TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD
CIBR ETF
First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF · held position
Last Price $97.22
Unrealized G/L -7.2% (−$2,705)
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
Portfolio weight 0.99% (US)
HOLDKeep the full position: trend Up, Friday close above the 40-wk SMA ($83.48). Profit-Taking is reference only.
Trend health
Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Up
Score 100/100. Leads S&P and sector; above rising 40-wk.
Opportunity cost (relative strength, weekly)
Leading the S&P 500 for 26 weeks (+40.1% relative)
Leading tech (XLK) for 19 weeks (+27.4% relative)
Key levels for holders
Breakout Level confirms hold | Friday close above $99.15 | +2.0% | top of R1 (wk low 10-16, wk low 10-02) |
Profit-Taking Zone (ref.) reference · rebalance if overweight | $101.04–102.35 | +3.9% to +5.3% | wk high 08-28, wk high 08-14 |
Trade Breakdown review thesis, no trade | Friday close below $83.48 | -14.1% | 40-wk SMA 83.48 |
Trend Breakdown (ref.) reference · no verdict impact | Friday close below $85.38 | -12.2% | trend stop; next support $81.56–83.48 |
If broken, then…
Trade Breakdown (40-wk SMA; Friday close < $83.48): review the thesis (earnings, estimates, guidance). No trade yet.
Trend Breakdown (reference only) (Friday close < $85.38): no verdict impact; reassess if the story has also weakened. Next support $81.56–83.48.
Sluymer's view: No direct call. No direct call: cybersecurity is not covered as a group in the 15 reports.
Watch this week: Fri Nov 6: a Friday close ≥ $97.89 (+0.7%) keeps RS vs the S&P at Est. Up or better; a Friday close below the 40-wk SMA $83.48 is the Trade Breakdown.
APPENDIX · CIBR · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARDHeld-card Trade Breakdown level = 40-wk SMA 83.48.
For adding / new entries (not used for held-position decisions)
| Level | Price | From close | Note |
| Buy zone | $94.39–95.96 | -1.3% to -2.9% | wk high 07-17, wk high 06-05 |
| Trading stop · daily close | below $94.39 | -2.9% | trading downgrade one state; re-anchor to S2 85.38–86.84 |
| Breakout Buy Level | close above $99.15 | +2.0% | top of R1 (wk low 10-16, wk low 10-02) |
| Trading (10–20 day) state | Early Down: Below 50-day; daily RS vs S&P Est. Down. |
Scores · Trend 100.0
| RS vs S&P (20) + sector (10) | 20.0 + 10.0 = 30.0 / 30 |
| Structure (6 checks) | 30 / 30 |
| Score = (RS + structure) × 100/60 | 100.0 / 100 |
| Raw state (Up ≥ 60 · Down < 45) | Up |
| Confirmation (2 consecutive Fridays) | confirmed Up |
| Trend (confirmed) | Up |
✔ Fri close above 40-wk SMA 6/6 · ✔ 40-wk SMA rising (4 wks) 4/4 · ✔ No lower high vs cycle high 5/5 · ✔ Fri close above 20-wk SMA 5/5 · ✔ Fri close above 200-wk (4-yr) SMA 5/5 · ✔ 4-mo SMA > 13-mo SMA (completed months, to Sep) 5/5 Weekly raw states: 09-25 Up → 10-02 Up → 10-09 Up → 10-16 Up → 10-23 Up → 10-30 Up. Coppock, band position, breadth and modifiers no longer enter the Trend score (Coppock chart below is reference only). |
Scores · Trading 30.3
| RS (S&P 20 + sector 10) | 0.0 + 2.3 / 30 |
| Structure | 15 / 25 |
| Coppock (daily) — negative & falling | 2.5 / 25 |
| Band position | 10.5 / 20 |
| Raw | 30.3 (Early Down) |
| Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2) | +0 |
| Final | 30.3 Early Down |
| ✖ Close above 50-day SMA 0/5 · ✔ 50-day SMA rising (10 d) 3/3 · ✔ Close above 100-day SMA 4/4 · ✔ Close above 200-day SMA 5/5 · ✔ 200-day SMA rising (20 d) 3/3 · ✖ 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 (CIBR close needed) |
|---|
| Trend · S&P | 1 Established Up (+) → | +3.73% | +3.31% | Est. Up ≥ 97.89 (+0.7%) · Est. Down < 84.79 |
| Trend · XLK | 1 Established Up (+) → | +6.54% | +4.49% | Est. Up ≥ 95.12 (-2.2%) · Est. Down < 82.18 |
| Trading · S&P | 5 Established Down (−) ↓ | -4.25% | -5.56% | Est. Up ≥ 116.13 (+19.5%) · Early Up ≥ 101.79 · Est. Down < 101.25 |
| Trading · XLK | 4 Early Down (−) ↓ | -1.06% | -0.99% | Est. Up ≥ 98.68 (+1.5%) · Est. Down < 94.47 |
Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 97.22)
| Band | Range | Distance | Tools in the cluster |
|---|
| R2 | 101.04–102.35 | +3.9% to +5.3% | wk high 08-28 101.04 · wk high 08-14 102.35 |
| R1 | 98.08–99.15 | +0.9% to +2.0% | wk low 10-16 98.08 · wk low 10-02 99.15 |
| S1 | 94.39–95.96 | -1.3% to -2.9% | wk high 07-17 95.96 · wk high 06-05 94.39 |
| S2 | 85.38–86.84 | -10.7% to -12.2% | wk low 07-31 86.84 · 50% 85.38 |
| S3 | 81.56–83.48 | -14.1% to -16.1% | 40-wk SMA 83.48 · 200-day SMA 83.45 · wk low 06-12 81.56 |
| ATH | 110.68 | +13.8% | 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 < 94.39 (-2.9%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 85.38–86.84.
- Trend Breakdown (reference, S2 floor): Friday close < 85.38 (-12.2%): information only, no verdict impact. Next support S3 81.56–83.48.
- Trend vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 97.89 (+0.7%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 97.89 · Est. Down < 84.79 (-12.8%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
- Trading vs S&P: Est. Up ≥ 116.13 · Early Up ≥ 101.79 · Est. Down < 101.25.
Sluymer context
- CB Oct 13 sector table: XLK relative to the S&P is Early Up (−) / Early Down (tactical / trading).
- CB Oct 13: semis pulling back but “premature to conclude… the beginning of a bear market”; the Weekly Quadrant Balance “is moving toward oversold levels with early signs of bottoming”.
- CB Oct 13: rising rates remain “the second obvious risk”; key S&P support 7508, resistance 7817 then 8053; US 10-yr “beginning to stall at its next extension level at 5.35%”.
Notes & caveats
Benchmarks: S&P 500 (20 pts) and XLK (10 pts). Trading items and bands use the Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close; trend uses the Fri, Oct 30 week. Holder levels (simple S/R: 40-wk SMA, 200-day SMA, 50%/61.8% retracements, 2-yr weekly swings and prior breakouts, ATH; ≥2 tools within 3% per band): Breakout = top of R1; Profit-Taking = next band above it, else the ATH, else none (blue sky); Trade Breakdown = the 40-wk SMA (Friday close below it = flag, verdict REVIEW); Trend Breakdown (S2 floor) and Profit-Taking are reference only and do not change the verdict. Trend Score (8–16 wk) = relative strength (30 pts) + structure (30 pts) rescaled to 100: Up ≥ 60, Neutral 45–59, Down < 45, confirmed after two consecutive Friday closes; descriptive, not a forecast. ETF (cybersecurity): sector benchmark XLK. 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).