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Cannabis stocks have proven to be a highly promising investment and trading vehicle during 2018. With stock prices that increased by up to four-digit percentages and the improvements of medical and recreational cannabis legislation around the globe, the legal marijuana industry can be considered as one of the most promising in the world. In this weekly technical analysis series, Strain Insider aims to provide an outlook on five of the most relevant cannabis stocks.
Related: Cannabis Stocks Technical Analysis – November 2018
This week’s piece features Aurora Cannabis Inc., GW Pharmaceuticals Plc., Tilray Inc., Cronos Group Inc. and Canopy Growth Corporation.
Major news this week:
Tilray: Cannabis producer Tilray misses on both sales and earnings
Aurora Cannabis: Aurora Cannabis soon to supply Mexico with medical marijuana
Canopy Growth: Canopy Growth acquires Volcano Vaporizer inventor Storz & Bickel
Cronos Group: Marlboro creator buys 45% of Cronos Group in a $2.4 billion mega-deal
GW Pharmaceuticals: GW Pharmaceuticals Announces Second Positive Phase 3 for new CBD drug
Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY)
Daily Chart – Chart created with Tradingview
Short-term
Sell
Mid-term
Neutral
Long-term
Buy
Canadian cannabis producer Tilray declined all the way down to the $95 mark, where the support held perfectly and Tilray managed to bounce up by 10.40 percent. If it breaks the trendline resistance of the falling wedge pattern, this would be a very bullish confirmation and it would most likely result in an uptrend all the way up to $135-$150 range, where Tilray finds its next resistance. Having said that, Tilray’s support between $99.58 and $95 remains intact.
Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB)
Daily Chart – Chart created with Tradingview
Short-term
Buy
Mid-term
Buy
Long-term
Buy
Aurora Cannabis Inc. dropped by 20.90 percent, down to $4.71, which was slightly below the support levels. Although the support seemed to be broken for a short period of time, it resulted in a quick recovery of almost 26 percent. Thus, the support zone between $5.15 and $5.65 is still valid and with the current price at $5.75, Aurora finds its support slightly below. With the Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicating bullish divergences, the price will most likely increase even further. Additionally, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) performed a bullish crossover which might result in a retest of the resistance between $7.76 and $8.42.
Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ: CGC)
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Short-term
Buy
Mid-term
Buy
Long-term
Buy
Canopy faced rejection at the resistance at $35, which resulted in a heavy price drop of 20.30 percent. However, the trendline support succeeded to hold and the price quickly recovered by 16.19 percent. With it sitting at $31.40, Canopy is between the support and resistance and, due to the fact that the RSI is showing bullish divergences while the MACD performed a bullish crossover, the price will most likely re-test the resistance between $35 and $36.
Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON)
Daily Chart – Chart created with Tradingview
Short-term
Neutral
Mid-term
Buy
Long-term
Buy
Cronos had a fantastic week. It surged by almost 64 percent until it faced rejection at the resistance at $14.15. With the RSI indicating overbought regions, we might see a correction down to the prior resistance, with now acts as a strong support between $8.83 and $9.86.
GW Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GWPH)
Daily Chart – Chart created with Tradingview
Short-term
Neutral
Mid-term
Buy
Long-term
Neutral
GW Pharmaceuticals was rejected by the resistance at $130, which resulted in a decline of 9.17 percent. However, the trendline succeeded to act as a support and the price quickly recovered the loss. With the MACD currently performing a bullish crossover, we might see another re-test of the resistance.
That being said, the trendline still acts as a major support and, because it previously held, the uptrend is still intact.
In comparison to the cannabis stocks, the S&P 500 index had a bearish week so far, declining by 3.11 percent.
Moreover, at the time of writing, and according to the global market capitalization on Coinmarketcap, Bitcoin lost another 12 percent since last week and is currently located at around $3,000.
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