{"id":183736,"date":"2025-02-19T22:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T03:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=183736"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:53:47","slug":"tech-talk-for-thursday-february-20th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/02\/19\/tech-talk-for-thursday-february-20th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Thursday February 20th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"5\"><strong><\/strong><\/font>    <\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>Pre-opening Comments for Thursday February 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 18 points at 8:35 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>S&amp;P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the <b>February Philly Fed Manufacturing Index<\/b> at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to 13.2 from 44.3 in January. Actual was 18.1.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Cheese Cake Factory<\/b> added $0.51 to $54.80 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues and earnings. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0011-2.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image001[1]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image001[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0011_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Wal-mart<\/b> dropped $8.85 to $95.15 after issuing guidance below consensus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0021-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image002[1]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0021_thumb-3.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Sturm Ruger<\/b> gained $2.04 to $37.50 after reporting higher than consensus fourth quarter revenues and earnings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0031-2.png\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image003[1]\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0031_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Carvana <\/b>dropped $28.22 to $253.60 after reporting a drop in revenues per vehicle sold.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0041-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image004[1]\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image004[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image0041_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"5\"><strong>EquityClock\u2019s Stock Market Outlook for February 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><em>Magnificent 7 not looking too hot as NVIDIA reaches the upper limit of its \u201cDeepseek selloff\u201d gap. See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/02\/19\/stock-market-outlook-for-february-20-2025\/\"><em>https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/02\/19\/stock-market-outlook-for-february-20-2025\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Technology SPDRs<\/b> $XLK moved above $242.58 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image001-12.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\/02\/clip_image001_thumb-12.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Microchip Technology<\/b> $MCHP a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $59.67 and $59.86 setting an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image002-12.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\/02\/clip_image002_thumb-12.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>NXP Semiconductor<\/b> $NXPI a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $237.68 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image003-12.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\/02\/clip_image003_thumb-12.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Automatic Data Processing<\/b> $ADP a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $311.67 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image004-12.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\/02\/clip_image004_thumb-12.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Cadence Design Systems<\/b> $CDNS a NAS\\DAQ 100 stock moved below $285.06 extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image005-7.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\/02\/clip_image005_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>US Bancorp<\/b> $USB an S&amp;P 100 stock moved below $46.69 completing a Head &amp; Shoulders pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image006-12.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\/02\/clip_image006_thumb-12.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\/02\/clip_image008-12.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\/02\/clip_image008_thumb-12.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 February 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image010-11.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\/02\/clip_image010_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"115\" \/><\/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=\"5\"><strong>Commodities<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Commodities Trends for February 19<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image012-11.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\/02\/clip_image012_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"142\" \/><b>          <br \/><\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/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=\"4\"><strong>Sectors<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for February 19<sup>h<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/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\/2025\/02\/clip_image014_thumb-11.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\">Links offered by valued providers<\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Seeing the earnings picture broaden out in the U.S. and overseas, says Hightower&#8217;s Stephanie Link<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ozPgFjP-_-M\">Seeing the earnings picture broaden out in the U.S. and overseas, says Hightower&#8217;s Stephanie Link \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Palantir, Tech Patriotism &amp; SPX Complacency: What It Means for Markets: Guy Adami and Dan Nathan<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XV1gvbvCGks\">Palantir, Tech Patriotism &amp; SPX Complacency: What It Means for Markets \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>HIS is Why I Don&#8217;t Use The 20, 50, 200 MA Lines Anymore! Joe Rabil<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UR_GLIXXEuA\">THIS is Why I Don&#8217;t Use The 20, 50, 200 MA Lines Anymore! \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Market anticipating further tariff delays: Stifel strategist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sY7m8D4ZIjU\">Market anticipating further tariff delays: strategist \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>David Rosenberg on Trudeau and the Canadian Economy | Jimmy Connor<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kMDnRufatG8\">David Rosenberg on Trudeau and the Canadian Economy | Jimmy Connor \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Canada&#8217;s economic outlook amid looming election<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Jd7UUIOnx8\">Canada&#8217;s economic outlook amid looming election \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\/02\/clip_image015-11.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\/02\/clip_image015_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer added 1.00 to 59.80. It remains Neutral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/clip_image016-11.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\/02\/clip_image016_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer added 1.20 to 62.60. It remains Overbought.<\/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\/02\/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\/2025\/02\/clip_image017_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term Barometer added 0.90 to 50.23. It remains Neutral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/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\/2025\/02\/clip_image018_thumb-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long term Barometer slipped 0.45 to 61.99. It remains Overbought.<\/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 February 20th U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&amp;P 500 futures were down 18 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&amp;P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the February Philly Fed Manufacturing Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to 13.2 from 44.3 in January. 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