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VGT slips 3.4% in its confirmation week as sellers take control

The buy signal on VGT goes through a bearish confirmation week, with sellers dominant in the last bar and the tech sector turning weak again. The weekly picture stays bullish, but signal strength remains low.

VGT slips 3.4% in its confirmation week as sellers take control
Vanguard Information Technology ETF — bearish confirmation week

VGT slips 3.4% in its confirmation week as sellers take control

August 21, 2026

Our view last week

On VGT, the Vanguard technology ETF, a fresh buy signal opens this week: the weekly picture stays bullish, with the MACD just crossing above its own Signal line and all four structural moving averages aligned. The tech sector, tracked here through the XLK sector ETF, remains a tailwind, up 4.64% for the month. Signal strength is only average, though, 38 out of 100: weekly technical analysis puts VGT 24th of 27 fresh US buy signals.

This week's summary

The buy signal that fired last week on VGT, the Vanguard technology ETF, is going through a tough confirmation week: the ETF slips 3.4%, with sellers dominant in the last bar and buyer dominance fading fast. The tech sector, tracked through the XLK sector ETF, turns weak again, down 3.53% for the week. The weekly picture still stays bullish, though, with all four structural moving averages still aligned.
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IQS Phase
55
ordinary
Signal Strength
29
low · fading
Sizing
MINIMUM
Ranking
#153 / 167
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Trade P&L %
-3.38%
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Chart · Weekly — EMA50 · MACD · VWAP

Weekly chart · EMA50 · MACD · VWAP · Source: TradingView
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Rank position

ranks 153rd among the 167 Longs already running for US stocks in our ranking, with a signal strength of 29 out of 100.

Sector context

SectorETF Settoriale
Benchmark ETFXLK
Sector regimeweak phase
Performanceweekly -3.53% · monthly +1.69%

VGT belongs to the etf settoriale sector (reference ETF XLK). The sector is classified weak phase according to our weekly reading.

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