Recent economic events highlight significant consumer spending in the retail sector, particularly during Black Friday, indicating resilience and growth amidst potential headwinds. The increased use of AI technologies in driving consumer engagement has contributed to positive trends in e-commerce and spending habits. In addition, strong sales performances reported by notable retailers symbolize a robust outlook for the holiday season. However, disruptions tied to major players like Amazon have also introduced some negative sentiments within the market. The price action of Consumer Discretionary (XLY) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at 2.4 is extremely bullish. The market sentiment at 0.6 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.XLY is likely to move up since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive. The positive sentiment force for Consumer Discretionary sector is at 1.1, and the negative at -0.6 on 2025-12-05. The forces of Sector Price Trend (2.4), Sentiment towards Fundamentals (1.9), Option Sentiment (1.5), Broad Market Trend (0.7), and Valuation Sentiment (0.2) will drive up the price. The forces of Price Level Sentiment (-0.5), and Market Risk Appetite (-2.8) 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 XLY 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.

XLY
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	10 Day Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Fund.	News Sentiment
2025-12-05	0%(1.1%)	119.74	78	0.55%	0.77%	2.4	-2.91%	47.2%	0.6	Long	65%	1.9	-0.5
2025-12-04	1%(1.3%)	119.09	74	-0.33%	0.6%	2.1	0.53%	1%	0.5	Long	65%	1.6	6.5
2025-12-03	1%(1.3%)	119.49	76	1.09%	0.61%	2.2	0.55%	1.2%	0.8	Long	65%	1.7	6.3
2025-12-02	1%(1.4%)	118.2	65	-0.09%	0.35%	2.7	0.68%	0.6%	0.7	Long	65%	1.6	6
2025-12-01	1%(1.4%)	118.3	63	0.06%	0.26%	1.8	0.45%	0.2%	0.6	Long	65%	1.5	3.6