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[Metastockusers] Re: Sector trading



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Good idea for testing.  Thanks.

--- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jayson" <jcasavant@xxxx> 
wrote:
> A major challenge to the approach is that the weakest Sector and the
> strongest sector may well be the sectors most ripe for reversal. 
You might
> consider looking at the sectors turning up or down 
(outperforming/under
> performing) from the sector groups as a whole....
> 
> Jayson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cloudyweather13 [mailto:staylor@x...]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:37 PM
> To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Metastockusers] Sector trading
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm thinking of testing a system trading sector ETF's.
> 
> Basically,
> in a up trending market, go long the 'Strongest' sector ETF.
> in a down trending market, go short the 'Weakest' sector ETF.
> 
> That's the principle, but I've got a few questions.
> 
> 1.  Which series?
> There seems to be a too many sector ETF's out there.
> iShares Dow Jones i.e. IDU
> SPDR's i.e. XLU
> HOLDRS i.e. UTH
> 
> Which to choose?  Some of the SPDR's appear to have more volume but
> they don't cover all the S&P GICS industry sectors (can't find
> telecoms).
> 
> 2. What would you use to define the 'Strongest' sector 
(and 'Weakest'
> sector)?  strength relative to DIA or SPY?  What is strength?
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts,
> Sean
> 
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