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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: ModernFamily Oct-2025 EOM
Date: 10/31/25 4:42 PM
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      Name               SP500        R200       R800       R2000    Transportation    Retail    Regional Bank   BioTech   SemiConductor
Symbol: (daily) SPY
IWL IWR IWM IYT XRT KRE IBB SMH
As of (LastD) 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25 31-Oct-25
Signal_Status* Bullish Bullish Bullish Bullish Bullish Bullish Bullish Bullish Bullish
Signal_ChgD 07-May-25 07-May-25 08-May-25 14-May-25 14-May-25 08-May-25 08-May-25 28-Jul-25 08-May-25
Since_ChgD 177 177 176 170 170 176 176 95 176
Confirmed Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Yet Not Yet Yes Yes
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Status_MAC(50) Support Support Support Support Support Resistance Resistance Support Support
ROC(50-DMA) 5.9% 6.5% 3.3% 9.8% 2.5% 7.4% 3.7% 11.3% 13.4%
Status_MAC(200) Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support
ROC(200-DMA) 7.9% 8.9% 5.4% -0.3% 0.2% 0.7% 7.0% -7.7% 6.1%
DMAC(50,200) 8.6% 9.3% 5.8% 10.2% 4.6% 9.7% 5.4% 9.3% 20.9%
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LastD_Price 681.89 171.01 95.76 246.20 72.35 81.03 59.97 159.38 363.02
50-DMA 661.13 164.73 96.19 241.49 71.25 85.49 63.28 146.45 322.22
200-DMA 608.97 150.78 90.91 219.09 68.11 77.95 60.03 133.94 266.44
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# Signals /Yr 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 6 4
# BuyD /Yr 219 221 203 191 194 206 203 119 201
# NeutralD /Yr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# SellD /Yr 33 31 49 61 58 46 49 133 51
% BuyD /Yr 87% 88% 81% 76% 77% 82% 81% 47% 80%
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52wL(Daily) 496.48 122.36 74.88 174.82 55.22 62.11 48.81 112.02 179.95
52wH(Daily) 687.06 172.17 97.61 250.33 75.40 88.49 68.90 159.38 363.73
% Off_52wH NH NH NH 1.7% 4.2% 9.2% 14.9% NH NH
LastD_52wH 28-Oct-25 28-Oct-25 27-Oct-25 15-Oct-25 25-Nov-24 18-Sep-25 25-Nov-24 31-Oct-25 29-Oct-25
SinceD_52wH 3 3 4 16 340 43 340 0 2
CountD_52wH 46 50 13 9 2 13 3 11 27
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The "Economic Modern Family" is a combination of three market index ETF's and five varying sectors & groups for "Market Analysis".
Trend indicators that give you an overall weekly gauge of how aggressive or not to be on the long or short side.
*My "Modern Family" signals(2) are not strictly identical to the (MarketGauge.com) "Phases Tutorial"(6).
Market Phases - Rev 27-Sep-2024 Intermediate-Term 50-DMA and/or 200-DMA.
"BEARish" - phase when Status_MAC(50) is "RESISTANCE" while ROC(50-DMA) is Negative OR Status_MAC(200) is "RESISTANCE" while ROC(200-DMA) is Negative.
"Bullish" - phase when NOT "BEARish".
"Support" - is the level(floor) at which demand is strong enough to stop the stock from falling any further. (MAC positive 5d)
"Resistance" - is the level(ceiling) at which supply is strong enough to stop the stock from moving higher. (MAC negative 5d)
"Confirmed" - when Status_MAC(50) AND ROC(50-DMA) both agree with "Signal_Status" phase.
ROC(50-DMA) = 50*SLOPE(F$458:F$507,$A$458:$A$507)/TREND(F$458:F$507,$A$458:$A$507,$A$458) Where F is 50-DMA and A is MktDay (ascending).
ROC(200-DMA) = 200*SLOPE(F$308:F$507,$A$308:$A$507)/TREND(F$308:F$507,$A$308:$A$507,$A$308) Where F is 200-DMA and A is MktDay (ascending).
Criteria that Refute - Moving averages do well in trending markets but they generate many false signals in choppy, sideways markets.
Description - After a crossover is identified, it is considered "not yet confirmed". Then additional confirmation is sought by watching the slope of the moving average.
Source of Data - Data for Symbols are from the StockHistory() function .
FYI: Historic - Ten year average 52wH/Yr count for .SPx, MDY, & IJH was 34, 20 & 16 as of 27-Sep-2024.
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