{"id":191347,"date":"2025-12-17T19:28:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=191347"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:50:40","slug":"tech-talk-for-thursday-december-18th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2025\/12\/17\/tech-talk-for-thursday-december-18th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Thursday December 18th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday December 18th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning<\/b>. S&P 500 futures were up 40 points at 8:35 AM EST. <\/em><\/p>\n

S&P 500 futures added 9 points following release of the November U.S. Consumer Price Index<\/b> at 8:30 AM EST. The Index was expected to increase 0.3% versus a 0.3% increase in October. Actual was a 0.2% increase. On a year-over-year basis, November CPI was expected to increase 3.1%. Actual was a 2.7% increase. On a year-over-year basis excluding food and energy, November Consumer Price Index was expected to increase 3.0% versus a 3.0% in October. Actual was a 2.6% increase<\/em><\/p>\n

Micron <\/b>advanced $15.98 to $241.68 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal first quarter results and after offering positive fiscal second quarter guidance. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Lululemon<\/b> (LULU) gained $8.63 to $216.50 after activist investor Elliott confirmed building a stake in the company valued at more than $1 billion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump Media & Technology<\/b> (DJT) advanced $2.37 to $12.84 after announcing a merger with TAE Technology in a $6 billion deal.<\/em><\/p>\n

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EquityClock\u2019s Market Outlook for December 18th<\/sup><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Clear signs of loss of Tech\/AI leadership and other concerns for risk assets for early 2026. See: <\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2025\/12\/17\/stock-market-outlook-for-december-18-2025\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Palladium ETN<\/b> (PALL) moved above $148.49 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n

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Broadcom <\/b>(AVGO) an S&P 100 stock moved below $329.06 and $324.50 setting an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n

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CrowdStrike<\/b> (CRWD) a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $477.55 and $475.39 completing a Head & Shoulders pattern. <\/p>\n

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Trader\u2019s Corner<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Equity Indices and Related ETFs<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Daily Seasonal\/Technical Equity Trends for December 17th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n

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Green: Increase from previous day<\/em><\/p>\n

Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Source for all positive seasonality ratings: <\/em>www.EquityClock.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Commodities<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Daily Seasonal\/Technical Commodities Trends for December 17th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n

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Green: Increase from previous day<\/font> <\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Red: Decrease from previous day<\/em><\/p>\n

Sectors<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for December 17th<\/sup> 2025<\/p>\n

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Green: Increase from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

AI Infrastructure Continues To Puke | $CRWV $ORCL $NVDA: Guy Adami, Dan Nathan, Liz Thomas<\/b><\/p>\n

AI Infrastructure Continues To Puke | $CRWV $ORCL $NVDA \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Markets will have a good year but still lots of angst in markets, says RBC’s Lori Calvasina<\/b><\/p>\n

Markets will have a good year but still lots of angst in markets, says RBC’s Lori Calvasina \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Stocks Showing Early Market Rotation Using Relative Strength: Joe Rabil<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5wWpERfzey4<\/a><\/p>\n

From NAILED IT to DISASTER: My Real 2025 Trading Results: ValueTrendCanada<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_nXlz85WDEU<\/a><\/p>\n

S&P 500 Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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The intermediate term Barometer added 1.80 to 58.80. It remains Neutral.<\/p>\n

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The long term Barometer added 0.40 to 61.80. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n

TSX Momentum Barometers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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The intermediate term Barometer dropped 0.95 to 63.03. It remains Overbought. Daily downtrend has been established. <\/p>\n

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The long term Barometer added 0.47 to 81.52. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer:<\/b> Seasonality ratings and technical ratings offered in this report and at <\/em><\/p>\n

www.equityclock.com<\/em><\/a> 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":"

Pre-opening Comments for Thursday December 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 40 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures added 9 points following release of the November U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. The Index was expected to increase 0.3% versus a 0.3% increase […]<\/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-191347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191347","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=191347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191355,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191347\/revisions\/191355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}