SP500 Trading Strategy Update – January 23, 2026 – Market Direction: Upward – System is Currently Invested (0.1%)

Today’s price:O: 58.74 H: 59.21 L: 58.56 C: 58.90

Price is 0.0% up from previous close.

The current uptrend has been active for 3 days, and the system remains invested while the momentum persists.

The system entered a long position on Dec 31, 2025 at 58.83. As of today’s close, the price is 58.90 showing a gain of 0.1%.

SPW S&P500 Trading Strategy comparison vs. Buy and Hold

Below, we compare the performance of SPW versus a Buy & Hold approach. Our SP500 Trading Strategy will trade SSO, while the Buy and Hold would trade any S&P500-based ETF such as SPY. The comparison starts on 11, Aug 2023

Closed Ops: 12 – Won: 11 Lost: 1
Profit Ratio: 7274%
System Quality Number: 3.3

Performance Summary: SPW Strategy vs. Buy & Hold

SPW, our S&P500 Trading System continues to provide a high return rate of 2011.5%, with less drawdown than a Buy & Hold approach: 16.0 SPW vs. 18.9 Buy & Hold. It currently maintains a win rate of 91.7, with 11 wins and only 1 losses.

Volatility Analysis

Currently in Quadrant 4:

Volatility wave is currently in phase 4 — Exhaustion Zone.

As of January 23, 2026, SPX rose +0.03%. The market is on the lower side of the cycle, pointing to cooling enthusiasm or early weakness, and price fluctuations are increasing.

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