Short-Term Trend (13 Jan 17)

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	227.05	225.85	Uptrend
Dow 30	DIA	198.70	198.71	Uptrend
Russell 2000	IWM	136.26	135.93	Downtrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	123.16	120.81	Uptrend

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