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Disconnected EW Sector Rotation Offers Opportunities

by August 5, 2022
August 5, 2022
Disconnected EW Sector Rotation Offers Opportunities

From time to time I compare the rotations of the SPDR sectors that we usually use with their EW counterparts.

The first RRG below shows the rotations for the SPDR sector spiders (cap-weighted). The second RRG shows the rotations of the Equal Weight sectors. In both RRGs, the Energy sector is off the canvas to get a better view of the others.

Most rotations trace out more or less the same trajectory but for a few sectors, there is a significant disconnect between the cap-weighted and the equal-weighted versions.

In the two RRGs above, I marked the disconnected sectors with the colors of the quadrant in “the other” RRG.

Communication services

The tail for XLC is inside the improving quadrant but rolled over a few weeks ago and is now heading down towards the lagging quadrant. Starting last week EWCO has now also reversed its course but XLC is clearly ahead.

This suggests that one or more big names in the communication services sector are pulling XLC down.

Further inspection of the RRG that shows all members of the Communication services reveals interesting rotations for META and GOOG. They are at opposite trajectories which is always interesting as it offers great pair trading opportunities.

GOOG is shooting off deeper into the leading quadrant while META is moving back towards the lagging quadrant after a stint through improving.

On the price chart, GOOG is pushing against the top of its trading range which formed after the decline in the first half of the year. Especially a break above 120 will open up fresh upside potential for GOOG which will certainly help the rotation further into the leading quadrant.

Financials

On the Cap-weighted RRG XLF is inside the lagging quadrant and moving deeper into it. From the short tail on XLF we can learn that it is moving at a slow rate but the sector is weakening further. On the EW RRG RYF is located inside the improving quadrant and moving further up at a strong RRG heading.

This is a pretty serious disconnect between the two tails which suggests that the larger names in this space are performing significantly weaker.

Pulling up the rotations of the various groups inside the financials sector reveals a very clear split and a sector in transition. There are NO groups inside leading and NO groups inside lagging. The majority of the groups inside weakening are at a negative heading, except for Insurance brokers.

And the groups inside the improving quadrant are all at a positive heading except for Banks, Specialty Finance and Mortgage finance.

Two interesting tails for individual components are found for BLK and TRV

BLK has just entered the leading quadrant while TRV is inside weakening and heading towards lagging.

On the price chart, BLK has just completed a double bottom that was formed against a long-term support level. This upward break clears the path towards the next resistance level which is only found around 775.

Industrials

On the Cap weighted RRG, XLI has just crossed into the weakening quadrant and started to move further into it at a negative RRG heading. Its Equal Weight counterpart has just crossed into the leading quadrant and is picking up on the RS-Momentum scale.

So here also it looks as if one or more big(ger) names are pulling the sector down vs the S&P while the broader group is not too bad at all.

A quick check that I often use is to switch the benchmark on the RRG to $ONE. This changes the rotation to show absolute price performance instead of relative and it can give a good handle on how the group as a whole is doing in terms of price trends.

And as you can see the majority of tails is inside the improving quadrant and moving towards leading.

One of the stocks that really caught my eye is GWW

Two weeks ago GWW broke to new all-time highs with a good follow-through last week. With the downside now well protected at the breakout level, this creates a very good risk/reward profile. This strength in price is also causing even more improvement in relative strength where the raw RS line is now breaking out of its already rising channel while both RRG lines have started to move gradually higher again.

Health Care

XLV, the cap-weighted SPDR ETF, rotated into the weakening quadrant two weeks ago and is now moving lower on both scales. The EW counterpart RYH is still inside the leading quadrant and started pausing its move last week. It looks a bit similar to the move we saw for Communication Services inside improving.

It still suggests that here also the bigger names are having an impact and they are dragging the sector, XLV, lower against SPY.

Inside the sector, there is a clear difference in rotation for the various groups. BioTech ($DJUSBT) looks really promising, together with Health Care Providers ($DJUSHP). While Pharmaceuticals ($DJUSPR) are at an opposite rotation.

#StaySafe and Have a great weekend, –Julius

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