Weekly MOTR Report (WMR): “Anxiety Induced (AI) Selling in Software.”

February 17th, 2026
David Lundgren, CMT CFA

Highlights

  • The MOTR Software & Services Group has performed so poorly that it ranks worst in both our very short term (VST) and long term (MO) momentum models, with the group now showing the most stocks in a long-term downtrend of all 28 MOTR groups.
  • While the software space has offered some excellent shorts over the past several months, recent Anxiety Induced (AI. . .

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