Recent geopolitical events, particularly concerning Venezuela, have significantly influenced oil prices and the overall market sentiment towards energy. While interest in the U.S. oil sector is spurred by the potential revival of Venezuelan oil production, ongoing uncertainties surrounding OPEC's management and other global political dynamics create volatility. Investment activity is influenced by shifts towards oil stocks, demonstrating potential growth despite the overarching challenges. Consequently, the market's response remains mixed, reflecting both optimism and caution as developments unfold. The price action of Energy (XLE) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at 0.7 is bullish. The market sentiment at 1.3 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.XLE is likely to move up since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive. The positive sentiment force for Energy sector is at 1.3, and the negative at -0.1 on 2026-01-09. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2.5), Market Risk Appetite (2.1), Option Sentiment (1.5), Sector Price Trend (0.7), Valuation Sentiment (0.7), and Broad Market Trend (0.5) will drive up the price. The forces of and Price Level Sentiment (-0.5) 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 XLE 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.

XLE
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	10 Day Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Fund.	News Sentiment
2026-01-09	0%(0.1%)	46.66	94	0.25%	0.44%	0.7	0.22%	1.3%	1.3	Long	55%	2.5	4.5
2026-01-08	0%(0.1%)	46.54	92	3.12%	0.44%	2.1	0%	1.1%	1	Long	55%	2.5	6.5
2026-01-07	0%(0.1%)	45.13	54	-1.08%	0.22%	0.2	-0.22%	1.5%	0.9	Short	55%	2.4	1.5
2026-01-06	0%(0.1%)	45.63	70	-2.72%	0.45%	2.1	0.22%	1.2%	1.7	Long	65%	2.6	7
2026-01-05	1%(0.1%)	46.9	109	2.74%	0.45%	3.5	0.22%	1.9%	2	Long	70%	3.1	4.5
2026-01-04	0%(0%)					1.3	0.33%		1.3			2.7	-0.5
2026-01-03	0%(0%)					1.3	0%		1.4			3	-0.5
2026-01-02	0%(0%)	45.65	72	2.08%	0.22%	1.3	0%	0.8%	1.6	Long	55%	3.3	-0.5
2026-01-01	0%(0%)					0.4	0%		0.6			2.7	-0.5
2025-12-31	0%(0%)	44.72	41	-0.56%	0.23%	0.4	0%	0.3%	0.8	Long	55%	2.7	-0.5
Long is the preferred trading strategy with 55% chance of being right. Improving trend sentiment and positive hourly trend. 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.