Short-Term Trend (21 Oct 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	213.98	214.60	Downtrend
Russell 2000	IWM	121.07	122.55	Downtrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	118.15	118.04	Uptrend
Wilshire 5000	VTI	109.80	110.31	Downtrend

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