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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 19-Dec-2025
Date: 12/19/25 4:47 PM
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Modern Family: 6o9 above MAC(50) and confirmed "Bullish", 8o9 are above MAC(200) while ROC(200-SMA) positive.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 15 of 15 = "Risk_On".
My ROE_GMI Rankings: 15 of Top 15 "Buy" and 3 of Bottom 10 "Sell".

  Modern Family (IT)     Symbol  IT-Signal  ChgD  Confirmed  Roles: (leading indicators that act as a guide for the stock market macro picture)
SPDR S&P 500 SPY Bullish 226 Yes - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
iShares:Russ Top 200 IWL Bullish 226 Yes - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ Mid-Cap IWR Bullish 225 Not Yet - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 219 Yes - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:US Transportatn IYT Bullish 219 Yes - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
SS SPDR S&P Retail XRT Bullish 16 Not Yet - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
SS SPDR S&P Reg Banking KRE Bullish 17 Not Yet - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
iShares:Biotechnology IBB Bullish 144 Yes - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
VanEck:Semiconductor SMH Bullish 225 Yes - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 19-Dec-25 More Details: Posted end of month by mapg on the Mechanical Investing board (shrewdm.com)

  Market Trends (IT & LT)     TPPO(120)  Status  12w-PPO  6w-PPO  3w-PPO  MAC(210)   Status    Status   DBE(105)   Status   Status      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) Bullish 221 1.91% 3.12% 4.17% Bullish 129 9.89% Bullish 149 5 3 Risk_On
SP400 (MDY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 23 1.34% 2.13% 2.90% Bullish 175 6.99% Bullish 149 5 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 225 1.25% 1.90% 2.50% Bullish 220 6.05% Bullish 171 5 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 227 2.43% 3.35% 3.63% Bullish 221 8.93% Bullish 1052 5 3 Risk_On
SP500 (SPY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 227 2.49% 3.46% 3.76% Bullish 221 9.13% Bullish 1051 5 3 Risk_On
As of (LastD) = 19-Dec-25 --- --- --- --- 19-Dec-25 --- --- 19-Dec-25 --- --- --- 19-Dec-25
CountIF (Bullish) = 5 5 5 15 Risk_On

      My Rankings (WWL)              19-Dec-2025             1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8     9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA : Long-Term (BRKB) 1-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() FXAIX FSPSX FFNOX FSMAX BRK/B FXNAX - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA : Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() AOA RLY AOR AOM AOK IYLD - - - - 2 1 3
3- QAA : Market ETF's 3-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() XLG EEM PRF PRFZ IEFA CMDY USRT TLT - - 3 1 4
4- QAA : Factor ETF's 4-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() VLUE QUAL LRGF MTUM EFAV SIZE COMT USMV - - 3 1 4
6- QEW : Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EDOW EQWL QQQE EQAL RSP EUSA - - - - 2 1 3
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 10 of 25) 5-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() WDC LRCX FIX GOOGL NEM SCCO KLAC AMAT INCY FTI 15 4 6
5- ROE_GMI (11 thru 20) 5-Alloc : BuyIF Top 15 IDXX LLY RL UHS JNJ EME NVDA JBL AMGN FERG -- -- --
5- ROE_GMI (21 thru 25) 5-Alloc : SellIF Bottom 5 LECO NTAP MSFT DGX ACM - - - - - -- -- --


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