9/28/2010

25 ETF ranked by trend intensity

The following ETF are Top 25 ETF ranked by Trend intensity. Trend intensity tells you how strong the prevailing  trend is. It does not tell you the direction. So both a ETF going up or going down can have high trend intensity.


AGQ,Proshares Ultra Silver
BGZ,Direxion Large Cap Bear 3x
DPK,Direxion Daily Developed Markets Bear 3x
DRN,Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X Shares
DRV,Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X Shares
EDC,Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares
EDZ,Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3x
EEV,ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Mkts
EPU,iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund
EPV,ProShares UltraShort MSCI Europe
GDXJ,Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF
QID,ProShares UltraShort QQQ
QLD,ProShares Ultra QQQ
SIL,Global X Silver Miners Etf
SMN,ProShares Ultrashort Basic Material
SPXU,ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500
SQQQ,ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
SRS,ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
SRTY,ProShares UltraPro Short Russell 2000
THD,iShares MSCI Thailand Investable Market Index Fund ETF
TQQQ,ProShares UltraPro QQQ
TYH,Technology Bull 3X
TZA,Direxion Small Cap Bear 3x
UYM,ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
VXX,iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures
ZSL,Proshares Ultrashort Silver


One of the ways to use trend intensity is to use it as filter for selecting ETF or stocks to trade using trend following method or trend exhaustion method. When trend intensity breaks above a certain threshold it tells you that market is no more in range but is trending. In that circumstances swing trading strategy using trend following approach can be used.

When trend intensity is at extremely high level a trend exhaustion kind of swing trading approach can be used.

Currently the top five ETF ranked by trend intensity are:



  1. VXX (in downtrend)
  2. AGQ (in uptrend)
  3. ZSL (in downtrend)
  4. SQQQ (in downtrend)
  5. TQQQ (in downtrend)
One of the things to think about is why the short ETF's tend to have higher trend intensity compared to long when market is going up. There by hangs a tell for some smart investors.....

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