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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Why Stress Out Now?

by Greg Schnell

On this week's Market Buzz, I walked through the end-of-month charts for the rest of the world, which are sitting at a positive but precarious situation...Read More 

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It's All About a Base

by Greg Schnell

The market seems to be holding in this area for the last few weeks. Our chart of the $SPX marks a break of one of the moving averages that the indexes have been staying below...Read More 

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I'm Watching These Areas

by Greg Schnell

The market made its low on Thursday and has made some nice gains off the lows. Tuesday was another strong day. I continue to like the setup here for a rally. The other areas I am looking for is a rotation from defensive to growth-oriented sectors...Read More 

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Are You Missing These Setups? Energy Stocks Break Out!

by Greg Schnell

At Osprey Strategic, the main goal is to help clients avoid downside risk while learning to secure more profits. Our proprietary momentum scan system searches for abnormal volatility, which flags the urgency of buyers...Read More 

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Is This the Equity Markets' Problem?

by Greg Schnell

The stock market is stuck and many investors are having trouble understanding why it can't bounce from here. The purpose of this article is to shed a little light on the problems in the bond market and how they are influencing the other markets...Read More 

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Energy Stocks Break Out To Start The Rally

by Greg Schnell

It has been the oddest of circumstances. The pressure on the oil supply has been immense, but the oil stocks just couldn't break out. In what has been the most bullish of backdrops, it seemed unfathomable that the oil names weren't going higher...Read More 

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Commodities Start to Exit

by Greg Schnell

It's a twisting market, but, typically, the bears don't leave any berries untouched. Within two trading days, the Nasdaq has dropped 6.5%. By any measure, that is a fast move down in an index of some of the largest companies in the world...Read More 

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Yields Stall at Major Trend Lines

by Greg Schnell

The bond market has been a house of pain as yields moved higher. This week, the 10-year is testing the downtrend line from the infamous top in 2007 before the start of the Great Financial Crisis...Read More 

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Some New Views I Appreciate!

by Greg Schnell

As the market grinds sideways heading into the end of April, it is a mixed bag as to which direction we are going. Last week, StockCharts rolled out some new features that can really help us see the market in a different light...Read More 

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Are You Feeling Vulnerable?

by Greg Schnell

The chart work I do leads me to believe this is a potential "turn the plane around" moment of decision. As the market works to discover if it can go back to the prior highs, so many pieces are uncomfortably weak...Read More