XLC
Ss Comm Select Sector Spdr
$101.44
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
Thematic ETF · entry card
| Buy zone (breakout retest) | — | — | no confirmed breakout, so no retest zone |
| Profit-Taking Zone | $105.11–106.72 | +3.6% to +5.2% | wk high ’25-06-13, wk low 07-24, wk low ’25-07-11 |
| Trading stop · daily close | below $97.62 | -3.8% | trading downgrade |
| Trend stop · Friday close | below $94.62 | -6.7% | trend downgrade one state |
| Breakout Buy Level | close above $105.03 | +3.5% | top of R1 (wk low ’25-06-27, wk high ’25-05-23) |
APPENDIX · XLC · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD
Scores · Trend 8.3
| RS vs S&P (20) + sector (10) | 0.0 + 0.0 = 0.0 / 30 |
| Structure (6 checks) | 5 / 30 |
| Score = (RS + structure) × 100/60 | 8.3 / 100 |
| Raw state (Up ≥ 60 · Down < 45) | Down |
| Confirmation (2 consecutive Fridays) | confirmed Down |
| Trend (confirmed) | Down |
✖ Fri close above 40-wk SMA 0/6 · ✖ 40-wk SMA rising (4 wks) 0/4 · ✖ No lower high vs cycle high 0/5 · ✖ Fri close above 20-wk SMA 0/5 · ✔ Fri close above 200-wk (4-yr) SMA 5/5 · ✖ 4-mo SMA > 13-mo SMA (completed months, to Sep) 0/5
Weekly raw states: 09-25 Down → 10-02 Down → 10-09 Down → 10-16 Down → 10-23 Down → 10-30 Down. Coppock, band position, breadth and modifiers no longer enter the Trend score (Coppock chart below is reference only). |
Scores · Trading 14.4
| RS (S&P 20 + sector 10) | 2.0 + 1.0 / 30 |
| Structure | 0 / 25 |
| Coppock (daily) — negative & falling | 2.5 / 25 |
| Band position | 8.9 / 20 |
| Raw | 14.4 (Established Down) |
| Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2) | +0 |
| Final | 14.4 Established Down |
| ✖ Close above 50-day SMA 0/5 · ✖ 50-day SMA rising (10 d) 0/3 · ✖ Close above 100-day SMA 0/4 · ✖ Close above 200-day SMA 0/5 · ✖ 200-day SMA rising (20 d) 0/3 · ✖ No daily lower high (last two swing highs) 0/5 |
Relative state (weekly RS vs 16-wk SMA + 2-wk slope; daily RS vs 15-d SMA + 3-d slope; Neutral ±0.25%; phase price = next Fri / next close, benchmark flat)
| Horizon · benchmark | State | RS vs SMA | RS chg | Phase-transition price (XLC close needed) |
|---|
| Trend · S&P | 5 Established Down (−) → | -8.23% | -8.50% | Est. Up ≥ 124.28 (+22.5%) · Early Up ≥ 108.91 · Est. Down < 108.33 |
| Trend · ^GSPC | 5 Established Down (−) → | -8.23% | -8.50% | Est. Up ≥ 124.28 (+22.5%) · Early Up ≥ 108.91 · Est. Down < 108.33 |
| Trading · S&P | 5 Established Down (+) → | -2.90% | +2.23% | Est. Up ≥ 123.53 (+21.8%) · Early Up ≥ 104.45 · Est. Down < 103.89 |
| Trading · ^GSPC | 5 Established Down (+) → | -2.90% | +2.23% | Est. Up ≥ 123.53 (+21.8%) · Early Up ≥ 104.45 · Est. Down < 103.89 |
Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 101.44)
| Band | Range | Distance | Tools in the cluster |
|---|
| R3 | 108.74–111.24 | +7.2% to +9.7% | wk high ’25-07-04 108.74 · wk low 10-02 109.66 · wk low ’25-09-05 109.70 · wk low ’25-11-21 109.86 · wk low 09-04 110.31 · 61.8% 111.24 |
| R2 | 105.11–106.72 | +3.6% to +5.2% | wk high ’25-06-13 105.11 · wk low 07-24 105.25 · wk low ’25-07-11 105.57 · wk high ’25-02-14 105.58 · wk low ’25-08-01 105.64 · wk low 03-27 106.72 |
| R1 | 101.99–105.03 | +0.5% to +3.5% | wk low ’25-06-27 101.99 · wk high ’25-05-23 102.47 · wk high 2024-12-13 102.67 · wk low 06-26 105.03 |
| S1 | 97.62–100.21 | -1.2% to -3.8% | wk high ’25-03-28 100.21 · wk high ’25-01-10 99.29 · wk high 2024-11-15 97.62 |
| S2 | 94.62–96.70 | -4.7% to -6.7% | wk low 2024-12-20 96.70 · wk low ’25-01-17 94.92 · wk low ’25-03-14 94.62 |
| S3 | 89.97–90.98 | -10.3% to -11.3% | wk high 2024-10-04 90.98 · wk low 2024-10-25 89.97 |
| ATH | 120.40 | +18.7% | all-time high; Profit-Taking fallback when no 2-tool band sits above the Breakout (extensions no longer used) |
Coppock, breadth and RS (reference only; not in the Trend score)
Stops & phase transitions
- Tier 1 (trading stop): daily close < 97.62 (-3.8%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 94.62–96.70.
- Tier 2 (trend stop = Trend Breakdown / invalidation): Friday close < 94.62 (-6.7%): trend downgrades one state, re-anchor to S3 89.97–90.98.
- Trend vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 124.28 (+22.5%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 108.91 · Est. Down < 108.33 (+6.8%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
- Trading vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 123.53 · Early Up ≥ 104.45 · Est. Down < 103.89.
Sluymer context
- Not named in the 15 reports reviewed (Aug 18 – Oct 13, 2026).
Notes & caveats
Thematic ETFs holding, entry card (treated like the US Watchlist). Holdings: issuer file as of 2026-10-20 (Thematic ETFs bot list: /home/box/thematic-etf-scorecard/latest.json (built 2026-10-21 07:51 PT, from PortfolioDashboardBBG.xlsx MASTER!CK6 'THEMATIC ETFS' block; live at https://skc-thematic-etfs.pages.dev/)); Theme: Communication Svcs. Sector RS dropped (no distinct sector ETF), Trend score rescaled from 50 to 100. Benchmarks: S&P 500 (20 pts) and ^GSPC (10 pts). Trading items and bands use the Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close; trend uses the Fri, Oct 30 week. Entry levels: Buy Zone = breakout retest zone (BUY names only: from the broken level down to the floor of the resistance band it came from, or level −2%, whichever is tighter; a weekly close below = failed breakout); Breakout Buy Level = top of R1; Trend Breakdown (invalidation) = S2 floor on a Friday close; Profit-Taking = next resistance band above the breakout. Verdict: AVOID = Trend Down (confirmed on two Fridays) or Friday close below a falling 40-wk SMA; BUY = a weekly close above a Breakout Buy Level fixed from the prior week's data with ≥2 tools within 3% (most recent such breakout in the last 4 weeks), every Friday close since and the latest close still at or above it, and Trend not Down; WAIT = otherwise. Buy Zone is reference only. Coppock = 10-bar WMA of ROC(14)+ROC(11), standard settings used as a placeholder because his are unpublished; DAS is omitted. Zone = sign + 3-yr percentile; direction = 2 bars. SMAs are simple; swings are 5-bar extremes; the channel is a 2-yr log regression ±2σ. The breadth proxy is the % of 500 current S&P 500 members with a rising weekly Coppock; it has survivorship bias, is a regime input only, and no other stock was scored. Weights are our choices (playbook §10); the state rule matched 86% / 83% of his sector states in-sample. Data: Yahoo Finance (unadjusted); weight from the Portfolio Dashboard (PIM 11/2 EOD, read-only).
