Short-Term Trend (20 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	226.74	226.01	Uptrend
Dow 30	DIA	197.96	198.37	Downtrend
Russell 2000	IWM	134.44	135.57	Downtrend
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	123.25	121.40	Uptrend

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