The software sector is experiencing a transformative phase, with a significant focus on AI applications and advancements. Despite being characterized as undervalued, opportunities for investment abound as many stocks are available at bargain prices. Recent acquisitions and increasing competition in AI are adding momentum to the sector's growth prospects. However, the sector has had a challenging year, showing signs of underperformance amidst fluctuating market conditions. The price action of Software (IGV) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at 0.6 is bullish. The market sentiment at 0.3 is modestly 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.IGV is likely to move up since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive. The positive sentiment force for Software sector is at 0.5, and the negative at -0.3 on 2025-12-03. The forces of Option Sentiment (1.5), Market Risk Appetite (0.6), Sector Price Trend (0.6), Broad Market Trend (0.5), and Price Level Sentiment (0) will drive up the price. The forces of Valuation Sentiment (-0.5), and Sentiment towards Fundamentals (-1) 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 IGV 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.

IGV
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	SMA10 Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Fund.	News Sentiment
2025-12-03	1%(0.4%)	106.69	54	1.4%	0.19%	0.6	0.15%	0.6%	0.3	Long	65%	-1	5.5
2025-12-02	1%(0.3%)	105.21	43	1.09%	0%	0.9	0.23%	0.6%	0.3	Long	65%	-1	2.7