Investments in international markets have gained significant attention, with notable focus on Japan and Europe where stocks are outperforming U.S. benchmarks. Strong performance from technology stocks in Asia and the Nikkei 225 contributes to positive market sentiment. However, volatility driven by geopolitical tensions and fluctuating oil prices poses challenges to growth. Despite concerns, the interest in diversified portfolios with a focus on international equities continues to rise. The price action of International Equities (VXUS) asset class is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to asset-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at 0.6 is bullish. The market sentiment at 1 is bullish. Trend sentiment measures the current trend of the stock price, and market sentiment reflects what market participants collectively think where the price will move next.VXUS is likely to move up since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive. The positive sentiment force for sector is at 1.1, and the negative at -0.1 on 2026-01-16. The forces of Asset Sentiment (2.4), Option Sentiment (1.5), and Asset Price Trend (0.6) will drive up the price. The forces of and Price Level Sentiment (-0.5) will drive down the price. The sentiment for Asset Price Trend is calculated based on VXUS trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Asset Sentiment scores are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale. The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band.

VXUS
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	SMA10 Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Asset Sentiment	News Sentiment
2026-01-16	1%(1.1%)	78.64	85	0.05%	0.26%	0.6	0%	0.2%	1	Wait	50%	2.4	4.5
2026-01-15	1%(1%)	78.6	89	0.17%	0.52%	0.7	0.13%	0.3%	1	Wait	50%	2.3	5.2
2026-01-14	1%(1%)	78.47	92	0.44%	0.26%	0.5	0%	0.2%	1.1	Long	70%	2.9	5.3
2026-01-13	2%(0.9%)	78.13	90	-0.53%	0.39%	0.4	0%	0.3%	1.2	Wait	50%	3.2	4
2026-01-12	0%(0.7%)	78.55	105	0.93%	0.26%	0.5	0.13%	0.6%	1.2	Short	80%	3.6	-3
2026-01-11	2%(0.9%)					0.5	0%		1			3.7	6.5
2026-01-10	1%(0.7%)					0.5	0%		0.9			3.4	7
2026-01-09	0%(0.6%)	77.83	98	0.71%	0.39%	0.5	0%	0.4%	1.2	Short	75%	3.3	6.3
2026-01-08	1%(0.7%)	77.28	90	0.06%	0.13%	0.9	0%	0.2%	1.6	Wait	50%	4.4	4.8
2026-01-07	0%(0.9%)	77.23	96	-0.5%	0.39%	0.5	0%	0.2%	1.3	Short	75%	3.5	6
Wait is the preferred trading strategy with 50% chance of being right. Wait action is recommended in three scenarios with either high uncertainty or high risk: 1. The trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the opposite directions. 2. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive, but the price level is elevated. 3. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are negative, but the price level is depressed. In an uptrend, as an investor, you may want to wait for the pullback to open long position. In a downtrend, the price will likely rebound after huge decline. As an investor, you may want to wait for the rebound to exit long position.
Market sentiment will accelerate the current trend when both trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the same direction. Market sentiment will generate volatility when it's at the opposite direction of the trend sentiment. News sentiment measures the daily emotion of the market. News sentiment may impact the daily price change while market sentiment is a more stable and consistent moving force.