAA : Market ETF's 3-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EEM PRF CMDY PRFZ USRT IEFA XLG TLT - - 1 0 7
4- QAA : Factor ETF's 4-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() VLUE COMT EFAV QUAL SIZE USMV MTUM LRGF - - 2 0 6
6- QAA : Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EQAL EDOW RSP EQWL EUSA QQQE - - - - 1 0 5
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 5 of 25) 5-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() MU FIX VRT AMAT LRCX - - - - - 11 1 13
5- ROE_GMI (6 thru 15) 5-LRRS Status : Top 15 SCCO KLAC CF JNJ UTHR NEM LMT EME GOOGL THC 11 -- 4
5- ROE_GMI (16 thru 25) 5-LRRS Status : Bottom 10 DGX RL INCY UPS LLY FERG NVDA NTAP CTAS IDXX -- 1 9


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