Short-Term Trend (9 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	213.28	218.05	Downtrend
Russell 2000	IWM	121.25	123.39	Downtrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	114.28	117.00	Downtrend
Wilshire 5000	VTI	109.66	111.99	Downtrend

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