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ChartWatch ASX Scans: Defence big guns ARMR, DTEC, DRO, and ELS fire up, IEL and NUF dead cat bounces continue

Thu 05 Jun 25, 9:15am (AEST)
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Key Points

  • Interesting uptrends in today's Scans: Almonty (AII), Aurelia Metals (AMI), Commonwealth Bank (CBA), Droneshield (DRO), Elsight (ELS), Karoon Energy (KAR), Locksley Resources (LKY), Lovisa (LOV), Macquarie (MQG), Wesfarmers (WES), Xero (XRO), Zip Co (ZIP).
  • Interesting downtrends in today's Scans: Botanix Pharmaceuticals (BOT), Coast Entertainment (CEH), IDP Education (IEL), Nufarm (NUF), Nuix (NXL), Redox (RDX), Skycity Entertainment Group (SKC).

With the Aussie benchmark notching a third record high in the last four trading sessions on a total return basis, there was always going to be a good chance that today's Edition was going to be chockers-stuffed with Uptrends Scan List constituents, and by extension, Feature Uptrends.

What's great about today's +70 Uptrends Scan List and +30 Feature Uptrends is the diverse range of sectors they come from. A broad market rally tends to be a sustainable one.

But in even the best bull market, there are always a handful of stocks whose business models and management are just so terrible, or (let's provide an out here) the global economy and consumer trends have conspired so cruelly against them – that their charts present fantastic short selling opportunities. You'll find a sorry group of potential candidates to this end in today's Downtrends Scan Lists and Feature Downtrends.


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 – 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 – they'll keep appearing. But note, there won't be any notifications when they don't, so you'll have to do your own research on when a particular trend changes!


Uptrends Scan List

Company

Code

Last Price

1mo %

1yr %

Astral Resources

AAR

$0.190

+22.6%

+113.5%

Aussie Broadband

ABB

$4.26

+2.2%

+24.6%

Adriatic Metals

ADT

$5.23

+33.4%

+28.8%

Australian Finance Group

AFG

$2.28

+21.0%

+57.2%

Almonty Industries

AII

$3.50

+33.6%

+483.3%

AMA Group

AMA

$0.105

+40.0%

+166.8%

Aurelia Metals

AMI

$0.340

+17.2%

+83.8%

Aspen Group

APZ

$3.56

+16.7%

+97.8%

BetaShares Australian Quality ETF

AQLT

$33.13

+7.6%

+17.4%

BetaShares Global Defence ETF

ARMR

$23.28

+8.8%

0%

Austal

ASB

$5.94

+15.8%

+151.7%

BetaShares S&P/ASX Australian Technology ETF

ATEC

$31.38

+12.8%

+31.3%

Australian United Investment Company

AUI

$11.16

+7.8%

+9.4%

Antipa Minerals

AZY

$0.660

+28.2%

+407.7%

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

BEN

$12.76

+12.5%

+16.7%

Bravura Solutions

BVS

$2.52

+16.7%

+146.5%

Catapult Group International

CAT

$6.22

+51.7%

+228.2%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

CBA

$181.10

+8.6%

+51.5%

Cuscal Group

CCL

$2.97

+10.4%

0%

Challenger Gold

CEL

$0.094

+17.5%

+28.8%

Charter Hall Group

CHC

$18.86

+4.5%

+55.6%

Charter Hall Long Wale Reit

CLW

$4.21

+6.6%

+21.3%

Computershare

CPU

$41.25

+5.9%

+55.4%

Charter Hall Retail Reit

CQR

$4.04

+4.9%

+23.5%

Droneshield

DRO

$1.575

+20.7%

+45.8%

Global X Defence Tech ETF

DTEC

$16.12

+9.8%

0%

Dateline Resources

DTR

$0.145

+291.9%

+935.7%

Develop Global

DVP

$4.07

+20.8%

+73.9%

Elsight

ELS

$1.100

+136.6%

+185.7%

EML Payments

EML

$1.155

+19.1%

+23.5%

Green Critical Minerals

GCM

$0.022

+69.2%

+144.4%

Graincorp

GNC

$7.85

+14.9%

-3.4%

Gentrack Group

GTK

$11.49

+2.7%

+29.8%

BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF

HACK

$15.40

+7.8%

+39.4%

Hub24

HUB

$85.20

+8.8%

+99.1%

Harvey Norman

HVN

$5.53

+4.5%

+24.0%

Insurance Australia Group

IAG

$8.88

+6.7%

+43.2%

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

IKO

$101.08

+7.9%

+4.8%

iShares S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ETF

ISO

$5.03

+6.1%

+8.6%

JB HI-FI

JBH

$112.24

+8.3%

+94.8%

Karoon Energy

KAR

$1.740

+22.5%

-3.6%

Kingsgate Consolidated

KCN

$2.19

+16.2%

+20.3%

Locksley Resources

LKY

$0.115

+422.7%

+210.8%

Lovisa

LOV

$32.00

+28.8%

-5.6%

Munro Global Growth Fund ETF

MAET

$7.00

+7.5%

+13.8%

MFF Capital Investments

MFF

$4.40

+8.4%

+24.6%

Macquarie Group

MQG

$217.24

+10.9%

+13.8%

Vaneck Australian Banks ETF

MVB

$41.40

+9.2%

+24.0%

Mystate

MYS

$4.33

+12.2%

+20.6%

National Australia Bank

NAB

$38.60

+9.3%

+13.8%

Ora Banda Mining

OBM

$1.265

+18.2%

+289.2%

Peak Rare Earths

PEK

$0.275

+161.3%

+36.4%

Pro Medicus

PME

$283.33

+17.6%

+135.9%

Pinnacle Investment Management Group

PNI

$20.68

+12.4%

+58.3%

Pantoro

PNR

$3.69

+18.3%

+135.9%

Pepper Money

PPM

$1.860

+14.8%

+29.2%

Perenti

PRN

$1.635

+18.5%

+62.7%

Peak Minerals

PUA

$0.023

+130.0%

+1331.3%

QBE Insurance Group

QBE

$23.95

+12.2%

+34.6%

St Barbara

SBM

$0.355

+12.7%

+51.1%

SGH

SGH

$53.11

+5.9%

+35.5%

Superloop

SLC

$2.81

+11.1%

+99.3%

Santana Minerals

SMI

$0.630

+12.5%

+72.6%

Suncorp Group

SUN

$21.30

+4.7%

+35.9%

SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Fund ETF

SYI

$30.79

+5.2%

+10.6%

Temple & Webster Group

TPW

$23.50

+36.4%

+140.3%

BetaShares Global Uranium ETF

URNM

$8.18

+18.4%

-22.8%

Warriedar Resources

WA8

$0.120

+25.0%

+122.2%

Wesfarmers

WES

$84.60

+6.4%

+30.4%

Waratah Minerals

WTM

$0.360

+80.0%

+188.0%

Xero

XRO

$188.87

+13.6%

+39.9%

Zip Co.

ZIP

$2.21

+36.8%

+97.3%

Today's Uptrends Scan List

Feature Charts from today's Uptrends List πŸ”ŽπŸ“ˆ

The stocks that I feel are showing the strongest excess demand from today's Uptrends List are: ustralian Finance Group (ASX: AFG), Almonty Industries (ASX: AII), AMA Group (ASX: AMA), Aurelia Metals (ASX: AMI), Aspen Group (ASX: APZ), Austal (ASX: ASB), Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (ASX: BEN), Catapult Group International (ASX: CAT), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA), Droneshield (ASX: DRO), Develop Global (ASX: DVP), Elsight (ASX: ELS), Green Critical Minerals (ASX: GCM), Graincorp (ASX: GNC), Hub24 (ASX: HUB), Harvey Norman (ASX: HVN), iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (ASX: IKO), Karoon Energy (ASX: KAR), Locksley Resources (ASX: LKY), Lovisa (ASX: LOV), Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG), Vaneck Australian Banks ETF (ASX: MVB), Mystate (ASX: MYS), Pinnacle Investment Management Group (ASX: PNI), Peak Minerals (ASX: PUA), QBE Insurance Group (ASX: QBE), Superloop (ASX: SLC), Santana Minerals (ASX: SMI), Suncorp Group (ASX: SUN), SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Fund ETF (ASX: SYI), Temple & Webster Group (ASX: TPW), Wesfarmers (ASX: WES), Xero (ASX: XRO), Zip Co. (ASX: ZIP).

10 Randomly Picked Feature Uptrend Charts:

Almonty Industries (ASX-AII) daily chart 4 June 2025Aurelia Metals (ASX-AMI) daily chart 4 June 2025Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX-CBA) daily chart 4 June 2025Droneshield (ASX-DRO) daily chart 4 June 2025Elsight (ASX-ELS) daily chart 4 June 2025Harvey Norman (ASX-HVN) daily chart 4 June 2025Lovisa (ASX-LOV) daily chart 4 June 2025Peak Minerals (ASX-PUA) daily chart 4 June 2025Pinnacle Investment Management Group (ASX-PNI) daily chart 4 June 2025Santana Minerals (ASX-SMI) daily chart 4 June 2025

Downtrends Scan List

Company

Code

Last Price

1mo %

1yr %

Botanix Pharmaceuticals

BOT

$0.315

-28.4%

+14.5%

Coast Entertainment

CEH

$0.390

-4.9%

-22.0%

Dicker Data

DDR

$8.05

-4.5%

-13.0%

Domino's Pizza Enterprises

DMP

$21.86

-12.3%

-43.5%

G8 Education

GEM

$1.205

-4.7%

0%

Healthco Healthcare and Wellness Reit

HCW

$0.770

-9.9%

-31.6%

Healius

HLS

$0.870

-24.8%

-6.4%

Humm Group

HUM

$0.450

-10.0%

-2.2%

Horizon Oil

HZN

$0.170

-5.6%

0%

Integral Diagnostics

IDX

$2.39

+1.3%

-2.0%

IDP Education

IEL

$3.78

-59.9%

-76.3%

Ioneer

INR

$0.115

-11.5%

-46.5%

Monash IVF Group

MVF

$0.770

-6.7%

-45.8%

New Hope Corporation

NHC

$3.70

-0.5%

-25.6%

Nufarm

NUF

$2.14

-43.4%

-52.1%

Nuix

NXL

$2.40

+1.3%

-22.6%

Redox

RDX

$2.39

-13.1%

-22.7%

Rio Tinto

RIO

$109.68

-4.8%

-15.0%

Skycity Entertainment Group

SKC

$0.840

-15.6%

-46.7%

Strike Energy

STX

$0.160

-11.1%

-23.8%

Today's Downtrends Scan List

Feature Charts from today's Downtrends List πŸ”ŽπŸ“‰

The stocks that I feel are showing the strongest excess supply from today's Downtrends List are: Botanix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: BOT), Coast Entertainment (ASX: CEH), IDP Education (ASX: IEL), Nufarm (ASX: NUF), Nuix (ASX: NXL), Redox (ASX: RDX), Skycity Entertainment Group (ASX: SKC).

Charts of each below:

Botanix Pharmaceuticals (ASX-BOT) daily chart 4 June 2025Coast Entertainment (ASX-CEH) daily chart 4 June 2025IDP Education (ASX-IEL) daily chart 4 June 2025Nufarm (ASX-NUF) daily chart 4 June 2025Nuix (ASX-NXL) daily chart 4 June 2025Redox (ASX-RDX) daily chart 4 June 2025Skycity Entertainment Group (ASX-SKC) daily chart 4 June 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 Carl’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 – it is 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 – always do your own research.

Written By

Carl Capolingua

Senior Editor

Carl has over 30-year's investing experience, helping investors navigate several bull and bear markets over this time. He is a well respected markets commentator who specialises in how the global macro impacts Australian and US equities. Carl has a passion for technical analysis and has taught his unique brand of price-action trend following to thousands of Aussie investors.

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