{"id":182825,"date":"2025-01-15T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T23:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=182825"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:01:35","slug":"tech-talk-for-thursday-january-16th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/01\/15\/tech-talk-for-thursday-january-16th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Thursday January 16th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>Pre-opening Comments for Thursday January 16<sup>th<\/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 2 points at 8:35 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>S&amp;P 500 futures dropped 5 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for <b>December U.S. Retail Sales<\/b> was a 0.5% increase versus a 0.7% increase in November. Actual was a 0.4% increase. Excluding auto sales, consensus for December U.S. Retail Sales was a 0.5% increase versus a 0.2% increase in November. Actual was a 0.4% increase. Consensus for <b>January Philly Fed Index<\/b> was -5.2 versus -16.4 in December. Actual was +44.1.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>UnitedHealth Group<\/b> dropped $9.41 to $534.01 after reporting less than consensus fourth quarter revenues.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0014-4.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image0014_thumb-4.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Target<\/b> gained $1.21 to $135.74 after announcing that same store sales growth in November and December were higher than expected. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0024-6.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image0024_thumb-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Taiwan Semiconductor<\/b> advanced $8.04 to $214.84 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues and earnings. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image0034-4.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\/2025\/01\/clip_image0034_thumb-4.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>EquityClock\u2019s Stock Market Outlook for January 16<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>The market is rallying as a result of the suggestion of a calming of inflationary pressures, but we are seeing this burden on consumer and businesses ramping up.&#160; We examine ways to take advantage of this shift. See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/01\/15\/stock-market-outlook-for-january-16-2025\/\"><em>https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/01\/15\/stock-market-outlook-for-january-16-2025\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>U.S. Oil Fund ETN $USO<\/b> moved above $83.29 to a 30 month high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image001-9.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-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>First Trust Natural Gas ETF<\/b> $FCG moved above $26.56 extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image002-8.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-8.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Financial SPDRs<\/b> $XLF moved above intermediate resistance at $49.17. Responded to higher than consensus fourth quarter earnings reports by five money center banks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image003-9.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-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>American Express<\/b> $AXP a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved $307.10 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image004-7.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-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Intuitive Surgical<\/b> $ISRG moved above $556.18 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image005-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image005\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image005\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image005_thumb-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Cisco <\/b>$CSCO a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved $59.82 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image006-6.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-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>NetEase<\/b> $NTES a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $103.88 setting an intermediate uptre<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image007-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image007\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image007\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image007_thumb-5.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_image009-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image009\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image009\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image009_thumb-4.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Equity Indices and Related ETFs<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Equity Trends for January 15<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image011-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image011\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image011\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image011_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"114\" \/><\/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><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 15<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image013-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image013\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image013\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image013_thumb-7.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>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 15<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image015-7.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-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"165\" \/><\/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><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>The Bullish Case for Small Caps vs. Large Caps: David Keller<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xUYEU4kzr54\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xUYEU4kzr54<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Investing Legend Dan Niles Reveals Top Picks For 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ndPGTcjcGf4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ndPGTcjcGf4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>How to Find a BUY Signal Using The 1-2-3 Reversal Pattern: Joe Rabil<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=badzaA83fZc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=badzaA83fZc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Stocks Rally On Inflation Report &amp; Bank Earnings: Guy Adami, Dan Nathan, John Butters (FactSet).<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyocP7FKrhA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyocP7FKrhA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>An Extreme Winter Weather Pattern Is Coming\u2026 Energy stocks are responding<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sexRC0s-siE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sexRC0s-siE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CHART THIS with David Keller, CMT Wednesday 1\/15\/25<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vZ3eyL1sCdA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vZ3eyL1sCdA<\/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_image016-8.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-8.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer advanced 8.00 to 32.60. It remains Oversold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image017-7.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-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer added 0.60 to 58.00. It remains Neutral.<\/p>\n<p><em>P.S. The short term (20 day) Barometer jumped 13.40 to 56.00<\/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_image018-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image018\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image018\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image018_thumb-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer advanced 2.69 to 34.98. It remains Oversold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image019-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image019\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image019\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/clip_image019_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer slipped 0.45 to 62.78. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><em>P.S. The short term (20 day) Barometer jumped 7.62 to 48.43.<\/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 Thursday January 16th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures were up 2 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&amp;P 500 futures dropped 5 points following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for December U.S. Retail Sales was a 0.5% increase versus a 0.7% increase in [&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-182825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182825","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=182825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182833,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182825\/revisions\/182833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}