Tech Talk for Friday April 15th 2016

StockTwits Released Yesterday @equityclock

Head and shoulders pattern on charts of European benchmarks present upside potential of around 12%.

Technical action by S&P 500 stocks to Noon: Bullish. Breakouts: $BAC,$BEN,$COF,$GS,$KEY,$L,$LUK,$PBCT,$PFG,$RF,$UNM,$ZION,$EMR,$IR,$SNA

Editor’s Note: After Noon, Tyco and Eli Lilly broke above resistance. None broke support.

Financials dominate S&P 500 breakouts this morning. Nice reverse head & shoulders pattern by Goldman Sachs $GS.

Added to the list of Canadian banks breaking to new highs is National Bank $NA.CA

Agrium $AGU.CA joined $POT.CA by breaking to new lows.

Editor’s Note: Several investment firms downgraded the fertilizer sector including Agrium and Potash Corp.

CSTA Events

The Toronto chapter is sponsoring a Traders Technical Workshop: Identifying Turning Points in the Markets. Date and time: 10:00 AM EDT on Saturday April 23^rd. Presenter is Edmond Wong. Location is Richmond Hill Public Library Central Branch. Register at www.csta.org Bring your notebook computer!

The Winnipeg chapter is sponsoring Winnipeg Technicians Day on Saturday April 30^th. Speakers include Don Vialoux, Colin Cieszynksi, Harold Davis, Allen Hosey and Greg Schnell. Cost is $97 per participant. Register at www.csta.org.

Trader’s Corner

Daily Seasonal/Technical Equity Trends for April 14^th 2016

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Daily Seasonal/Technical Commodities Trends for April 13^th 2016

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

Daily Seasonal/Technical Sector Trends for March April 14^th 2016

Green: Increase from previous day

Red: Decrease from previous day

S&P 500 and TSX Equity Market Barometer

Based on Percent of Stocks trading above their 50 day moving average

S&P 500 Percent is intermediate overbought and showing early signs of rolling over

TSX Percent is intermediate overbought and showing early signs of rolling over

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Interesting Chart

Europe 350 iShares established an intermediate uptrend on a move above $39.69. Several European equity indices and related ETFs have started to outperform the S&P 500 Index and are in early stages of forming potential reverse head & shoulders patterns.

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