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TSX Index candlestick chart analysis

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TSX Index must hold support zone or it will test 11,800
TSX Index in a near-term downtrend and must hold the support zone or it will test 11,800.

TSX Index Daily Candlestick Chart

The last chart analysis for the TSX Index showed it stuck in a lateral trading band with support at 12,600 and resistance at 12,900. That all ended on Wednesday in a big way when the tall dark candlestick crashed through two support levels: 12,600 and 12,500. The trading action today confirmed the near-term downtrend with an open and close below the close for the ominous tall dark candlestick.

The TSX Index now has a new major resistance level of 12,500 (reversal of roles) which was a prior major support level.

The support zone is based on three points:

  1. A 50% retracement of the November intermediate move which would be 12,350
  2. The 200 day moving average at 12,269
  3. The old support level of 12,200

If the TSX Index cannot hold the support zone, there is a high probability of a test of the November low around 11,800.

If you read my previous posts, this surprise drop on Wednesday should come as no surprise. Material and oil related stocks, which represent 45% of the TSX Index, have performed very poorly. Reference a recent post on Dr. Copper.

U.S. Jobs Report will move the market on Friday: most likely to the downside.

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TSX Index candlestick chart anaysis

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TSX Index stuck in a lateral trading range
TSX Index intermediate lateral trading range with resistance at 12,900

TSX Index daily candlestick chart

Reference the last chart analysis for the TSX Index: not much has changed.

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TSX Index daily stock chart

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Near-term uptrend for the TSX Index with resistance at 12,895
TSX index stock chart analysis showing support and resistance levels

TSX Index Daily Chart

The intermediate trend is sideways and the near-term trend is up.

Reference the last chart analysis for the TSX Index.

Reference a recent chart for copper highlighting the correlation with the TSX Index.

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TSX Composite Index chart analysis

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TSX Index could test support of 12,500
TSX index weekly chart showing support and resistance levels

TSX Index 3-Year Weekly Chart courtesy of BigCharts.com

The intermediate trend is up for the TSX Index and the near-term trend is down. Resistance is located around the 12,800 level with support at 12,500. The energy and materials sectors, representing 45% of the TSX Index, are struggling and there is an increased probability that the TSX will test support at 12,500.

Reference the last chart analysis for the TSX Index.

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Copper chart analysis showing resistance at $3.80

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Positive correlation between copper and TSX Index
Copper chart analysis using a weekly line chart and a TSX Index overlay. Correlation coefficient is identified on the chart.

Copper 3-Year Weekly Chart with TSX Index Overlay – courtesy of StockCharts.com

The major trend is sideways for copper. The intermediate and near-term trends are up with resistance at $3.80.

Reference the last chart analysis for copper.

Reference the last chart analysis for the TSX Index.

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TSX Index struggling at resistance zone of 12,800

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Due to the underperforming energy and materials sectors
TSX Index three year candlestick chart showing the index struggling at the resistance zone of 12,800.

TSX Index 3-Year Weekly Chart courtesy of BigCharts.com

Reference the last chart analysis for the TSX Composite Index.

Reference the chart analysis for XEG – S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index Fund.

Reference the chart analysis comparing the performance of the U.S. and Canadian energy sectors.

Reference the chart analysis for the divergence of the Canadian dollar and the TSX Composite Index.

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Canadian Dollar and TSX Composite Index Diverge

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Negative implications for the TSX Index
A one year line chart for the Canadian Dollar and the TSX Index showing the divergence starting In January, 2013. The correlation coefficient is plotted on the lower part of the chart.

Canadian Dollar and TSX Index 1-Year Line Chart courtesy of StockCharts.com

In the above line chart, I am plotting the one year daily performance of the S&P/TSX Composite Index with an overlay (blue line) of the one year performance of CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust ETF (ticker:FXC).

The S&P/TSX Index is trading in an intermediate uptrend and is attempting to hold above the 12,800 support level. The Canadian dollar ETF is in a near-term downtrend with a break below the support level of $99.00 which was the November, 2012 reaction low. From a visual inspection of the above chart, it is evident that the two normally trade together as confirmed by the correlation coefficient at the bottom of the chart. The January, 2013 negative divergence is easily identified on the chart.

If the positive correlation between the TSX Index and the Canadian dollar is still relevant, then either the TSX trades down or the Canadian dollar trades up.  At this stage in the market, I do not forecast an uptrend for the dollar so one can conclude that the TSX Index will not advance much more is this intermediate uptrend. The Canadian dollar has lost some of its luster as a petro-currency and safe haven investment.

Referenced the last chart analysis for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

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iShares S&P/TSX Energy Index (XEG) chart analysis

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Near-term uptrend for XEG but the major trend is down
A six month candlestick chart for iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index (ticker:XEG) showing the near-term uptrend and resistance levels. RSI is confirming the neart-term uptrend but the intermediate trend is sideways and the major trend is down.

iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index (XEG) 6-Month Chart

With a weighting of 27.88% in the S&P/TSX Composite Index, the energy sector holds the key (along with materials—16.88%) for the continuation of the uptrend in the index. But with the underlying commodities, including oil and natural gas, not breaking out to the upside; it is hard to be optimistic. And then there is the frustrating Canadian crude oil differential due in part to pipeline constraints. The differential compared to world oil prices (Brent) is around $50.00 per barrel. Canada imports around 40% of the oil it consumes. So eastern Canada is paying world prices for crude and western Canada is losing $1.5-billion a month because of the differential. The oil visionaries out west, with the “let eastern Canada freeze in the dark mentality”, were not the great oracles. Who needed to ship oil to the east when our friends to the south would take all we could produce out west? You have the answer today and there is no easy solution. Pipelines cannot be built in a day and the U.S. is able to squeeze more and more out of their wells due to advances in drilling technology—hydraulic fracturing.

The financials, with a weighting of 29.62%, have done the heavy lifting and are up over 19% from the November, 2012 low. But the financial sector is close to major resistance levels and is due for a consolidation or correction.

XEG – S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index Fund – Suncor represents 18.60% of this fund.

Reference the last chart analysis for the S&P/TSX Index posted on January 18, 2013

Reference the last chart analysis for XEG posted on September 18, 2012

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