Welcome to The Market’s Compass US Index and Sector ETF Examine, Week #522*. As all the time, it highlights the technical adjustments of the 30 US index and sector ETFs that I observe weekly and usually publish each three weeks. Paid subscribers can entry earlier posts via The Market’s Compass Substack weblog.
*In observance of the Christmas, Hanukkah and New Yr holidays, this week’s full Market’s Compass U.S. Index and Sector ETF examine would be the ultimate examine for 2024. Many due to all subscribers, paid and free, in your consideration and feedback on my technical observations. in US Sector and Index ETF markets via 2024. Immediately’s examine will likely be despatched to all subscribers. Comfortable holidays!
Common readers will discover that I’ve eliminated boilerplate explanations from my proprietary indicators. As will likely be seen under, they are often reviewed on The Market’s Compass web site.
To grasp the methodology utilized in developing the target particular person technical rankings for the US Index and Sector ETF, go to the MC Technical Indicators web page at www.themarketscompass.com and go to “us etfs”.
The ETF Whole Rank or “TER” fell -24.16% final week to 601 from 792.5 the earlier week. 4 weeks in the past, the TER recorded one of the best stage for the reason that March 29 studying of 1.215 and as will likely be seen later on this week’s examine, regardless of reaching an overbought situation, the TER lastly confirmed the closing document excessive weekly of November 29. It has fallen the final three weeks.
On the finish of final week, twenty-nine ETFs posted losses on their TRs and one remained unchanged. Eight ETFs posted double-digit TR losses. On the finish of the week, solely 4 of the ETF TRs had been within the “inexperienced zone” (TR between 35 and 50), 13 ETF TRs had been within the “blue zone” (TR between 15.5 and 34, 5) and 13 ended up within the “purple zone” (TR between 0-15) versus the earlier week when there have been ten within the “inexperienced zone”, eleven within the “blue zone” and 9 within the “purple zone” (TR between 0-15). Final week marked a deterioration in particular person TRs week over week.
*To grasp the development of technical situation components, go to the MC Technical Indicators web page at www.themarketscompass.com and go to “us etfs”.
A technical conclusion can be that if the DMC or DMCTF issue rises to an excessive between 85% and 100%, it could recommend a short-term overbought situation. Conversely, a studying within the 0% to fifteen% vary would recommend that an oversold situation is growing. Final week a studying of 9.52% was recorded on the DMCTF or 20 of a doable whole of 210 constructive factors which left the DMCTF in oversold territory.
As a confirmatory software, if all eight TCFs are enhancing week over week, extra of the 30 ETFs are enhancing internally on a technical foundation, confirming a broader market transfer to the upside (consider an advance/decline calculation). Quite the opposite, if all eight TCF fell in the course of the week, a downward motion within the broader market is confirmed. Final week, seven TCFs posted losses and one was unchanged, serving to to substantiate the sell-off within the broader market.
For an evidence of the ETF Whole Technical Ranking indicator, go to the MC Technical Indicators web page at www.themarketscompass.com and go to “us etfs”.
Previous to the precipitous drop in TER over the previous three weeks, TER broke out to a confirmatory excessive towards the December 6 closing worth excessive, however the 13-week exponential transferring common failed to take action and has been declining ever since.
The Common Weekly Technical Rank (“ATR”) is the typical technical rank of the 30 US index and sector ETFs we observe. Just like the TER, it’s a affirmation/divergence or overbought/oversold indicator.
As anticipated, after reaching an overbought excessive (just like the TER did), the ATR has fallen sharply on each transferring averages and has now reached an oversold situation. The one constructive technical function is that the massive cap index maintained the assist supplied by the Customary Pitchfork Median Line (purple dotted line) (purple P1 to P3) in the course of the week. That being stated, the weekly MACD is simply one other unhealthy week away from violating its sign line. Extra in “Reflections on the short-term technical situation of the SPX index” however first…
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All thirty US ETFs we observe on this weblog misplaced floor in absolute phrases final week. The common absolute loss final week was -4.12%, including to the typical absolute lack of -2.03% from the earlier week. Solely 5 ETFs beat the S&P 500 Index’s -1.99% loss on a relative foundation, and twenty-five underperformed.
Final Wednesday, the S&P 500 index broke via assist on the decrease parallel (stable purple line) of the Schiff Modified Pitchfork (purple P1 to P3) and, though it traded above it intraday once more, it had a cease on the Kijun damaged. Plot and on Friday the massive cap index closed under it. My every day momentum/amplitude oscillator has reached an oversold situation which can set off a brand new reactionary worth bounce. That being stated, momentum oscillators don’t recommend something greater than that.
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