Short-Term Trend (2 Dec 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	219.68	217.99	Uptrend
Russell 2000	IWM	130.90	128.37	Uptrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	115.70	117.00	Downtrend
Wilshire 5000	VTI	113.31	112.32	Uptrend

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