{"id":182509,"date":"2025-01-03T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=182509"},"modified":"2025-01-03T10:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:14:45","slug":"tech-talk-for-friday-january-3rd-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/01\/03\/tech-talk-for-friday-january-3rd-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Friday January 3rd 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>Pre-opening Comments for Friday January 3<sup>rd<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning.<\/b> S&amp;P 500 futures were up 20 points at 8:30 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>United States Steel<\/b> dropped $2.60 to $30.00 following reports that President Biden is set to block its takeover by Nippon Steel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0014.png\"><em><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\/2025\/01\/clip_image0014_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Chewy<\/b> added $0.88 to $34.75 after Wolfe Research upgraded the stock from Peer Perform to Outperform.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0024.png\"><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\/2025\/01\/clip_image0024_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Nvidia<\/b> gained $0.55 to $138.87 prior to an update comment by CEO Huang at CES on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0034.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003[4]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0034_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Block<\/b> advanced $2.15 to $88.90 after Raymond James upgraded the stock from Market Perform to Outperform. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0044.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image004[4]\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image004[4]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0044_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>EquityClock\u2019s Stock Market Outlook for January 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2025<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>While stocks are having difficulty mitigating the dollar headwind, Gold is not, a normal phenomenon for the first couple of months of the year. See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/01\/02\/stock-market-outlook-for-january-3-2025\/\"><em>https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/01\/02\/stock-market-outlook-for-january-3-2025\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>S&amp;P 500 Index<\/b> $SPX moved below $5,853.01 and 5,832.30 completing a short term Head &amp; Shoulders pattern. <b>S&amp;P 500 SPDRs<\/b> $SPYmoved below $580.91 and $581.90 completing a short term Head &amp; Shoulders pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image001-1.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image001_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>U.S. Crude Oil ETN<\/b> $USO moved above $75.56 resuming an intermediate uptrend. <b>WTI Crude Oil <\/b>moved above $72.88 resuming an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image002.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image002_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Corn ETN<\/b> $CORN moved above $18.85 completing a long term reverse Head &amp; Shoulders pattern<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image003-1.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image003_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Target<\/b> $TGT an S&amp;P 100 stock moved above $138.11 resuming an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image004.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image004_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Dollar Tree<\/b> $DLTR a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $76.76 and $76.98 completing a Reverse Head &amp; Shoulders pattern. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image005.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image005_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CDW<\/b> $CDW a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $172.35 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image006.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image006_thumb.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image008.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image008_thumb.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 January 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image010-1.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image010_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Red: Decrease from previous day<\/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 January 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 2024<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image012-1.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image012_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Red: Decrease from previous day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Sectors<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for January 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image014.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image014_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font><\/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>Does December&#8217;s Weakness Signal a Bear Market Ahead? Tom Bowley<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SE91YoJ827M\">Does December&#8217;s Weakness Signal a Bear Market Ahead? \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Setup for equities this year is a little harder than &#8217;24, says Hightower&#8217;s Stephanie Link<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CyFjzsxsuAI\">Setup for equities this year is a little harder than &#8217;24, says Hightower&#8217;s Stephanie Link \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3 More Months Until it Begins&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jy53X-r59JM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jy53X-r59JM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Is This ADX Pattern a Warning Sign for Investors? Joe Rabil<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vM6KIVixWk0\">Is This ADX Pattern a Warning Sign for Investors? \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Top stock picks and market outlook for 2025: CIBC market technician, Sid Mokhtari<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0WVxWl_JseA\">Top stock picks and market outlook for 2025 \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Wall Street predicts slower S&amp;P 500 growth in 2025. Here&#8217;s why.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xqqlCnsHrpI\">Wall Street predicts slower S&amp;P 500 growth in 2025. Here&#8217;s why. \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Navigating a volatile start to 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HUIjUZQGTmU\">Navigating a volatile start to 2025 \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>S&amp;P 500 Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image015.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image015_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer dropped 2.20 to a 14 month low at 18.80. It remains Oversold. Daily trend is down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image016.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image016_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer dropped 1.00 to 55.00. It remains Neutral.<\/p>\n<p><em>P.S. Short term (20 day) Barometer added 0.60 to 10.80.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>TSX Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image017.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image017_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer advanced 8.52 to 42.60. It changed from Oversold to Neutral on a move above 40.00. Daily trend has turned up. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image018.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image018_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer advanced 4.04 to 64.13. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><em>P.S. Short term (20 day) Barometer jumped 9.87 to 39.01.<\/em><\/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 January 3rd U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures were up 20 points at 8:30 AM EST. United States Steel dropped $2.60 to $30.00 following reports that President Biden is set to block its takeover by Nippon Steel. Chewy added $0.88 to $34.75 after Wolfe Research upgraded [&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-182509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182509","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=182509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182510,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182509\/revisions\/182510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}