Short-Term Trend (2 Sep 16)

When the stock trades above the 20-SMA, it is considered to be in a short-term uptrend.  When it trades below the 20-SMA, the short-term trend is considered down.  

Benchmark	Symbol	Price	20-SMA	Market Trend
S&P 500	SPY	218.37	218.18	Uptrend
Russell 2000	IWM	124.51	122.98	Uptrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	117.12	117.00	Uptrend
Wilshire 5000	VTI	112.28	111.99	Uptrend

If the short-term trend is up, use bullish leveraged ETFs.  If the short-term trend is down, use inverse leveraged ETFs.