Crude reversed, the index fell. Trend strength rose to 39%. This week, more futures markets rose and measured trend strength improved, yet trend-following returns suffered their sharpest setback in five weeks. Seventeen of 49 contracts finished higher, up from 14,...
Metals broke lower. Trend strength slipped to 39%, but trend returns recovered. Market breadth narrowed for a third consecutive week, yet trend-following returns recovered. Only 14 of 49 futures contracts finished higher, down from 19 a week earlier. The TTU...
Oil climbed, gas collapsed. Trend strength rose to 41%. This week, fewer futures markets rose, yet measured trend strength improved. Nineteen of 49 contracts finished higher, down from 22 a week earlier, while the TTU Trend Barometer climbed five percentage...
The leaders gave ground. Trend strength fell to 36%. This was a week in which several of the year’s leading advances gave ground. Fewer markets rose, the moves grew larger, and the trend environment weakened sharply. Twenty-two of 49 futures...
Twenty-eight markets rose. Trend strength eased to 50%. This was a week in which the performance board broadened sharply, but the trend environment lost a little ground. Twenty-eight of 49 futures contracts finished higher, twice the previous week’s 14. Six...
Only fourteen markets rose. Trend strength held its ground. This was a week in which the performance board narrowed sharply, but the trend environment did not. Only 14 of 49 markets finished higher, down from 24 a week ago and...
The leaderboard turned over. Most of the trends beneath it held. This was a week that looked like rotation on the performance board and persistence underneath it. Soft Commodities and Meats, the two weakest sectors a week ago, finished first...
More markets rose. Fewer trends persisted. This was a week in which the performance board and the trend environment told very different stories. Eighteen of 49 contracts finished higher, up from just 14 a week ago. Yet the TTU Trend...
Fourteen markets rose. Trend strength and returns reached the top of the sequence. This was a week in which far fewer markets rose and the money improved anyway. The TTU Trend Barometer climbed from 55 percent to 59 percent, entering...
The Barometer held. The returns caught up. This was a week in which the same amount of trend did a great deal more work. The TTU Trend Barometer held at 55 percent, unchanged from last week and at the threshold...
