The Canadian Technician

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About the author: , CMT, MFTA is Chief Technical Analyst at Osprey Strategic specializing in intermarket and commodities analysis. He is also the co-author of Stock Charts For Dummies (Wiley, 2018). Based in Calgary, Greg is a board member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and the chairman of the CSTA Calgary chapter. He is an active member of both the CMT Association and the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). Learn More

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A Red Bar on the Homebuilders ETF

by Greg Schnell

Homebuilders have been on an unbelievably big run. Looking at two relevant ETFs, we can see that one is at prior highs, while the other broke out to fresh new highs. Let's start there. XHB was recently at a prior high, and the ITB made newer highs...Read More 

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Copper Stocks Have Lots Of Volatility

by Greg Schnell

Over the last few weeks, metals have been swinging wildly. I have been following Copper and Gold, and it has been a wild ride, to say the least. I'll cover off Copper and related miners today...Read More 

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Investors Continue To Believe

by Greg Schnell

The market has continued higher. Period. Despite all the warnings, markets continue to push higher. Below is the view over the last month. You can see the dates of each chart in the top left corner and the number of trading days in the lower right corner...Read More 

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Use These Indicators to Help with Exits

by Greg Schnell

When investors get attracted to one industry, the move can be relentlessly good. Over the years, we have seen semiconductors, software, IT security, cloud, payment systems, and EVs all go on significant runs, to name a few examples...Read More 

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Emerging Market Bond Fund ETFs Look Good

by Greg Schnell

US bond yields dropped sharply this week. Below is the 2-year yield. One of the important technical characteristics of the chart is a double top. When a chart tests a prior high, we want to see if it succeeds or fails at the prior level that was resistance once before...Read More 

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Crypto Names Continue to Soar

by Greg Schnell

Crypto is one man's anti-soul, and another man's guiding light. Crypto seems accurately defined as a take on Superman's kryptonite, where just being near it has a negative connotation to some investors...Read More 

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The Second Half Equities Super Bowl

by Greg Schnell

The 2023 Super Bowl was a great one. It started with a strong first half for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles fans were soaring with delight as the teams headed to the locker rooms, while KC fans were dejected by the outstanding performance of Jalen Hurts...Read More 

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The Best Since 2000!

by Greg Schnell

2023 has seen a significant thrust in tech names. The recent run in semiconductor and software stocks are great examples of market thrusts. The market has split into different vehicles, and we are currently riding the AI vehicle to higher highs...Read More 

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US Dollar Rolls Down

by Greg Schnell

The US Dollar ($USD) is one of the chart I look at regularly as a foreign investor, and this week saw USD give it up in a big way. There are two trends in play here. The first is the trend of declining highs in price, with a support level around 100 to 101...Read More 

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Indexes Level Off

by Greg Schnell

After a huge rally off the March lows, the first full week of June saw the markets move sideways, for the most part. At noon Friday, most US indexes were up marginally on the week. The charts below are all 60-minute charts...Read More