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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The what to do about oil? love oil... come on in.

by Greg Schnell

Here were some of my comments in the blog two days ago. 6) We have hit the fib levels on the index and on crude. Gold made moves above the fib levels, but the gold stocks have not. 7) Gold and oil opened higher today but the TSX opened weak...Read More 

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Put some SPURS on your sectors! Put some SPURS on your Stocks!

by Greg Schnell

Today we want to investigate which sectors are leading and following. The easiest way to do that is: a dashboard view. The Canadian Sectors outside of Energy, Finance, Gold and Materials are incredibly thin. Like 10 stocks in each sector, some with even less...Read More 

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We're talking Looney tunes...actually loonies and toonies.

by Greg Schnell

Is this a market of opportunity or a quiet market like a canoe on a still lake above water falls? I don't know but I'll share my observations. You'll have to decide. For all the non-canucks reading the blog today, maybe we better explain the title...Read More 

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Food Commodities - TIme to buy Ag?

by Greg Schnell

Good Day, Lets just briefly check the dashboards. All of the symbols for the charts are just farther out months on the futures. So each chart has the nearest month first, then progressing to the longer months.Usually a year out. Here is Corn. Trading below the 10 week...Read More 

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There's something strange going on around here.. Crude Oil

by Greg Schnell

Well, that was a very interesting week in the oil and oil stocks market. First of all, let's review crude oil and where it is priced. In the blog a few weeks ago, we suggested a good upside target for oil would be arond $99...Read More 

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Gold - HOT button - let's go deeper..

by Greg Schnell

Living in the city where BRE-X was born, I have seen the stock soar, scored, scarred, scared and scuttled. Therefore my enthusiasm for the metal is always muted. My broker sent out BRE-X shares for Christmas after they went bust. So my concern is always where is my exit...Read More 

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Only 5 Downsloping 200 DMA averages in 22 years. How to trade with it!

by Greg Schnell

Normally, I focus on the Canadian market, but today we need to explain what the dynamic currently in play is on the $SPX. Recently, my blog of November 1st tried to explain bull and bear market cycles using the RSI...Read More 

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Which one is Which? What market are you trading?

by Greg Schnell

Below are four different markets. I have standardized the chart style to make the look similar. I have left the 50 and 200 DMA on the charts. I have erased the name, value or price of the stock, commodity, currency or index...Read More 

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Lets Review the Canadian Banks

by Greg Schnell

Here is the Bank Sector: I don't like the red candle that made new 4 week lows this week. Here is the daily. I am very surpirsed that the Canadian banks did not get a relief rally at all after the Monday / Tuesday drill down. Maybe we tested the lows today and held...Read More 

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A check of the dashboards

by Greg Schnell

Lets check the commodity dashboards: Here's $WTIC - Looks Bullish! Here's Copper: Testing support on every date....caution warranted: Corn: Testing resistance...buying opportunity with a tight stop? What I can't understand is why Potash is not getting a bid...Read More