{"id":192762,"date":"2026-02-17T20:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=192762"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:50:07","slug":"tech-talk-for-wednesday-february-18th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2026\/02\/17\/tech-talk-for-wednesday-february-18th-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Wednesday February 18th 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning<\/b>. S&P 500 futures were up 27 points at 8:35 AM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n

S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the December Durable Goods Orders<\/b> report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to -2.3 from a 5.3 gain in November (impacted by Boeing aircraft orders), Actual was -1.4.<\/em><\/p>\n

New York Times<\/b> (NYT) added $2.22 to 76.25 after Berkshire Hathaway purchased a new position in the stock.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chevron<\/b> (CVX) added $0.45 to $181.00 after Berkshire Hathaway added to its position<\/em><\/p>\n

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Domino\u2019s Pizza<\/b> (DPZ) added $3.68 to $377.18 after Berkshire Hathaway added to its position.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nvidia<\/b> advanced 3.83 to $188.80 after reaching an agreement to provide advanced computer chips to Meta Platform.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Bonds Moving Higher While Stocks Freeze: A Shift Is Underway See:<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/equityclock.com\/2026\/02\/17\/stock-market-outlook-for-february-18-2026\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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

U.S. Real Estate iShares<\/b> (IYR) moved above $100.14 to a three year high extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n

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Danaher<\/b> (DHR) an S&P 100 stock moved below $207.43 and $201.43 setting an intermediate downtrend. <\/p>\n

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eBay<\/b> (EBAY) a NASDAQ 100 stock moved below $78.83 setting an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n

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Cognizant Technology<\/b> (CTSH) a NASDAQ 100 moved below $64.87 and $64.70 setting an intermediate downtrend.<\/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 February 17th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n

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Green: Increase from previous day<\/font><\/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 February 17th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for February 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<\/font><\/p>\n

Was Dow 50,000 a Bull Trap? Mark Leibovit<\/b><\/p>\n

Was Dow 50,000 a Bull Trap? \u2013 HoweStreet<\/a><\/p>\n

The Software Slide Continues: Guy Adami and Dan Nathan<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>The Software Slide Continues \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Trading Places Live! February 17, 2026: Tom Bowley<\/b><\/p>\n

Trading Places Live! February 17, 2026 \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

S&P 500 HEAD & SHOULDERS: The "Crash Trigger" Level Revealed <\/b> VerifiedInvesting<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Esg3lt3zU2I<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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The intermediate term Barometer added 1.80 to 65.40. It remains Overbought<\/p>\n

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The long term Barometer dropped 1.20 to 65.40. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n

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

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The intermediate term Barometer added 0.92 to 75.58. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n

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The long term Barometer added 0.92 to 80.65. It remains Overbought.<\/p>\n

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 Wednesday February 18th U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 27 points at 8:35 AM EST. S&P 500 futures were unchanged following release of the December Durable Goods Orders report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was a drop to -2.3 from a 5.3 gain in November […]<\/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-192762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192762","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=192762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192772,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192762\/revisions\/192772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}