{"id":182283,"date":"2024-12-19T21:09:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T02:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=182283"},"modified":"2024-12-20T08:43:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:43:48","slug":"tech-talk-for-friday-december-20th-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2024\/12\/19\/tech-talk-for-friday-december-20th-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Friday December 20th 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>Pre-opening Comments for Friday December 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning<\/b>. S&amp;P 500 futures were down 30 points at 8:35 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Today is Triple Witching Day<\/b>, last trade day for December equity and index options and futures. Expect higher than average volume and volatility as positions are unwound and\/or their time is extended. A record $6.6 trillion value of options and futures are scheduled to expire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>S&amp;P 500 futures recovered 18 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for <b>November core PCE Price Index<\/b> was a 0.2% gain versus a 0.3% increase in October. Actual was a gain of 0.1%. On a year-over-year basis consensus was a 2.5% gain. Actual was a 2.4% gain. Consensus for <b>November Personal Income<\/b> was a gain of 0.4%. Actual was a gain of 0.3%. Consensus for <b>November Personal Spending<\/b> was a gain of 0.5%. Actual was a gain of 0.4%.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>FedEx<\/b> advanced $23.12 to $299.00 after announcing plans to spin off its freight division.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image0014-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image001[4]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image001[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image0014_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Nike<\/b> added $0.44 to $77.54 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal second quarter results. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image0024-8.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image002[4]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image0024_thumb-8.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>U.S. Steel<\/b> dropped $2.00 to $29.72 after the company lowered fourth quarter revenue and earnings targets<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image0034-6.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003[4]\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image0034_thumb-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>EquityClock\u2019s Stock Market Outlook for December 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>The trend of loan activity remains highly depressed as consumers refrain from taking on high cost debt to finance real estate and automobile purchases. See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2024\/12\/19\/stock-market-outlook-for-december-20-2024\/\"><em>https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2024\/12\/19\/stock-market-outlook-for-december-20-2024\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>20+ year U.S. Treasury Bond<\/b> $TLT moved below $88.77 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image001-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image001\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image001\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image001_thumb-13.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Europe iShares<\/b> $IEV moved below $52.20 completing a Head &amp; Shoulders pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image002-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image002\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image002_thumb-13.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Healthcare SPDRs<\/b> $XLV moved below $137.16 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image003-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image003_thumb-13.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the weakness in healthcare came in the biotech sector. <b>Biotech ETF<\/b> $BBH moved below $156.36 and <b>NASDAQ Biotech iShares $IBB<\/b> moved below $131.50 extending an intermediate downtrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image004-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image004\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image004\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image004_thumb-13.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Global Timber iShares<\/b> $WOOD moved below $75.18 extending an intermediate downtrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image005-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image005\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image005\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image005_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>S&amp;P 100 and NASDAQ 100 stocks<\/b> moving below support extending an intermediate downtrend included Amgen, Vertex, Micron, Qualcomm, Starbucks, Philip Morris International, Danaher and Verizon<\/p>\n<p><b>Canadian Natural Resources<\/b> $CNQ.TO a TSX 60 stock moved below Cdn$42.47 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image006-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image006\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image006\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image006_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Trader\u2019s Corner<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image008-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image008\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image008\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image008_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Equity Indices and Related ETFs<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Equity Trends for December 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image010-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image010\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image010\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image010_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Green: Increase from previous day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Source for all positive seasonality ratings: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EquityClock.com\"><em>www.EquityClock.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Commodities<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Commodities Trends for December 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2024<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image012-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image012\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image012\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image012_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font> <b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Sectors<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for December 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image014-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image014\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image014\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image014_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Green: Increase from previous day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Relief Rally After Fed-Fueled Selling Not an All Clear: Kevin Green<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zyAGUsXCC1U\">Relief Rally After Fed-Fueled Selling Not an All Clear \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Expect to see sell signals if market doesn&#8217;t recover this week, says Fairlead&#8217;s Katie Stockton<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GfmgkLYb-aQ\">Expect to see sell signals if market doesn&#8217;t recover this week, says Fairlead&#8217;s Katie Stockton \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Market Update &#8211; Fed&#8217;s Inflation Shift: Market Impacts &amp; Forecasts 12\/19\/24<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P6gl9SViL3A\">Market Update &#8211; Fed&#8217;s Inflation Shift: Market Impacts &amp; Forecasts 12\/19\/24 \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Fed Changes Course, Market Crash Ahead? Tom Bowley<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=irEI-JA1M0M\">Fed Changes Course, Market Crash Ahead? \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Stocks React To Fed Cut Guidance: Dan Nathan and Amanda Diaz<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6JrvhUzVP_k\">Stocks React To Fed Cut Guidance \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Santa Claus rally?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/video\/need-to-know\/santa-claus-rally-will-stocks-bring-holiday-cheer-to-investors\/4408113E-225B-41CF-837A-5AE35D60F2D7.html?mod=home_mostpopular\">https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/video\/need-to-know\/santa-claus-rally-will-stocks-bring-holiday-cheer-to-investors\/4408113E-225B-41CF-837A-5AE35D60F2D7.html?mod=home_mostpopular<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>S&amp;P 500 Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>The 20 day Barometer slipped 0.20 to 7.80, lowest level since April. No sign of a bottom yet! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image015-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image015\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image015\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image015_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term (50 day) Barometer added 1.00 to 21.00. It remains Oversold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image016-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image016\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image016\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image016_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term (200 day) Barometer slipped 1.00 to a 13 month low at 54.20. It remains Neutral. Daily downtrend was extended.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>TSX Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>The 20 day Barometer fell 1.37 to 7.31, lowest level since October 2022. No sign of a low yet!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image017-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image017\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image017\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image017_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer dropped another 2.28 to 22.37, lowest level since October 2023. It remains deeply oversold. Daily downtrend was extended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image018-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image018\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image018\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/clip_image018_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer dropped 2.74 to 57.08. It remains Neutral. Daily downtrend was extended.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Disclaimer:<\/b> Seasonality ratings and technical ratings offered in this report and at<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equityclock.com\"><em>www.equityclock.com<\/em><\/a><em> are for information only. They should not be considered as advice to purchase or to sell mentioned securities. Data offered in this report is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-opening Comments for Friday December 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures were down 30 points at 8:35 AM EST. Today is Triple Witching Day, last trade day for December equity and index options and futures. Expect higher than average volume and volatility as positions are unwound and\/or their time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182291,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182283\/revisions\/182291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}