XLE ETF upgraded to Buy Candidate

The XLE ETF price gained 2.04% on the last trading day (Friday, 22nd Aug 2025), rising from $86.38 to $88.14. It has now gained 4 days in a row. It will be exciting to see whether it manages to continue gaining or take a minor break for the next few days. During the last trading day the ETF fluctuated 2.10% from a day low at $86.53 to a day high of $88.35. The price has risen in 6 of the last 10 days and is up by 3.78% over the past 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day along with the price, which is a positive technical sign, and, in total, 4 million more shares were traded than the day before. In total, 15 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $1.36 billion.

The ETF lies in the middle of a weak rising trend in the short term and a further rise within the trend is signaled.Given the current short-term trend, the ETF is expected to rise 2.83% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $87.01 and $93.32 at the end of this 3-month period.

Mostly positive signals in the chart today. The XLE ETF holds buy signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a positive forecast for the ETF, but the ETF has a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections down, there will be some support from the lines at $85.94 and $86.42. A breakdown below any of these levels will issue sell signals. A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Monday, August 11, 2025, and so far it has risen 4.62%. Further rise is indicated until a new top pivot has been found. Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Volume is rising along with the price. This is considered to be a good technical signal.

XLE finds support from accumulated volume at $88.10 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested.

In general the ETF tends to have very controlled movements and with good liquidity the risk is considered very low in this ETF. During the last day, the ETF moved $1.82 between high and low, or 2.10%. For the last week the ETF has had daily average volatility of 1.37%.

Several short-term signals, along with a general good trend, are positive and we conclude that the current level may hold a buying opportunity as there is a fair chance for XLE ETF to perform well in the short-term.We have upgraded our analysis conclusion for this ETF since the last evaluation from a Hold to a Buy candidate.