Short-Term Trend (30 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	216.30	215.15	Uptrend
Russell 2000	IWM	124.21	123.09	Uptrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	118.72	117.23	Uptrend
Wilshire 5000	VTI	111.33	110.66	Uptrend

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