Category: Daily Stock Report

Following last year’s stock market collapse, SNC Lavalin (SNC.TO) spent the rest of 2020 stuck in a sideways trading range between $17.50 and $26.50. Since the start of this year, the shares have come under renewed accumulation, shown most clearly last week with the shares launching upward off of their 50-day moving average and breaking out over $30.00 on an increase in volume.

For over a year, Canadian Tire* (CTC.A.TO) shares have been under steady accumulation, advancing in a step pattern of rallies followed by periods of consolidation at higher levels. Last fall, the shares broke out over $150.00, overcoming resistance that had been in place since 2018 and completed a bullish Ascending Triangle base, confirming the start of a new uptrend. The shares continue to attract new interest, this week breaking out over $200.00 on increased volume.

Tesla Motors (TSLA) shares have turned decisively downward this week. Cracks in the previous uptrend first started to appear back in February then the shares broke below their 50-day moving average, then in an April bounce, they peaked at a lower high. This week, the shares have snapped an uptrend line and then confirmed the start of a new downtrend by falling below the $600 round number and taking out several winter weekly closes to complete a bearish Descending Triangle pattern.

For over a year, ERO Copper (ERO.TO) has been under accumulation, steadily advancing in a rising channel of higher highs and higher lows. In the last two weeks, accumulation has accelerated with the shares breaking out over their 2019 peak to new all-time highs on increased volume and completing a bullish Ascending Triangle pattern to signal the start of a new advance.

Positive technical signals continue to mount in Enerplus (ERF.TO) shares. Back in the winter, Enerplus completed a bullish Ascending Triangle base pattern and then snapped a downtrend line. In recent weeks, the shares had been consolidating between $6.00 and $7.50. Yesterday, the shares broke out to the upside once again, signaling the start of a new upleg.

Uranium producer Cameco (CCO.TO) has started to climb once again within the Green Favored zone of the SIA S&P/TSX 60 Index Report. Last week, the shares staged a major breakout, rallying up off of successful tests of trend support and the 50-day average, breaking through $24.00 to a new multi-year high and signaling the start of a new upleg.

Accumulation in Arc shares has accelerated in recent weeks with the shares climbing on rising volumes, a sign of increasing investor interest. This week, the shares have broken out over $8.50 to their highest level since early 2019, confirming recent bullish Ascending Triangle breakouts over $7.00 and $8.00 and signaling the start of a new upleg in the current recovery trend.

In the April 8th issue of Equity Leaders Weekly, we mentioned that the price of uranium was starting to climb, and yesterday we saw this commodity price recovery translate over into gains for uranium stocks such as Nexgen Energy (NXE.TO)

This five-year weekly chart highlights the strength of the current recovery trend in Tourmaline Oil* (TOU.TO) shares. Since snapping out of a long-term downtrend in the spring of 2020, the shares have been steadily advancing, establishing a steady uptrend of higher lows. This week, the shares have broken out over $27.00, to their highest level since early 2017, completing another bullish Ascending Triangle pattern and signaling the start of a new upleg.

Following an initial correction, the shares of FedEx (FDX) have come under renewed accumulation with higher lows between $235 and $295, forming a bullish Ascending Triangle. This week, the shares have completed the triangle, breaking out to a new all-time high above $300 and signaling a new advance has commenced.