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 […]

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:

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

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.

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:

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.

With US Equities dropping 2.5% in the past week we’ll review the performance of the Dirac portfolio – that attempts to outperform the broader market by rotating between sectors within that market. The analysis sheet for this portfolio currently looks like this: