Investors are increasingly focusing on international stocks, particularly small caps, due to attractive yields and the potential for higher returns compared to U.S. equities. Asian markets are showing resilience, contributing to positive sentiment and record inflows in international equity ETFs. However, geopolitical tensions and trade policy uncertainties continue to pose risks to investor confidence. Overall, the global landscape appears mixed, with both opportunities and challenges for international equities. The price action of International Equities (VXUS) asset class is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to asset-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at 0.3 is modestly bullish. The market sentiment at 0.9 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.VXUS is likely to move up since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive. The positive sentiment force for sector is at 1, and the negative at -0.1 on 2026-02-23. The forces of Asset Sentiment (2.3), Option Sentiment (1.5), and Asset Price Trend (0.3) will drive up the price. The forces of and Price Level Sentiment (-0.5) will drive down the price. The sentiment for Asset Price Trend is calculated based on VXUS trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Asset Sentiment scores 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.

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VXUS
Date	Attention	Price	StdDev	Price Level	Change	10 Day Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend Sentiment	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Asset Sentiment	News Sentiment
2026-02-23	1%(1.1%)	82.93	1.46%	82	-0.53%	0.12%	0.3	0.1	0.5%	0.9	Long	55%	2.3	-0.9
2026-02-22	1%(1.3%)						1.3			0.9			2.7	3.3
2026-02-21	2%(1.1%)						1.3			0.9			2.8	-0.3
2026-02-20	1%(1.1%)	83.37	1.48%	92	1.2%	0.61%	1.3	0.2	0.5%	1.5	Long	55%	3.5	6.3
2026-02-19	0%(1.1%)	82.38	1.48%	76	-0.16%	0.24%	0.3	0	0.3%	1.3	Long	55%	3.7	-6
2026-02-18	2%(1.4%)	82.51	1.56%	81	0.34%	0.25%	0.8	0	0.4%	1.4	Long	55%	3.6	1
2026-02-17	1%(1.1%)	82.23	1.7%	79	-0.21%	0.25%	0.6	0	0.3%	1.2	Long	55%	2.9	1.8
2026-02-16	2%(1%)						0.9			0.8			2.6	3.9
2026-02-15	0%(0.9%)						0.9			0.9			2.9	0
2026-02-14	2%(1.3%)						0.9			0.9			3	3
Long is the preferred trading strategy with 55% chance of being right. Improving trend sentiment and positive hourly trend. Wait action is recommended in three scenarios with either high uncertainty or high risk: 1. The trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the opposite directions. 2. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive, but the price level is elevated. 3. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are negative, but the price level is depressed. In an uptrend, as an investor, you may want to wait for the pullback to open long position. In a downtrend, the price will likely rebound after huge decline. As an investor, you may want to wait for the rebound to exit long position.
Market sentiment will accelerate the current trend when both trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the same direction. Market sentiment will generate volatility when it's at the opposite direction of the trend sentiment. News sentiment measures the daily emotion of the market. News sentiment may impact the daily price change while market sentiment is a more stable and consistent moving force.