TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

ChartWatch ASX Scans: ANZ, NAB and WBC are back in strong uptrends, but what about CBA?

Your daily dose of the most interesting uptrends and downtrends on the ASX with technical analysis from an expert.

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Wed 13 Aug 2025, 09:00 AEST
โˆ™5 min read
ChartWatch ASX Scans: ANZ, NAB and WBC are back in strong uptrends, but what about CBA?

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KEY POINTS

  • Interesting uptrends in today's Scans: African Gold (A1G), ANZ (ANZ), Airtasker (ART), Bisalloy Steel (BIS), Bravura Solutions (BVS), Chrysos (C79), Electro Optic Systems (EOS), Fortescue (FMG), Nick Scali (NCK), Resmed (RMD), Whitehaven Coal (WHC).
  • Interesting downtrends in today's Scans: Australian Clinical Labs (ACL), Audinate Group (AD8), Bega Cheese (BGA), GQG Partners (GQG), Telix Pharmaceuticals (TLX).

As the title of today's edition suggests, ANZ Group (ANZ), National Australia Bank (NAB), and Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC) have each made today's Uptrends Scan List. ANZ has been in the list since we restarted on Monday last week, and it has since been joined by NAB, WBC, Bank of Queensland (BOQ) and Judo Capital (JDO) โ€“ with today marking the first time they've all made the same edition for quite some time.

The big banks were stalwarts of the Uptrends Scan List since ChartWatch ASX Scans' inception and until their collective pullback around February. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) stuck it out for a little longer, it's last Feature Uptrend was on 25 June โ€“ it had 63 of them in the prior 12-months โ€“ the record of any ASX listed stock.

So the elephant in the room, or rather not in the room yet, has to be the state of CBA's current technicals. Bull or bear... and if it's bull, how close is it to returning to the Uptrends Scan List? ๐Ÿค”

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) chart 12 August 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) chart

As you can see, CBA's short term price action and candles aren't as good as the others (see ANZ's and JDO's charts below), and whilst there has been marked improvement in its short term trend over the last 2-weeks, we're still waiting for that flourish of light-green in the short term trend ribbon. But! CBA's long term uptrend remains intact, and is still a picture of strength.

With the price action rising peaks and rising troughs, and the candles generally demand-side in nature over the last couple of weeks, all we're waiting for now is one or two more candles to restart that short term uptrend and confirm a return to demand-side control. It would be great for investors, and the ASX 200, to see a "full house" of banking short-and-long term uptrends in place again.


Welcome to my ChartWatch Daily ASX Scans series. Here I present scan lists based on my trend following technical analysis methodology. My goal is to alert you to the best uptrends and downtrends on the ASX.

Feel free to get your favourite AI to convert the tables below into lists you can upload to your favourite trading platform like TradingView. Then you'll be able to skip from chart to chart and quickly and easily see the best uptrends and downtrends on the ASX.

Some investors prefer to buy those stocks in strong uptrends, and avoid, sell, or short sell those stocks in strong downtrends โ€“ but how you use the lists is really up to you!

Note, many stocks in both lists have appeared there many times before. As long as they keep meeting my criteria โ€“ they'll keep appearing. But note, there won't be any notifications when they don't โ€“ so you'll have to do your own research on when a particular trend changes!


Uptrends Scan List

Company
Code
Last Price
1mo %
1yr %
African Gold
A1G
$0.255
+8.5%
+920.0%
BetaShares Australia 200 ETF
A200
$147.99
+3.6%
+15.7%
Australian Finance
AFG
$2.29
+8.5%
+44.5%
Ainsworth Game Technology
AGI
$1.040
+7.8%
+13.0%
ANZ Group
ANZ
$31.93
+6.2%
+15.5%
Amotiv
AOV
$9.18
+7.2%
-6.7%
APA Group
APA
$8.63
+3.9%
+10.2%
Eagers Automotive
APE
$20.71
+7.0%
+110.9%
BHP Group
BHP
$41.26
+3.9%
+2.6%
Bisalloy Steel Group
BIS
$4.46
+13.5%
+12.0%
Bank of Queensland
BOQ
$7.85
-0.1%
+29.3%
Beetaloo Energy Australia
BTL
$0.275
+34.1%
+7.8%
Bravura Solutions
BVS
$2.42
+10.0%
+149.8%
Chrysos Corporation
C79
$6.16
+23.2%
+28.1%
Car Group
CAR
$39.07
+4.2%
+19.6%
Cash Converters
CCV
$0.350
+11.1%
+66.7%
Codan
CDA
$23.81
+26.5%
+103.7%
Challenger
CGF
$8.33
+3.7%
+25.6%
Charter Hall Group
CHC
$21.88
+14.2%
+83.9%
Charter Hall Long Wale Reit
CLW
$4.44
+9.1%
+27.2%
Vaneck China New Economy ETF
CNEW
$7.83
+9.7%
+39.6%
Corporate Travel
CTD
$16.10
+4.3%
+24.5%
Dateline Resources
DTR
$0.155
+56.6%
+1092.3%
Diversified United
DUI
$5.59
+4.1%
+8.8%
DY6 Metals
DY6
$0.330
-7.0%
+230.0%
Ishares Emerging Markets ETF
EMXC
$29.60
+2.6%
+12.1%
Electro Optic Systems
EOS
$5.66
+69.0%
+251.6%
Fortescue
FMG
$19.66
+16.3%
+8.6%
Green Critical Minerals
GCM
$0.035
+25.0%
+775.0%
Genusplus Group
GNP
$4.85
+11.2%
+122.5%
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
IEM
$76.68
+3.6%
+21.9%
IVE Group
IGL
$2.99
+0.3%
+40.4%
iShares MSCI Japan ETF
IJP
$120.16
+9.2%
+21.5%
Judo Capital
JDO
$1.690
+8.0%
+27.1%
Korvest
KOV
$14.15
+26.0%
+37.4%
Kinatico
KYP
$0.290
+28.9%
+202.1%
Lindian Resources
LIN
$0.185
+98.9%
+68.2%
Monadelphous Group
MND
$19.85
+11.1%
+72.2%
Many Peaks Minerals
MPK
$0.910
+18.2%
+378.9%
Vaneck Australian Resources ETF
MVR
$36.55
+8.3%
+15.0%
National Australia Bank
NAB
$39.19
-1.2%
+11.0%
Nick Scali
NCK
$21.20
+15.7%
+43.1%
Newmont Corporation
NEM
$106.25
+15.5%
+49.2%
Neuren Pharmaceuticals
NEU
$17.88
+24.5%
+4.6%
NIB
NHF
$7.62
+5.7%
+7.8%
NRW
NWH
$3.43
+12.1%
+2.1%
Predictive Discovery
PDI
$0.460
+8.2%
+155.6%
Patriot Battery Metals
PMT
$0.500
+44.9%
+13.6%
Pantoro
PNR
$4.25
+43.6%
+194.1%
Betashares Ethereum ETF
QETH
$46.08
+43.4%
0%
Qoria
QOR
$0.660
+57.1%
+103.1%
BetaShares Aus Resources ETF
QRE
$7.37
+6.0%
+10.3%
Resmed Inc
RMD
$43.98
+14.3%
+35.2%
Smartgroup Corporation
SIQ
$8.21
+5.0%
+0.1%
SKS Technologies
SKS
$2.64
+30.7%
+66.6%
Stanmore Resources
SMR
$2.47
+14.9%
-25.8%
Sunrise Energy Metals
SRL
$1.320
-14.8%
+222.0%
Service Stream
SSM
$2.07
+5.6%
+62.4%
Super Retail
SUL
$15.85
+3.5%
+7.7%
Southern Cross Electrical
SXE
$1.995
+15.3%
+23.9%
Tyro Payments
TYR
$1.072
+16.6%
+21.2%
Unibail-Westfield
URW
$7.94
+13.1%
+44.9%
Vanguard Aus Property ETF
VAP
$103.44
+5.4%
+13.5%
WA1 Resources
WA1
$19.43
+14.4%
+44.6%
Warriedar Resources
WA8
$0.155
+40.9%
+127.9%
Westpac Banking Corp
WBC
$34.63
+3.2%
+24.3%
Woodside Energy
WDS
$27.02
+12.3%
+8.4%
Whitehaven Coal
WHC
$7.24
+18.3%
-3.3%
Wrkr
WRK
$0.115
+23.7%
+283.3%
Yancoal Australia
YAL
$6.70
+7.9%
-1.9%
Today's Uptrends Scan List

Feature Charts from today's Uptrends List ๐Ÿ”Ž๐Ÿ“ˆ

The stocks that I feel are showing the strongest excess demand from today's Uptrends List are: African Gold (ASX: A1G), BetaShares Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200), Ainsworth Game Technology (ASX: AGI), ANZ Group (ASX: ANZ), Airtasker (ASX: ART), Bisalloy Steel Group (ASX: BIS), Bravura Solutions (ASX: BVS), Chrysos Corporation (ASX: C79), Vaneck China New Economy ETF (ASX: CNEW), Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR), Electro Optic Systems (ASX: EOS), Fortescue (ASX: FMG), Genusplus Group (ASX: GNP), Judo Capital (ASX: JDO), Korvest (ASX: KOV), Kinatico (ASX: KYP), Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN), Nick Scali (ASX: NCK), Newmont Corporation (ASX: NEM), Patriot Battery Metals (ASX: PMT), Pantoro (ASX: PNR), Resmed Inc (ASX: RMD), SKS Technologies Group (ASX: SKS), Tyro Payments (ASX: TYR), Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (ASX: URW), Whitehaven Coal (ASX: WHC).

10 Randomly chosen Feature Uptrend Charts:

ANZ Group (ASX-ANZ) daily chart 12 August 2025 Bravura Solutions (ASX-BVS) daily chart 12 August 2025 Electro Optic Systems (ASX-EOS) daily chart 12 August 2025 Fortescue (ASX-FMG) daily chart 12 August 2025 Judo Capital (ASX-JDO) daily chart 12 August 2025 Korvest (ASX-KOV) daily chart 12 August 2025 Nick Scali (ASX-NCK) daily chart 12 August 2025 Pantoro (ASX-PNR) daily chart 12 August 2025 Patriot Battery Metals (ASX-PMT) daily chart 12 August 2025 Whitehaven Coal (ASX-WHC) daily chart 12 August 2025

Downtrends Scan List

Company
Code
Last Price
1mo %
1yr %
Australian Clinical Labs
ACL
$2.73
-2.2%
+12.3%
Audinate Group
AD8
$5.82
-11.0%
-33.5%
Aurelia Metals
AMI
$0.185
-5.1%
+12.1%
Bega Cheese
BGA
$5.18
+1.6%
+22.7%
Bannerman Energy
BMN
$2.52
-9.4%
+1.6%
Boss Energy
BOE
$1.770
-50.3%
-38.3%
Coast Entertainment
CEH
$0.355
-14.5%
-23.7%
Carnarvon Energy
CVN
$0.105
-4.5%
-32.3%
G8 Education
GEM
$0.930
+3.3%
-30.6%
GQG Partners
GQG
$1.760
-18.9%
-31.8%
Gentrack Group
GTK
$8.74
-20.3%
-4.2%
Lotus Resources
LOT
$0.155
-11.4%
-29.5%
Ora Banda Mining
OBM
$0.675
-4.3%
+73.1%
Polynovo
PNV
$1.160
+0.9%
-50.0%
Select Harvests
SHV
$3.66
-6.6%
-8.7%
Telix Pharmaceuticals
TLX
$16.68
-28.9%
-4.6%
Today's Downtrends Scan List

Feature Charts from today's Downtrends List ๐Ÿ”Ž๐Ÿ“‰

The stocks that I feel are showing the strongest excess supply from today's Downtrends List are: Australian Clinical Labs (ASX: ACL), Audinate Group (ASX: AD8), Bega Cheese (ASX: BGA), GQG Partners (ASX: GQG), Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: TLX).

Feature Downtrend charts:

Audinate Group (ASX-AD8) daily chart 12 August 2025 Australian Clinical Labs (ASX-ACL) daily chart 12 August 2025 Bega Cheese (ASX-BGA) daily chart 12 August 2025 GQG Partners (ASX-GQG) daily chart 12 August 2025 Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX-TLX) daily chart 12 August 2025
Important considerations when using the ChartWatch Daily ASX Scans:
1. The future is unknown. Anything can happen to change the trends in the lists above. A stock in a perfect uptrend or downtrend may not remain that way by the close of trading today. 2. These lists are not exhaustive, they are curated by Carl. You will find that certain stocks might not appear in a particular list on consecutive days but might reappear when Carl feels it deserves to return to the list. 3. This is not a recommendation service, merely an aid to help you better understand the workings of Carlโ€™s technical analysis model in a practical way. Carl will not alert you to stocks that have dropped off a list because their trend has changed โ€“ it's up to you to apply the criteria to determine why a particular stock might not still be included. 4. This is general, educational information only โ€“ so always do your own research!!!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lead Writer and Presenter

Carl brings more than 30 years of investing experience and a track record of helping thousands of investors navigate every kind of market. A highly regarded commentator on global macro trends and their impact on Australian and US equities, he is also one of Australia's most recognised educators in technical analysis โ€” having taught his distinctive price-action trend following methodology to two generations of investors.

05/06/2026