Recent developments highlight a robust momentum in consumer spending, particularly with strong sales growth reported by major retailers. The rise in discretionary spending in sectors like beauty and cosmetics is indicative of positive consumer sentiment. However, challenges remain, as some retailers still face mixed performance and market expectations. Overall, the sector shows a promising outlook bolstered by younger consumers driving trends despite underlying economic uncertainties. 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 0.2 is modestly bullish. The market sentiment at 0.7 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 0.7, and the negative at -0 on 2025-12-09. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2), Option Sentiment (1.5), Market Risk Appetite (0.4), Broad Market Trend (0.2), Sector Price Trend (0.2), and Price Level Sentiment (0) will drive up the price. The forces of and Valuation Sentiment (-0.2) 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
2025-12-09	1%(0.9%)	117.99	63	0%	0.34%	0.2	0%	0.6%	0.7	Long	55%	2	0.3
2025-12-08	1%(0.9%)	117.99	62	-1.46%	0.43%	-0.4	-3.74%	46.1%	0.7	Short	55%	2.2	3.5
2025-12-07	2%(0.9%)					2.4	-2.91%		0.4			2.1	3.5
2025-12-06	0%(0.6%)					2.4	-2.91%		0.4			1.8	-0.5
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