Short-Term Trend (4 Nov 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	208.55	212.84	Downtrend
Russell 2000	IWM	115.74	119.77	Downtrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	113.65	117.24	Downtrend
Wilshire 5000	VTI	106.79	109.18	Downtrend

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