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Author: mapg x2  😊 😞
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Subject: Trends and Ranks 20-Mar-26
Date: 03/20/26 4:40 PM
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Two new signals for Market Trends. My Russell and S&P MAC(200) has been in/out this week but unable to hold negative for the required 5 days.
Modern Family: zero of 9 above MAC(50) and confirmed "Bullish", 7o9 are above MAC(200) while ROC(200-SMA) positive.
Market Trends: CountIF(Bullish) 13 of 15 = "Risk_On".
My ROE_GMI Rankings: "Buy" 14 of Top 15, "HTD" 1 of Bottom 10 and "Sell" 10 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 Bullish 317 Not Yet - major U.S. index fund of 500 Giant(47%), Large(35%) & Medium(18%) companies
iShares:Russ Top 200 IWL Bullish 317 Not Yet - gauge the health of 200 Giant(54%), Large(40%) & Medium(6%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ Mid-Cap IWR Bullish 316 Not Yet - gauge the health of 800 Large(4%), Medium(74%) & Small(22%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:Russ 2000 ETF IWM Bullish 310 Not Yet - gauge the health of 2000 Medium(2%), Small(48%) & Micro(50%) companies within the U.S.
iShares:US Transportatn IYT Bullish 310 Not Yet - measure Industry & Manufacture strength - supply and demand
SS SPDR S&P Retail XRT Bullish 107 Not Yet - measure strength of economy and consumer confidence
SS SPDR S&P Reg Banking KRE Bullish 108 Not Yet - measure the health of financial system in the U.S.
iShares:Biotechnology IBB Bullish 235 Not Yet - highly speculated: assesses where money is flowing
VanEck:Semiconductor SMH Bullish 316 Not Yet - innovation: a major player technology trends
As of (LastD) = 20-Mar-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) Bullish 312 2.09% 2.36% 1.23% Bullish 220 3.81% Bullish 240 26 3 Risk_On
SP400 (MDY) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 114 1.88% 2.25% 1.30% Bullish 266 3.01% Bullish 240 19 3 Risk_On
SP500EW (RSP) Daily (10Yr) Bullish 316 1.61% 1.98% 1.27% Bullish 311 2.56% Bullish 262 14 3 Risk_On
SP1500 (ITOT) Daily (10Yr) BEARish 7 1.05% 0.67% -0.21% Bullish 312 0.92% Bullish 1143 35 2 Risk_Off
SP500 (SPY) Daily (10Yr) BEARish 7 1.06% 0.70% -0.11% Bullish 312 1.15% Bullish 1142 35 2 Risk_Off
As of (LastD) = 20-Mar-26 --- --- --- --- 20-Mar-26 --- --- 20-Mar-26 --- --- --- 20-Mar-26
CountIF (Bullish) = 3 5 5 13 Risk_On

     My Rankings (WWL)               20-Mar-26               1      2      3      4      5      6      7     8      9    10    Buy  HTD    Sell
1- MAA : Long-Term (BRKB) 1-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() FSPSX FFNOX FSMAX FXAIX FXNAX BRK/B - - - - -- BRKB --
2- MAA : Multi-Asset ETF's 2-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() RLY AOA IYLD AOR AOM AOK - - - - 2 1 3
3- QAA : Market ETF's 3-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EEM PRF CMDY PRFZ USRT IEFA XLG TLT - - 3 0 5
4- QAA : Factor ETF's 4-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() VLUE COMT EFAV QUAL SIZE USMV LRGF MTUM - - 3 0 5
6- QAA : Equal-Wght'd ETF's 6-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() EQAL EDOW RSP EQWL EUSA QQQE - - - - 2 1 3
5- ROE_GMI (1 thru 5 of 25) 5-LRRS : ROC() & TPPO() MU VRT FIX LRCX AMAT - - - - - 14 1 10
5- ROE_GMI (6 thru 15) 5-LRRS : Signals Top 15 SCCO NEM KLAC JNJ CF LMT UTHR GOOGL EME THC 14 -- 1
5- ROE_GMI (16 thru 25) 5-LRRS : Signals Bottom 10 INCY RL DGX LLY NVDA FERG CTAS IDXX NTAP SOLV -- 1 9


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