In the last five trading days (October 7 – October 13) the broad stock market has been advancing after last Tuesday’s quick sell-off following Donald Trump’s tweet about ending economic stimulus talks. The S&P 500 index set a new record high of 3,588.11 on September 2. But then the market fell below February 19 high of 3,393.52. Recently it set a local low of 3,209.45 before going back above 3,500 mark. So, the decline looks like a downward correction of a 63.7% rally from March 23 corona virus low at 2,191.86.

The S&P 500 index has gained 3.76% between October 7 and October 13. In the same period of time our five long and five short stock picks have gained 0.96%. So stock picks were relatively weaker than the rallying broad stock market. However, our long stock picks have gained 4.48% and short stock picks have resulted in a loss of 2.55%.

There are risks that couldn’t be avoided in trading. Hence the need for proper money management and a relatively diversified stock portfolio. This is especially important if trading on a time basis – without using stop-loss/ profit target levels. We are just buying or selling stocks at open on Wednesday and selling or buying them back at close on the next Tuesday.

If stocks were in a prolonged downtrend, being able to profit anyway, would be extremely valuable. Of course, it’s not the point of our Stock Pick Updates to forecast where the general stock market is likely to move, but rather to provide you with stocks that are likely to generate profits regardless of what the S&P does.

This means that our overall stock-picking performance can be summarized on the chart below. The assumptions are: starting with $100k, no leverage used. The data before Dec 24, 2019 comes from our internal tests and data after that can be verified by individual Stock Pick Updates posted on our website.

Below we include statistics and the details of our three recent updates:

• October 13, 2020

Long Picks (October 7 open – October 13 close % change): CMS (+2.71%), RTX (+0.35%), EQIX (+4.46%), OKE (+8.35%), FB (+6.53%)
Short Picks (October 7 open – October 13 close % change): COP (+4.21%), TWTR (+2.02%), NVDA (+1.78%), AWK (+1.39%), FDX (+3.37%)

Average long result: +4.48%, average short result: -2.55%
Total profit (average): +0.96%

• October 6, 2020

Long Picks (September 30 open – October 6 close % change): SO (+7.13%), SEE (+9.80%), MAS (-2.17%), EOG (-1.23%), FB (-1.27%)
Short Picks (September 30 open – October 6 close % change): CVX (+0.07%), VZ (0.00%), MS (+0.15%), PPL (+5.90%), NEM (-2.67%)

Average long result: +2.45%, average short result: -0.69%
Total profit (average): +0.88%

• September 29, 2020
  Long Picks (September 23 open – September 29 close % change): MLM (+4.25%), MAS (-0.88%), ROST (+0.03%), OXY (-10.24%), JNJ (-0.28%)
  Short Picks (September 23 open – September 29 close % change): KMI (-3.26%), MCK (-1.92%), VZ (-0.99%), AMCR (-1.27%), IR (+1.82%)
  
  Average long result: -1.43%, average short result: +1.12%
  Total profit (average): -0.15%
  

Let’s check which stocks could magnify S&P’s gains in case it rallies, and which stocks would be likely to decline the most if S&P plunges. Here are our stock picks for the Wednesday, October 14 – Tuesday, October 20 period.

We will assume the following: the stocks will be bought or sold short on the opening of today’s trading session (October 14) and sold or bought back on the closing of the next Tuesday’s trading session (October 20).

We will provide stock trading ideas based on our in-depth technical and fundamental analysis, but since the main point of this publication is to provide the top 5 long and top 5 short candidates (our opinion, not an investment advice) for this week, we will focus solely on the technicals. The latter are simply more useful in case of short-term trades.

First, we will take a look at the recent performance by sector. It may show us which sector is likely to perform best in the near future and which sector is likely to lag. Then, we will select our buy and sell stock picks.

There are eleven stock market sectors: Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Technology, Communications Services, Utilities and Real Estate. They are further divided into industries, but we will just stick with these main sectors of the stock market.

We will analyze them and their relative performance by looking at the Select Sector SPDR ETF’s.

The stock market sector analysis is available to our subscribers only.

Based on the above, we decided to choose our stock picks for the next week. We will choose our top 3 long and top 3 short candidates using trend-following approach, and top 2 long and top 2 short candidates using contrarian approach:

Trend-following approach:

• buys: 1 x Technology, 1 x Utilities, 1 x Consumer Discretionary
• sells: 1 x Energy, 1 x Materials, 1 x Financials

Contrarian approach (betting against the recent trend):

• buys: 1 x Energy, 1 x Materials
• sells: 1 x Technology, 1 x Utilities

Trend-following approach

Top 3 Buy Candidates

CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. - Technology

• Stock remains above September’s downward trend line – possible uptrend continuation play
• The resistance level is at $42
• The support level is at $39

NI Nisource, Inc. – Utilities

• Stock broke above its downward trend line – possible advance within a medium-term consolidation
• The resistance level of $24-25
• The support level is at $21.50

CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. – Consumer Discretionary

• Stock remains above month-long upward trend line - possible uptrend continuation
• Breakout above the resistance level of $1,300
• The support level is at $1,200

Summing up, the above trend-following long stock picks are just a part of our whole Stock Pick Update. The Technology, Utilities and Consumer Discretionary sectors were relatively the strongest in the last 30 days. So that part of our ten long and short stock picks is meant to outperform in the coming days if the broad stock market acts similarly as it did before.

We hope you enjoyed reading the above free analysis, and we encourage you to read today's Stock Pick Update - this analysis' full version. There, we include the stock market sector analysis for the past month and remaining long and short stock picks for the next week. There's no risk in subscribing right away, because there's a 30-day money back guarantee for all our products, so we encourage you to subscribe today.

Thank you.

Paul Rejczak
Stock Trading Strategist
Sunshine Profits - Effective Investments through Diligence and Care

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In the last five trading days (September 30 - October 6) the broad stock market has been fluctuating within a short-term consolidation. The S&P 500 index set new record high of 3,588.11 on September 2. But then the market fell below February 19 high of 3,393.52. Recently it set a local low of 3,209.45 before bouncing back above 3,300 mark. So far, the decline looks like a downward correction of a 63.7% rally from March 23 corona virus low at 2,191.86.

The S&P 500 index has gained 0.59% between September 30 and October 6. In the same period of time our five long and five short stock picks have gained 0.88%. So stock picks were relatively stronger than the broad stock market. Our long stock picks have gained 2.45%, but short stock picks have resulted in a loss of 0.69%.

There are risks that couldn't be avoided in trading. Hence the need for proper money management and a relatively diversified stock portfolio. This is especially important if trading on a time basis - without using stop-loss/ profit target levels. We are just buying or selling stocks at open on Wednesday and selling or buying them back at close on the next Tuesday.

If stocks were in a prolonged downtrend, being able to profit anyway, would be extremely valuable. Of course, it's not the point of our Stock Pick Updates to forecast where the general stock market is likely to move, but rather to provide you with stocks that are likely to generate profits regardless of what the S&P does.

This means that our overall stock-picking performance can be summarized on the chart below. The assumptions are: starting with $100k, no leverage used. The data before Dec 24, 2019 comes from our internal tests and data after that can be verified by individual Stock Pick Updates posted on our website.

Below we include statistics and the details of our three recent updates:

• October 6, 2020

Long Picks (September 30 open - October 6 close % change): SO (+7.13%), SEE (+9.80%), MAS (-2.17%), EOG (-1.23%), FB (-1.27%)
Short Picks (September 30 open - October 6 close % change): CVX (+0.07%), VZ (0.00%), MS (+0.15%), PPL (+5.90%), NEM (-2.67%)

Average long result: +2.45%, average short result: -0.69%
Total profit (average): +0.88%

• September 29, 2020
  Long Picks (September 23 open - September 29 close % change): MLM (+4.25%), MAS (-0.88%), ROST (+0.03%), OXY (-10.24%), JNJ (-0.28%)
  Short Picks (September 23 open - September 29 close % change): KMI (-3.26%), MCK (-1.92%), VZ (-0.99%), AMCR (-1.27%), IR (+1.82%)
  
  Average long result: -1.43%, average short result: +1.12%
  Total profit (average): -0.15%
• September 22, 2020
  Long Picks (September 16 open - September 22 close % change): CF (-5.53%), ROST (-4.54%), SPG (-8.33%), XOM (-2.55%), CME (-1.50%)
  Short Picks (September 16 open - September 22 close % change): MPC (-0.86%), JPM (-5.19%), ETR (+1.03%), SHW (-3.12%), MCD (-2.59%)
  
  Average long result: -4.49%, average short result: +2.15%
  Total profit (average): -1.17%

Let's check which stocks could magnify S&P's gains in case it rallies, and which stocks would be likely to decline the most if S&P plunges. Here are our stock picks for the Wednesday, October 7 - Tuesday, October 13 period.

We will assume the following: the stocks will be bought or sold short on the opening of today's trading session (October 7) and sold or bought back on the closing of the next Tuesday's trading session (October 13).

We will provide stock trading ideas based on our in-depth technical and fundamental analysis, but since the main point of this publication is to provide the top 5 long and top 5 short candidates (our opinion, not an investment advice) for this week, we will focus solely on the technicals. The latter are simply more useful in case of short-term trades.

First, we will take a look at the recent performance by sector. It may show us which sector is likely to perform best in the near future and which sector is likely to lag. Then, we will select our buy and sell stock picks.

There are eleven stock market sectors: Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Technology, Communications Services, Utilities and Real Estate. They are further divided into industries, but we will just stick with these main sectors of the stock market.

We will analyze them and their relative performance by looking at the Select Sector SPDR ETF's.

The stock market sector analysis is available to our subscribers only.

Based on the above, we decided to choose our stock picks for the next week. We will choose our top 3 long and top 3 short candidates using trend-following approach, and top 2 long and top 2 short candidates using contrarian approach:

Trend-following approach:

• buys: 1 x Utilities, 1 x Industrials, 1 x Real Estate
• sells: 1 x Energy, 1 x Communication Services, 1 x Technology

Contrarian approach (betting against the recent trend):

• buys: 1 x Energy, 1 x Communication Services
• sells: 1 x Utilities, 1 x Industrials

Trend-following approach

Top 3 Buy Candidates

CMS CMS Energy Corp. - Utilities

• Stock broke above its previous local highs and downward trend line - possible uptrend continuation play
• The resistance level is at $64
• The support level is at $60

RTX Raytheon Technologies Corp. - Industrials

• Stock broke above its short-term downward trend line - possible advance within a medium-term consolidation
• The resistance level of $64-65
• The support level is at $56

EQIX Equinix, Inc. - Real Estate

• Stock remains above upward trend line - possible uptrend continuation
• The resistance level of $800
• The support level is at $740

Summing up, the above trend-following long stock picks are just a part of our whole Stock Pick Update. The Utilities, Industrials and Real Estate sectors were relatively the strongest in the last 30 days. So that part of our ten long and short stock picks is meant to outperform in the coming days if the broad stock market acts similarly as it did before.

We hope you enjoyed reading the above free analysis, and we encourage you to read today's Stock Pick Update - this analysis' full version. There, we include the stock market sector analysis for the past month and remaining long and short stock picks for the next week. There's no risk in subscribing right away, because there's a 30-day money back guarantee for all our products, so we encourage you to subscribe today.

Thank you.

Paul Rejczak
Stock Trading Strategist
Sunshine Profits - Effective Investments through Diligence and Care

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In the last five trading days (September 23 - September 29) the broad stock market has been retracing some of its recent decline. The S&P 500 index set new record high of 3,588.11 on September 2. But then the market fell below February 19 high of 3,393.52. On Thursday it set a local low of 3,209.45 before bouncing back above 3,300 mark for the second time. So far, the recent decline looks like a downward correction of a 63.7% rally from March 23 corona virus low at 2,191.86.

The S&P 500 index has gained 0.46% between September 23 and September 29. In the same period of time our five long and five short stock picks have lost 0.15%. So stock picks were relatively slightly weaker than the broad stock market. Our long stock picks have lost 1.43%, but short stock picks have resulted in a gain of 1.12%.

There are risks that couldn't be avoided in trading. Hence the need for proper money management and a relatively diversified stock portfolio. This is especially important if trading on a time basis - without using stop-loss/ profit target levels. We are just buying or selling stocks at open on Wednesday and selling or buying them back at close on the next Tuesday.

If stocks were in a prolonged downtrend, being able to profit anyway, would be extremely valuable. Of course, it's not the point of our Stock Pick Updates to forecast where the general stock market is likely to move, but rather to provide you with stocks that are likely to generate profits regardless of what the S&P does.

This means that our overall stock-picking performance can be summarized on the chart below. The assumptions are: starting with $100k, no leverage used. The data before Dec 24, 2019 comes from our internal tests and data after that can be verified by individual Stock Pick Updates posted on our website.

Below we include statistics and the details of our three recent updates:

• September 29, 2020
  Long Picks (September 23 open - September 29 close % change): MLM (+4.25%), MAS (-0.88%), ROST (+0.03%), OXY (-10.24%), JNJ (-0.28%)
  Short Picks (September 23 open - September 29 close % change): KMI (-3.26%), MCK (-1.92%), VZ (-0.99%), AMCR (-1.27%), IR (+1.82%)
  
  Average long result: -1.43%, average short result: +1.12%
  Total profit (average): -0.15%
• September 22, 2020
  Long Picks (September 16 open - September 22 close % change): CF (-5.53%), ROST (-4.54%), SPG (-8.33%), XOM (-2.55%), CME (-1.50%)
  Short Picks (September 16 open - September 22 close % change): MPC (-0.86%), JPM (-5.19%), ETR (+1.03%), SHW (-3.12%), MCD (-2.59%)
  
  Average long result: -4.49%, average short result: +2.15%
  Total profit (average): -1.17%
• September 15, 2020
  Long Picks (September 9 open - September 15 close % change): UAA (+7.37%), EFX (-3.77%), CF (+2.30%), SLB (-1.52%), INTC (+0.95%)
  Short Picks (September 9 open - September 15 close % change): PSX (+0.02%), GLW (+0.98%), EIX (-0.37%), MCD (+3.43%), RTX (+2.79%)
  
  Average long result: +1.07%, average short result: -1.37%
  Total profit (average): -0.15%

Let's check which stocks could magnify S&P's gains in case it rallies, and which stocks would be likely to decline the most if S&P plunges. Here are our stock picks for the Wednesday, September 30 - Tuesday, October 6 period.

We will assume the following: the stocks will be bought or sold short on the opening of today's trading session (September 30) and sold or bought back on the closing of the next Tuesday's trading session (October 6).

We will provide stock trading ideas based on our in-depth technical and fundamental analysis, but since the main point of this publication is to provide the top 5 long and top 5 short candidates (our opinion, not an investment advice) for this week, we will focus solely on the technicals. The latter are simply more useful in case of short-term trades.

First, we will take a look at the recent performance by sector. It may show us which sector is likely to perform best in the near future and which sector is likely to lag. Then, we will select our buy and sell stock picks.

There are eleven stock market sectors: Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Technology, Communications Services, Utilities and Real Estate. They are further divided into industries, but we will just stick with these main sectors of the stock market.

We will analyze them and their relative performance by looking at the Select Sector SPDR ETF's.

The stock market sector analysis is available to our subscribers only.

Based on the above, we decided to choose our stock picks for the next week. We will choose our top 3 long and top 3 short candidates using trend-following approach, and top 2 long and top 2 short candidates using contrarian approach:

Trend-following approach:

• buys: 1 x Utilities, 1 x Materials, 1 x Industrials
• sells: 1 x Energy, 1 x Communication Services, 1 x Financials

Contrarian approach (betting against the recent trend):

• buys: 1 x Energy, 1 x Communication Services
• sells: 1 x Utilities, 1 x Materials

Trend-following approach

Top 3 Buy Candidates

SO Southern Co. - Utilities

• Stock trades within a short-term consolidation after breaking above local highs - possible uptrend continuation play
• The resistance level is at $55
• The support level is at $50-52

SEE Sealed Air Corp New - Materials

• Possible bull flag pattern and uptrend continuation
• The resistance level of $42
• The support level is at $35-36

MAS Masco Corp. - Industrials

• Possible bull flag pattern and uptrend continuation play
• The resistance level of $60
• The support level is at $54

Summing up, the above trend-following long stock picks are just a part of our whole Stock Pick Update. The Utilities, Materials and Industrials sectors were relatively the strongest in the last 30 days. So that part of our ten long and short stock picks is meant to outperform in the coming days if the broad stock market acts similarly as it did before.

We hope you enjoyed reading the above free analysis, and we encourage you to read today's Stock Pick Update - this analysis' full version. There, we include the stock market sector analysis for the past month and remaining long and short stock picks for the next week. There's no risk in subscribing right away, because there's a 30-day money back guarantee for all our products, so we encourage you to subscribe today.

Thank you.

Paul Rejczak
Stock Trading Strategist
Sunshine Profits - Effective Investments through Diligence and Care

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In the last five trading days (September 16 - September 22) the broad stock market extended its downtrend following two-week-long consolidation. The S&P 500 index set new record high of 3,588.11 on September 2. But then the market fell below February 19 high of 3,393.52. On Monday it set a local low of 3,229.10 before bouncing back above 3,300 mark again. So far, the recent decline still looks like a downward correction of a 63.7% rally from March 23 corona virus low at 2,191.86.

The S&P 500 index has lost 2.80% between September 16 and September 22. In the same period of time our five long and five short stock picks have lost 1.17%. So stock picks were relatively stronger than the broad stock market. Our long stock picks have lost 4.49%, but short stock picks have resulted in a gain of 2.15%.

There are risks that couldn't be avoided in trading. Hence the need for proper money management and a relatively diversified stock portfolio. This is especially important if trading on a time basis - without using stop-loss/ profit target levels. We are just buying or selling stocks at open on Wednesday and selling or buying them back at close on the next Tuesday.

If stocks were in a prolonged downtrend, being able to profit anyway, would be extremely valuable. Of course, it's not the point of our Stock Pick Updates to forecast where the general stock market is likely to move, but rather to provide you with stocks that are likely to generate profits regardless of what the S&P does.

This means that our overall stock-picking performance can be summarized on the chart below. The assumptions are: starting with $100k, no leverage used. The data before Dec 24, 2019 comes from our internal tests and data after that can be verified by individual Stock Pick Updates posted on our website.

Below we include statistics and the details of our three recent updates:

• September 22, 2020
  Long Picks (September 16 open - September 22 close % change): CF (-5.53%), ROST (-4.54%), SPG (-8.33%), XOM (-2.55%), CME (-1.50%)
  Short Picks (September 16 open - September 22 close % change): MPC (-0.86%), JPM (-5.19%), ETR (+1.03%), SHW (-3.12%), MCD (-2.59%)
  
  Average long result: -4.49%, average short result: +2.15%
  Total profit (average): -1.17%
• September 15, 2020
  Long Picks (September 9 open - September 15 close % change): UAA (+7.37%), EFX (-3.77%), CF (+2.30%), SLB (-1.52%), INTC (+0.95%)
  Short Picks (September 9 open - September 15 close % change): PSX (+0.02%), GLW (+0.98%), EIX (-0.37%), MCD (+3.43%), RTX (+2.79%)
  
  Average long result: +1.07%, average short result: -1.37%
  Total profit (average): -0.15%
• September 8, 2020
  Long Picks (September 2 open - September 8 close % change): CSCO (-4.85%), DIS (+0.43%), MAR (+0.68%), WEC (+2.00%), PXD (-8.20%)
  Short Picks (September 2 open - September 8 close % change): SO (+2.09%), PSX (-1.08%), PEAK (-0.47%), NVDA (-18.98%), FB (-9.27%)
  
  Average long result: -1.99%, average short result: +5.54%
  Total profit (average): +1.78%

Let's check which stocks could magnify S&P's gains in case it rallies, and which stocks would be likely to decline the most if S&P plunges. Here are our stock picks for the Wednesday, September 23 - Tuesday, September 29 period.

We will assume the following: the stocks will be bought or sold short on the opening of today's trading session (September 23) and sold or bought back on the closing of the next Tuesday's trading session (September 29).

We will provide stock trading ideas based on our in-depth technical and fundamental analysis, but since the main point of this publication is to provide the top 5 long and top 5 short candidates (our opinion, not an investment advice) for this week, we will focus solely on the technicals. The latter are simply more useful in case of short-term trades.

First, we will take a look at the recent performance by sector. It may show us which sector is likely to perform best in the near future and which sector is likely to lag. Then, we will select our buy and sell stock picks.

There are eleven stock market sectors: Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Technology, Communications Services, Utilities and Real Estate. They are further divided into industries, but we will just stick with these main sectors of the stock market.

We will analyze them and their relative performance by looking at the Select Sector SPDR ETF's.

The stock market sector analysis is available to our subscribers only.

Based on the above, we decided to choose our stock picks for the next week. We will choose our top 3 long and top 3 short candidates using trend-following approach, and top 2 long and top 2 short candidates using contrarian approach:

Trend-following approach:

• buys: 1 x Materials, 1 x Industrials, 1 x Consumer Discretionary
• sells: 1 x Energy, 1 x Health Care, 1 x Communication Services

Contrarian approach (betting against the recent trend):

• buys: 1 x Energy, 1 x Health Care
• sells: 1 x Materials, 1 x Industrials

Trend-following approach

Top 3 Buy Candidates

MLM Martin Marietta Materials - Materials

• Stock trades within a possible medium-term bull flag pattern - uptrend continuation play
• The resistance level is at $230, marked by previous highs

MAS Masco Corp. - Industrials

• Possible bull flag pattern and uptrend continuation
• The resistance level of $60
• The support level is at $54

ROST Ross Stores, Inc. - Consumer Discretionary

• Stock trades within a possible medium-term bull flag pattern
• The resistance level of $97.5
• The support level is at $87.5
• Uptrend continuation play

Summing up, the above trend-following long stock picks are just a part of our whole Stock Pick Update. The Materials, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors were relatively the strongest in the last 30 days. So that part of our ten long and short stock picks is meant to outperform in the coming days if the broad stock market acts similarly as it did before.

We hope you enjoyed reading the above free analysis, and we encourage you to read today's Stock Pick Update - this analysis' full version. There, we include the stock market sector analysis for the past month and remaining long and short stock picks for the next week. There's no risk in subscribing right away, because there's a 30-day money back guarantee for all our products, so we encourage you to subscribe today.

Thank you.

Paul Rejczak
Stock Trading Strategist
Sunshine Profits - Effective Investments through Diligence and Care

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In the last five trading days (September 9 - September 15) the broad stock market traded within a consolidation following the recent sell-off. The S&P 500 index set new record high of 3,588.11 on Wednesday, September 2. But then the market sold off by almost 280 points and it fell below February 19 high of 3,393.52 again. Half a year ago on March 23, S&P 500 sold off to new medium-term low of 2,191.86. It was a stunning 35.4% below February 19 record high of 3,393.52. The corona virus and economic slowdown fears erased more than a third of the broad stock market value. But since then stocks rallied 63.7%. The recent decline looks like a downward correction so far.

The S&P 500 index has gained 0.93% between September 9 and September 15. In the same period of time our five long and five short stock picks have lost 0.15%. So stock picks were relatively weaker than the broad stock market. Our long stock picks have gained 1.07%, but short stock picks have resulted in a loss of 1.37%.

There are risks that couldn't be avoided in trading. Hence the need for proper money management and a relatively diversified stock portfolio. This is especially important if trading on a time basis - without using stop-loss/ profit target levels. We are just buying or selling stocks at open on Wednesday and selling or buying them back at close on the next Tuesday.

If stocks were in a prolonged downtrend, being able to profit anyway, would be extremely valuable. Of course, it's not the point of our Stock Pick Updates to forecast where the general stock market is likely to move, but rather to provide you with stocks that are likely to generate profits regardless of what the S&P does.

This means that our overall stock-picking performance can be summarized on the chart below. The assumptions are: starting with $100k, no leverage used. The data before Dec 24, 2019 comes from our internal tests and data after that can be verified by individual Stock Pick Updates posted on our website.

Below we include statistics and the details of our three recent updates:

• September 15, 2020
  Long Picks (September 9 open - September 15 close % change): UAA (+7.37%), EFX (-3.77%), CF (+2.30%), SLB (-1.52%), INTC (+0.95%)
  Short Picks (September 9 open - September 15 close % change): PSX (+0.02%), GLW (+0.98%), EIX (-0.37%), MCD (+3.43%), RTX (+2.79%)
  
  Average long result: +1.07%, average short result: -1.37%
  Total profit (average): -0.15%
• September 8, 2020
  Long Picks (September 2 open - September 8 close % change): CSCO (-4.85%), DIS (+0.43%), MAR (+0.68%), WEC (+2.00%), PXD (-8.20%)
  Short Picks (September 2 open - September 8 close % change): SO (+2.09%), PSX (-1.08%), PEAK (-0.47%), NVDA (-18.98%), FB (-9.27%)
  
  Average long result: -1.99%, average short result: +5.54%
  Total profit (average): +1.78%
• September 1, 2020
  Long Picks (August 26 open - September 1 close % change): FIS (+4.53%), MAR (+4.82%), DISH (+1.59%), PXD (-2.85%), WEC (+2.02%)
  Short Picks (August 26 open - September 1 close % change): PSX (-4.28%), D (-0.35%), ANTM (-1.31%), AAPL (+6.34%), HD (-0.62%)
  
  Average long result: +2.02%, average short result: +0.04%
  Total profit (average): +1.03%

Let's check which stocks could magnify S&P's gains in case it rallies, and which stocks would be likely to decline the most if S&P plunges. Here are our stock picks for the Wednesday, September 16 - Tuesday, September 22 period.

We will assume the following: the stocks will be bought or sold short on the opening of today's trading session (September 16) and sold or bought back on the closing of the next Tuesday's trading session (September 22).

We will provide stock trading ideas based on our in-depth technical and fundamental analysis, but since the main point of this publication is to provide the top 5 long and top 5 short candidates (our opinion, not an investment advice) for this week, we will focus solely on the technicals. The latter are simply more useful in case of short-term trades.

First, we will take a look at the recent performance by sector. It may show us which sector is likely to perform best in the near future and which sector is likely to lag. Then, we will select our buy and sell stock picks.

There are eleven stock market sectors: Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Technology, Communications Services, Utilities and Real Estate. They are further divided into industries, but we will just stick with these main sectors of the stock market.

We will analyze them and their relative performance by looking at the Select Sector SPDR ETF's.

The stock market sector analysis is available to our subscribers only.

Based on the above, we decided to choose our stock picks for the next week. We will choose our top 3 long and top 3 short candidates using trend-following approach, and top 2 long and top 2 short candidates using contrarian approach:

Trend-following approach:

• buys: 1 x Materials, 1 x Consumer Discretionary, 1 x Real Estate
• sells: 1 x Energy, 1 x Financials, 1 x Utilities

Contrarian approach (betting against the recent trend):

• buys: 1 x Energy, 1 x Financials
• sells: 1 x Materials, 1 x Consumer Discretionary

Trend-following approach

Top 3 Buy Candidates

CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. - Materials

• Stock trades within a bull flag pattern - uptrend continuation play
• The resistance level and a short-term upside profit target level is at $35-36, marked by previous high

ROST Ross Stores, Inc. - Consumer Discretionary

• Possible bull flag pattern and uptrend continuation
• The resistance level of $97.5-100.0
• The support level is at $87.5-90.0

SPG Simon Property Group, Inc. - Real Estate

• Stock remains above medium-term trend line
• The resistance level of $75-80
• The support level is at $60-65

Summing up, the above trend-following long stock picks are just a part of our whole Stock Pick Update. The Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate sectors were relatively the strongest in the last 30 days. So that part of our ten long and short stock picks is meant to outperform in the coming days if the broad stock market acts similarly as it did before.

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