{"id":197456,"date":"2026-08-17T21:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=197456"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:16:01","slug":"tech-talk-for-tuesday-august-18th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2026\/08\/17\/tech-talk-for-tuesday-august-18th-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Tuesday August 18th 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Corn ETN<\/b> (CORN) moved above $18.43 setting an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image001-11.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image001_thumb-11.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>BMO Equal Weight Canadian Banks<\/b> <b>ETF<\/b> (ZEB.TO) moved above Cdn$78.66 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Seasonal influences are favourable on a real and relative basis until October 24<sup>th<\/sup>. See seasonality chart at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.EquityClock.com\">www.EquityClock.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image002-10.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image002_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Nike<\/b> (NKE) a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $40.00 to an 11 year low extending an intermediate downtrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/2026\/08\/clip_image003_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Cenovus Energy<\/b> (CVE.TO) a TSX 60 stock moved above Cdn$43.88 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Seasonal influences are favourable until October 15<sup>th<\/sup> on a real and relative basis. See seasonality chart at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equityclock.com\">www.equityclock.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image004-8.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image004_thumb-8.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image006-7.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image006_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Equity Indices and Related ETFs<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Equity Trends for August 17<sup>th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image008-7.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image008_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Green:<\/i><i> Increase from previous day <\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Source for all positive seasonality ratings: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.EquityClock.com\">www.EquityClock.com<\/a><\/i><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>     <br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Commodities<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Commodities Trends for August 17<sup>th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image010-7.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image010_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Red: Decrease from previous day<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Sectors<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Sector Trends for August 17<sup>th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image012-7.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image012_thumb-7.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><font color=\"#00ff00\">Green: Increase from previous day<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>S&amp;P Remains Bullish But Bond Market Is Warning A Crash May Be Coming: Here Is The Analysis<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aWzeZ9GlZvs\">S&amp;P Remains Bullish But Bond Market Is Warning A Crash May Be Coming: Here Is The Analysis \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Peter Boockvar: Inflation Is The Core Disease<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mr_pSxOYvto\">Peter Boockvar: Inflation Is The Core Disease \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Avoid the Momentum Trap | Find True Value with Kevin Abbott<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S8nrUStT65Q\">Avoid the Momentum Trap | Find True Value with Kevin Abbott \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Expect markets to grind higher into the end of the year, says Hightower\u2019s Stephanie Link<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ils_bnDXiTg\">Expect markets to grind higher into the end of the year, says Hightower\u2019s Stephanie Link \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Carter Worth: The S&amp;P\u2019s Next 10% Move Is Down &#8211; Here\u2019s What to Buy<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oNd79ptPrIo\">Carter Worth: The S&amp;P\u2019s Next 10% Move Is Down &#8211; Here\u2019s What to Buy \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>RBC&#8217;s Lori Calvasina Sees S&amp;P 500 Upside Despite Fed Risk: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g6sj-f-Ouzs\">RBC&#8217;s Lori Calvasina Sees S&amp;P 500 Upside Despite Fed Risk \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Canada&#8217;s very investible at this point&#8217;: Heywood\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVTNOnkFNYo\">&#8216;Canada&#8217;s very investible at this point&#8217;: Heywood \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Market Call: Keith Richards&#8217; outlook on Technical Analysis (Aug. 17, 2026)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aYrH7EAEp6g\">Market Call: Keith Richards&#8217; outlook on Technical Analysis (Aug. 17, 2026) \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\/2026\/08\/clip_image013-5.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image013_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term (50 day) Barometer dropped 7.40 to 63.00. It remained Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image014-9.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image014_thumb-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The short term (20 day) Barometer dropped 9.60 to 58.40. It changed from Overbought to Neutral on a move below 60.00.<\/p>\n<p>The long term (200 days) Barometer dropped 3.00 to 71.40. It remained 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\/2026\/08\/clip_image015-5.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\/2026\/08\/clip_image015_thumb-5.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term (50 days) Barometer dropped 1.37 to 64.84. It remained Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image016-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"clip_image016\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image016\" src=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image016_thumb-8.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The short term (20 days) Barometer dropped 5.48 to 58.90. It changed from Overbought to Neutral on a drop below 60.00.<\/p>\n<p>The long term (200 days Barometer) dropped 2.74 to 68.94. It remained 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>Technical Notes Corn ETN (CORN) moved above $18.43 setting an intermediate uptrend. BMO Equal Weight Canadian Banks ETF (ZEB.TO) moved above Cdn$78.66 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Seasonal influences are favourable on a real and relative basis until October 24th. See seasonality chart at www.EquityClock.com Nike (NKE) a Dow Jones Industrial Average [&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-197456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197456","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=197456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197457,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197456\/revisions\/197457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}