The Dirac Portfolio attempts to outperform the broader US Equity market (as represented by SPY – S&P 500 ETF) by rotating between sectors in that broader market. At present, the momentum/acceleration model that has been used to manage this portfolio is showing the following suggestions: with five ETFs generating Mean Reversion Buy recommendations.

Based on recommended signals from the Dirac analysis sheet, used to manage this portfolio, trading activity in the last week looks like this (red box): with the addition of XLB (Materials) being the only adjustment made to the portfolio. The analysis sheet currently looks like this:

I did not make any adjustments to the Dirac Portfolio this week – primarily because I was ~100% fully invested (as per my goal) and I was waiting for dividends to be paid. The trade sheet therefore looks like this: with a little over $340 deposited from dividends.

I only made one adjustment to the Dirac Portfolio this week by selling my position in XLB (Materials) as both momentum and acceleration turned negative

Since my last review I have made 3 adjustments to the Dirac Portfolio (red box): On 7 July I got a Sell Signal for XLI (Industrials) in the analysis sheet with the momentum/acceleration graph looking like this:

With the broad SPX US Equity Index still in a 3-month consolidation range between 7300 and 7600 I am reluctant to trade too much since sideways consolidations are not the best environment for momentum trading. However, the current analysis of sectors within this broader market looks like this: with Buy recommendations on six of the […]

US Equities remain in a low volatility sideways consolidation mode that is not ideal for momentum investing but there has not been too much change in the analysis sheet for the Dirac sector portfolio file: Four of the five ETFs currently held in the portfolio remain with Buy recommendations with only XLP (Consumer Staples) signaling […]