Market movements in recent months have been significantly influenced by trends in AI, suggesting a robust interest and investment in new technologies within the realm of communication services. While the sector remains a topic of discussion, it appears to receive less emphasis compared to the tech and energy sectors. Notably, AI strategies and operating systems have also been linked to the sector, indicating potential areas for growth and innovation. However, overall sentiment towards the sector seems mixed, with varying degrees of optimism. The price action of Communication Services (XLC) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at 0.4 is modestly bullish. The market sentiment at 1.1 is very 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.XLC is likely to move up since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive. The positive sentiment force for Communication Services sector is at 1.2, and the negative at -0.2 on 2025-12-26. The forces of Valuation Sentiment (2.7), Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2.6), Option Sentiment (1.1), Broad Market Trend (0.6), and Sector Price Trend (0.4) will drive up the price. The forces of Price Level Sentiment (-0.5), and Market Risk Appetite (-0.6) will drive down the price. The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on XLC trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Prefrence is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals 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.

XLC
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	SMA10 Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Fund.	News Sentiment
2025-12-26	0%(0.1%)	117.97	96	-0.1%	0.17%	0.4	0.08%	0.2%	1.1	Short	75%	2.6	-0.5
2025-12-25	0%(0.1%)					0.4	0%		1.1			3.1	-0.5
2025-12-24	0%(0.1%)	118.09	100	0.59%	0.09%	0.4	0%	0.4%	0.9	Short	75%	3.1	5.5
2025-12-23	0%(0.1%)	117.4	87	0.65%	0.09%	0.4	0%	0.3%	0.7	Long	70%	3	-0.5
2025-12-22	0%(0.1%)	116.64	70	0.11%	0%	0.1	0%	0.2%	1.1	Wait	50%	2.9	-0.5
2025-12-21	0%(0.1%)					0.2	0%		0.4			2.4	-0.5
2025-12-20	1%(0.3%)					0.2	0%		0.3			2.7	6.5
2025-12-19	0%(0.1%)	116.51	67	0.05%	-0.09%	0.2	0%	0.3%	0.5	Wait	50%	2.9	7.5
2025-12-18	0%(0.1%)	116.45	66	0.58%	0.09%	0.3	0%	0.2%	0.5	Long	65%	2.7	4.5
2025-12-17	0%(0.3%)	115.78	60	-0.75%	0.09%	-0.2	0%	0.2%	0.3	Wait	50%	2.8	0.2
Short is the preferred trading strategy with 75% chance of being right. The hourly trend is not too bullish and the price has reached very close the upper boundary of Bollinger band. 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.