{"id":197485,"date":"2026-08-18T23:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/?p=197485"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:19:07","slug":"tech-talk-for-wednesday-august-19th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/2026\/08\/18\/tech-talk-for-wednesday-august-19th-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk for Wednesday August 19th 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Technical Notes<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Energy SPDRs<\/b> (XLE) moved above $63.01 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Responded to strength in ExxonMobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/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\/2026\/08\/clip_image001_thumb-12.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Gilead (<\/b>GILD) an S&amp;P 100 stock moved above $140.61 and $142.04 resetting an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image002-11.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-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Regeneron Pharmaceuticals<\/b> (REGN) a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $817.95 extending an intermediate uptrend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image003-10.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-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Dollar Tree<\/b> (DLTR) a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $133.26 extending an intermediate uptrend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image004-9.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-9.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_image006-8.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-8.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 18<sup>th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image008-8.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-8.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Green: Increase from previous day <\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><i>Red:<\/i><i> Decrease from previous day<\/i><\/font><\/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><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Commodities<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Daily Seasonal\/Technical Commodities Trends for August 18<sup>th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image010-8.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-8.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><font color=\"#ff0000\">Red: Decrease from previous day<\/font><\/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 18<sup>th<\/sup> 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image012-8.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-8.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><i>     <br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong>Links offered by valued providers<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Markets Fall As Yields Continue Surging, Key Trades, Gold, Silver, Oil And Bitcoin: Verified Investing<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A_FXRrE4bJs\">Markets Fall As Yields Continue Surging, Key Trades, Gold, Silver, Oil And Bitcoin \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Trading Places Live August 18, 2026: Tom Bowley<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y4rFCNHfZwE\">Trading Places Live August 18, 2026 \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The bond market is finally working the way it should work, says Ed Yardeni<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5CM8S1qbu64\">The bond market is finally working the way it should work, says Ed Yardeni \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>It&#8217;s All Rate of Change: Yields, Refiners and a Bull-Trap S&amp;P 500<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Guy Adami and Carter Worth<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3WOOCpMCw0w\">It&#8217;s All Rate of Change: Yields, Refiners and a Bull-Trap S&amp;P 500 \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_image013-6.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-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term (50 days) Barometer dropped 2.00 to 61.00. It remained Overbought. Daily downtrend was set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image014-10.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-10.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The short term (20 days) Barometer dropped 4.00 to 54.40. It remained Neutral. <\/p>\n<p>The long term (200 days) Barometer dropped 0.40 to 71.00. 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_image015-6.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-6.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate term (50 days) Barometer dropped 1.37 to 63.47. It remained Overbought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clip_image016-9.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-9.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The short term (20 days) Barometer dropped 4.11 to 54.79. It remained Neutral.<\/p>\n<p>The long term (200 days) Barometer dropped 2.74 to 66.21. 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 Energy SPDRs (XLE) moved above $63.01 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Responded to strength in ExxonMobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) Gilead (GILD) an S&amp;P 100 stock moved above $140.61 and $142.04 resetting an intermediate uptrend. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $817.95 extending an intermediate uptrend. Dollar [&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-197485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197485","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=197485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197486,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197485\/revisions\/197486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timingthemarket.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}