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TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

NA.TO

National Bank of Canada
$213.01
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
CFL constituent · entry card
AVOIDAvoid for now: Trend Down. Re-check when the trend repairs.

Action levels

Buy zone (breakout retest)——no confirmed breakout, so no retest zone
Profit-Taking Zone$233.69–237.13+9.7% to +11.3%wk high 08-21, ATH 07-16
Trading stop · daily closebelow $204.47-4.0%trading downgrade
Trend stop · Friday closebelow $198.98-6.6%trend downgrade one state
Breakout Buy Levelclose above $220.58+3.6%top of R1 (wk high 05-29, wk high 09-25)

Trend at a glance

Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Down
Score 38/100. Lags TSX and sector; above rising 40-wk.
Trading (10–20 day)
● Established Up
Above 50-day; daily RS vs S&P Est. Up.
Sluymer's view: No recent call: not named in the 15 reports reviewed (Aug 18 – Oct 13, 2026).
Watch this week: Fri Nov 6: breakout entry on a close above C$220.58 (+3.6%); a Friday close below C$198.98 (-6.6%) invalidates.
Rule-based demo inspired by Robert Sluymer's published framework; not RBC research or advice. Data: Yahoo Finance; levels computed from price data. Prepared Nov 3, 2026, 2:49 PM PT. Appendix on page 2.
APPENDIX · NA.TO · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

Scores · Trend 38.3

RS vs TSX (20) + sector (10)2.0 + 1.0 = 3.0 / 30
Structure (6 checks)20 / 30
Score = (RS + structure) × 100/6038.3 / 100
Raw state (Up ≥ 60 · Down < 45)Down
Confirmation (2 consecutive Fridays)confirmed Down
Trend (confirmed)Down
✔ Fri close above 40-wk SMA 6/6 · ✔ 40-wk SMA rising (4 wks) 4/4 · ✖ No lower high vs cycle high 0/5 · ✖ Fri close above 20-wk SMA 0/5 · ✔ Fri close above 200-wk (4-yr) SMA 5/5 · ✔ 4-mo SMA > 13-mo SMA (completed months, to Sep) 5/5
Weekly raw states: 09-25 Down → 10-02 Down → 10-09 Down → 10-16 Down → 10-23 Down → 10-30 Down. Coppock, band position, breadth and modifiers no longer enter the Trend score (Coppock chart below is reference only).

Scores · Trading 82.8

RS (S&P 20 + sector 10)20.0 + 10.0 / 30
Structure18 / 25
Coppock (daily) — positive & rising25.0 / 25
Band position9.8 / 20
Raw82.8 (Established Up)
Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2)+0
Final82.8 Established Up
✔ Close above 50-day SMA 5/5 · ✖ 50-day SMA rising (10 d) 0/3 · ✖ Close above 100-day SMA 0/4 · ✔ Close above 200-day SMA 5/5 · ✔ 200-day SMA rising (20 d) 3/3 · ✔ No daily lower high (last two swing highs) 5/5

Relative state (weekly RS vs 16-wk SMA + 2-wk slope; daily RS vs 15-d SMA + 3-d slope; Neutral ±0.25%; phase price = next Fri / next close, benchmark flat)

Horizon · benchmarkStateRS vs SMARS chgPhase-transition price (NA.TO close needed)
Trend · TSX5 Established Down (+) →-1.67%+4.74%Est. Up ≥ 257.83 (+21.0%) · Early Up ≥ 213.25 · Est. Down < 212.11
Trend · XFN.TO5 Established Down (+) →-2.92%+0.94%Est. Up ≥ 242.43 (+13.8%) · Early Up ≥ 216.79 · Est. Down < 215.64
Trading · TSX1 Established Up (+) →+3.84%+1.86%Est. Up ≥ 206.04 (-3.3%) · Est. Down < 171.73
Trading · XFN.TO1 Established Up (+) ↑+1.22%+0.73%Est. Up ≥ 211.09 (-0.9%) · Est. Down < 201.79

Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 213.01)

BandRangeDistanceTools in the cluster
R2233.69–237.13+9.7% to +11.3%wk high 08-21 233.69 · ATH 07-16 237.13
R1214.78–220.58+0.8% to +3.6%wk high 05-29 214.78 · wk high 09-25 215.97 · wk low 07-03 219.52 · wk low 08-07 220.58
S1204.47–209.89-1.5% to -4.0%wk high 05-08 209.89 · wk low 08-28 208.18 · wk low 09-18 206.75 · 40-wk SMA 204.47
S2198.98–203.05-4.7% to -6.6%200-day SMA 203.05 · 50% 198.98
S3193.71–196.70-7.7% to -9.1%wk low 06-05 196.70 · wk low 10-09 193.87 · wk high 02-27 193.71
ATH237.13+11.3%all-time high; Profit-Taking fallback when no 2-tool band sits above the Breakout (extensions no longer used)

Coppock, breadth and RS (reference only; not in the Trend score)

Stops & phase transitions

  • Tier 1 (trading stop): daily close < 204.47 (-4.0%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 198.98–203.05.
  • Tier 2 (trend stop = Trend Breakdown / invalidation): Friday close < 198.98 (-6.6%): trend downgrades one state, re-anchor to S3 193.71–196.70.
  • Trend vs TSX: Est. Up ≥ 257.83 (+21.0%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 213.25 · Est. Down < 212.11 (-0.4%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
  • Trading vs TSX: Est. Up ≥ 206.04 · Est. Down < 171.73.

Sluymer context

  • Not named in the 15 reports reviewed (Aug 18 – Oct 13, 2026).

Notes & caveats

PAG Canadian Focus List holding, entry card (treated like the US Watchlist). Holdings: issuer file as of 2026-09-01 (RBC PAG "Canadian Equity Grid Fall 2026" (September 2026 – November 2026; canadian_grid_en.pdf; Focus List names and Alternatives by recommended position size), Gmail (sc.assistant80@gmail.com), "USFL and CFL equity grids" from stephen.k.chang@rbc.com, Oct 21, 2026 3:20 PM PT; Focus List weights from the Sep 1, 2026 Canadian Focus List Quarterly report (unchanged)); List weight 2.50%. Benchmarks: S&P/TSX Composite (20 pts) and XFN.TO (10 pts). Trading items and bands use the Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close; trend uses the Fri, Oct 30 week. Entry levels: Buy Zone = breakout retest zone (BUY names only: from the broken level down to the floor of the resistance band it came from, or level −2%, whichever is tighter; a weekly close below = failed breakout); Breakout Buy Level = top of R1; Trend Breakdown (invalidation) = S2 floor on a Friday close; Profit-Taking = next resistance band above the breakout. Verdict: AVOID = Trend Down (confirmed on two Fridays) or Friday close below a falling 40-wk SMA; BUY = a weekly close above a Breakout Buy Level fixed from the prior week's data with ≥2 tools within 3% (most recent such breakout in the last 4 weeks), every Friday close since and the latest close still at or above it, and Trend not Down; WAIT = otherwise. Buy Zone is reference only. Coppock = 10-bar WMA of ROC(14)+ROC(11), standard settings used as a placeholder because his are unpublished; DAS is omitted. Zone = sign + 3-yr percentile; direction = 2 bars. SMAs are simple; swings are 5-bar extremes; the channel is a 2-yr log regression ±2σ. The breadth proxy is the % of 500 current S&P 500 members with a rising weekly Coppock; it has survivorship bias, is a regime input only, and no other stock was scored. Weights are our choices (playbook §10); the state rule matched 86% / 83% of his sector states in-sample. Data: Yahoo Finance (unadjusted); weight from the Portfolio Dashboard (PIM 11/2 EOD, read-only).