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TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

WCN.TO

Waste Connections
$261.15
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 close (weekly items: Fri, Oct 30)
CFL alternative · entry card
BUYConfirmed breakout, but extended: the old C$239.32–244.20 retest zone is below the trend stop. Wait for a pullback to S1 C$253.67–261.14; stop = Friday close below C$245.71.

Action levels

Extended – wait for S1$253.67–261.14-0.0% to -2.9%entry = top of S1 C$261.14; the old 239.32–244.20 breakout-retest zone is dropped because it sits below the trend stop (245.71)
Profit-Taking Zone$273.51–280.08+4.7% to +7.2%wk high 2024-11-29, wk high ’25-05-23, wk high ’25-02-07
Trading stop · daily closebelow $253.67-2.9%trading downgrade
Trend stop · Friday closebelow $245.71-5.9%trend downgrade one state
Breakout Buy Levelclose above $265.20+1.6%top of R1 (wk high ’25-08-15, wk high ’25-08-01)

Trend at a glance

Trend Score (8–16 wk)
● Up
Score 92/100. Leads 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: extended, wait for a pullback to S1 C$253.67–261.14 (-0.0%); a Friday close below C$245.71 (-5.9%) 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, 2:50 PM PT. Appendix on page 2.
APPENDIX · WCN.TO · TECHNICAL TRADING SCORECARD

Scores · Trend 91.7

RS vs TSX (20) + sector (10)20.0 + 10.0 = 30.0 / 30
Structure (6 checks)25 / 30
Score = (RS + structure) × 100/6091.7 / 100
Raw state (Up ≥ 60 · Down < 45)Up
Confirmation (2 consecutive Fridays)confirmed Up
Trend (confirmed)Up
✔ 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 5/5 · ✔ 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 Up → 10-23 Up → 10-30 Up. Coppock, band position, breadth and modifiers no longer enter the Trend score (Coppock chart below is reference only).

Scores · Trading 99.9

RS (S&P 20 + sector 10)20.0 + 10.0 / 30
Structure25 / 25
Coppock (daily) — positive & rising25.0 / 25
Band position19.9 / 20
Raw99.9 (Established Up)
Modifiers (10-yr > 5% rising −3, seasonal −2)+0
Final99.9 Established Up
✔ Close above 50-day SMA 5/5 · ✔ 50-day SMA rising (10 d) 3/3 · ✔ Close above 100-day SMA 4/4 · ✔ 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 (WCN.TO close needed)
Trend · TSX1 Established Up (+) →+11.31%+10.02%Est. Up ≥ 230.97 (-11.6%) · Early Up ≥ 230.52 · Est. Down < 229.30
Trend · ZIN.TO1 Established Up (+) →+11.69%+9.86%Est. Up ≥ 230.49 (-11.7%) · Est. Down < 211.39
Trading · TSX1 Established Up (+) →+6.35%+4.70%Est. Up ≥ 247.84 (-5.1%) · Est. Down < 182.80
Trading · ZIN.TO1 Established Up (+) →+2.18%+1.80%Est. Up ≥ 258.26 (-1.1%) · Est. Down < 182.80

Full bands (cluster rule: 2 or more tools within 3%; Δ vs 261.15)

BandRangeDistanceTools in the cluster
R2273.51–280.08+4.7% to +7.2%wk high 2024-11-29 273.51 · wk high ’25-05-23 273.56 · wk high ’25-02-07 274.32 · wk high ’25-05-09 276.12 · wk high ’25-04-25 276.72 · wk high ’25-03-07 280.08
R1262.86–265.20+0.7% to +1.6%wk high ’25-08-15 262.86 · wk high ’25-08-01 264.58 · wk low ’25-04-25 265.20
S1253.67–261.14-0.0% to -2.9%50% 261.14 · wk low ’25-03-14 260.96 · wk high ’25-06-27 259.20 · wk low ’25-02-14 259.19 · wk low ’25-04-11 258.12 · wk low ’25-05-16 257.40 · 61.8% 255.58 · wk high 2024-10-18 253.67
S2245.71–253.25-3.0% to -5.9%wk low ’25-08-15 253.25 · wk low ’25-06-20 252.24 · wk high ’25-10-24 251.45 · wk high ’25-11-28 250.00 · wk high ’25-09-19 248.70 · wk high 07-17 247.73 · wk high ’25-10-03 246.11 · wk high 07-31 245.86 · wk high 01-02 245.71
S3241.36–245.60-6.0% to -7.6%wk low ’25-07-25 245.60 · wk low ’25-01-03 244.20 · wk low 2024-10-25 242.15 · wk low ’25-07-04 241.36
ATH284.73+9.0%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 < 253.67 (-2.9%): trading downgrades one state, re-anchor to S2 245.71–253.25.
  • Tier 2 (trend stop = Trend Breakdown / invalidation): Friday close < 245.71 (-5.9%): trend downgrades one state, re-anchor to S3 241.36–245.60.
  • Trend vs TSX: Est. Up ≥ 230.97 (-11.6%) · above its 16-wk avg ≥ 230.52 · Est. Down < 229.30 (-12.2%) (next Friday, benchmark flat).
  • Trading vs TSX: Est. Up ≥ 247.84 · Est. Down < 182.80.

Sluymer context

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

Notes & caveats

PAG Canadian Focus List alternative, 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)); Grid Alternative (Industrials; no Focus List weight; recommended for 5% positions). Benchmarks: S&P/TSX Composite (20 pts) and ZIN.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).