Recent developments highlight a dynamic landscape where software stocks are heavily discussed, particularly concerning AI integration and partnerships. Positive momentum is driven by significant deals, such as ServiceNow's collaboration with OpenAI, showcasing strong activity in the AI software sector. However, there are prevalent concerns regarding the disruptive potential of new AI tools, which have led to a mix of caution and opportunity within the market. Overall, the sector is characterized by both robust interest and notable apprehensions about future disruptions. The price action of Software (IGV) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at -1.5 is very bearish. The market sentiment at -0.7 is bearish. 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.IGV is likely to move down since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are negative. The positive sentiment force for Software sector is at 0.3, and the negative at -1 on 2026-01-23. The forces of Market Risk Appetite (-3), Sector Price Trend (-1.5), Sentiment towards Fundamentals (-1), Valuation Sentiment (-0.5), and Broad Market Trend (-0.1) will drive down the price. The forces of Price Level Sentiment (0.5), and Option Sentiment (1.5) will drive up the price. The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on IGV 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.

IGV
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	10 Day Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Fund.	News Sentiment
2026-01-23	0%(0.4%)	97.73	18	0.84%	-0.6%	-1.5	0.21%	1%	-0.7	Wait	50%	-1	6.5
2026-01-22	0%(0.4%)	96.92	10	1.64%	-0.99%	-2.4	0%	0.7%	-1	Short	55%	-1	-2.5
2026-01-21	1%(0.4%)	95.36	-5	-0.57%	-0.88%	-3.6	-0.21%	1.2%	-0.7	Short	60%	-1	3.7
2026-01-20	1%(0.3%)	95.9	-13	-2.49%	-0.78%	-3.6	-0.31%	1.4%	-1.1	Short	60%	-1	2.9
2026-01-19	0%(0.3%)					-2.5	-0.2%		0			-1	-0.5
2026-01-18	1%(0.3%)					-2.5	-0.2%		0			-1	-7.5
2026-01-17	0%(0.1%)					-2.5	-0.2%		0			-1	-0.5
2026-01-16	0%(0.1%)	98.35	-9	-1.42%	-0.39%	-2.5	-0.2%	1.1%	0.5	Short	60%	-1	-0.5
2026-01-15	0%(0.1%)	99.77	-9	-1.29%	-0.58%	-2.4	-0.2%	1.1%	0.3	Short	60%	-1	-1
2026-01-14	0%(0.1%)	101.07	-7	-2.22%	-0.57%	-2.6	-0.19%	1.7%	0.6	Short	70%	-1	0
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.