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See the trend in U.S. Stocks, International Stocks, Gold & Bitcoin in less than 5 minutes —
Plus get our ETF & Stock of the Week. Scroll down for this week’s ideas. ⬇️

October 11th, 2026

Stock Market Score = 5.8 out of 10

How do we analyze the trend? 
We analyze any ticker using our Trend Roadmap - here's how it works: 

🔵 UTURN — Helps identify a potential end to a downtrend 
🟢 GAS — Indicates a high probability that an uptrend is developing.
🟡 COAST — Indicates a neutral trend or that it is extended from a GAS signal.
🔴 BRAKE — Indicates a high probability that a downtrend is developing. 

 (SPY) S&P 500 ETF
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 9/21/26: +2.2%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 4/08/26: +15.8% 

(VEU) International Stocks ETF
Signal = COAST
Short Term Downtrend Signal on 09/24/26: -0.9%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 4/15/25: +44.5% 

(IAU) GOLD ETF
Signal = BRAKE
Short Term Downtrend Signal on 9/23/26: -2.0%
 Long Term Downtrend Signal on 9/8/26: -3.8%

(IBIT) Bitcoin ETF 
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 8/17/26: +27.8%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 9/18/26: +1.2%


ETF Idea of the Week
 (CLOU) Cloud Computing ETF
CLOU ETF seeks to invest in companies positioned to benefit from the increased adoption of cloud computing technology. Its top holdings are Snowflake, Datadog, Twilio, Paycom Software, & Cloudflare.  
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 9/21/26: +26.25%
Long Term Uptrend Signal on 12/01/2025: +33.8%


Stock Idea of the Week 
(V) Visa Inc 
Visa is the world's largest digital payment processor, which facilitates electronic funds transfers across more than 200 countries.
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 09/30/26: +4.3%
Long Term Uptrend Signal on 5/28/26: +16.2%

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See the trend in U.S. Stocks, International Stocks, Gold & Bitcoin in less than 5 minutes —
Plus get our ETF & Stock of the Week. Scroll down for this week’s ideas. ⬇️

October 4th, 2026

Stock Market Score = 7.5 out of 10

How do we analyze the trend? 
We analyze any ticker using our Trend Roadmap - here's how it works: 

🔵 UTURN — Helps identify a potential end to a downtrend 
🟢 GAS — Indicates a high probability that an uptrend is developing.
🟡 COAST — Indicates a neutral trend or that it is extended from a GAS signal.
🔴 BRAKE — Indicates a high probability that a downtrend is developing. 

 (SPY) S&P 500 ETF
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 9/21/26: +1.0%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 4/08/26: +14.5% 

(VEU) International Stocks ETF
Signal = COAST
Short Term Downtrend Signal on 09/24/26: -0.1%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 4/15/25: +45.5% 

(IAU) GOLD ETF
Signal = BRAKE
Short Term Downtrend Signal on 9/23/26: -3.1%
 Long Term Downtrend Signal on 9/8/26: -4.9%

(IBIT) Bitcoin ETF 
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 8/17/26: +31.1%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 9/18/26: +3.7%


ETF Idea of the Week
 (QQQA) Nasdaq 100 Momentum ETF 
QQQA ETF selects the 21 leading Nasdaq 100 stocks based on relative strength. Its top holdings are Crowdstrike , Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Advanced Micro Devices, & Intel. 
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 9/21/26: +6.1%
Long Term Uptrend Signal on 12/01/2025: +52.2%


Stock Idea of the Week 
(SNOW) Snowflake Inc 
Snowflake is cloud-based data platform company that lets businesses store, analyze, and share large amounts of data using major cloud services.
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 09/30/26: +0.5%
Long Term Uptrend Signal on 5/28/26: +42.7%

  Want More Trends?

We've created a free daily updated S&P 500 Trend Roadmap Ticker Tool to help you quickly see the current trend and signals. It's a simple way to put rules-based framework to work and better understand what the market is telling us.

If you would like daily access to the complementary S&P 500 Trend Roadmap ticker tool + get our free weekly market trends email in your inbox, click the image below: 

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September 27th, 2026

Stock Market Score 5 out of 10 

How do we analyze the trend? 
We analyze any ticker using our Trend Roadmap - here's how it works: 

🔵 UTURN — Helps identify a potential end to a downtrend 
🟢 GAS — Indicates a high probability that an uptrend is developing.
🟡 COAST — Indicates a neutral trend or that is extended from a GAS signal.
🔴 BRAKE — Indicates a high probability that a downtrend is developing. 

 (SPY) S&P 500 ETF
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 9/18/26: +1.2%
  Long Term UptrendSignal on 4/8/26: +14.6% 

(VEU) International Stocks ETF
Signal = COAST
Short Term Downtrend Signal on 09/24/26: +1.0%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 4/15/25: +47.1% 

(IAU) GOLD ETF
Signal = BRAKE
Short Term Downtrend Signal on 9/23/26: +0.2%
 Long Term Downtrend Signal on 9/8/26: -1.6%

(IBIT) Bitcoin ETF 
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 8/17/26: +30.6%
  Long Term Uptrend Signal on 9/18/26: +3.4%


ETF Idea of the Week
(DBMF) Managed Futures ETF 
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 06/30/26: +6.1%
Long Term Uptrend Signal on 8/12/2025: +32.3%


Stock Idea of the Week
(LLY) Eli Lilly & CO
Signal = GAS
Short Term Uptrend Signal on 9/21/26: +1.5%
Long Term Uptrend Signal on 04/30/26: +26.9%

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