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Downloads are available here. Our new MT ES v2 workspace is here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 4/28. Sizing Up the Market S&P 500 establishes higher low at 5,100, near the lows of...
Technical Analysis: Wall Street Giant Attempts a Breakout
Goldman Sachs hit a new high late in the summer. Now after a healthy pullback, it may be ready to keep moving. The first pattern on today’s chart is the falling trendline that began on August 30. GS tried to break that resistance twice last month. It was rejected both...
Inflation, Tapering, Cryptos, Earnings: A Busy Period Is Starting For Investors
It's a busy period moving into the holidays as companies announce results and the Federal Reserve reduces support to the economy. At least 21 members of the S&P 500 report earnings next week, led by major financials like JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Goldman Sachs...
Big Fish ‘Hodling,’ Brazilian Interest, ETF In the Works? Why Bitcoin Jumped Today
Bitcoin flew back above $55,000 today on renewed hopes of the digital asset becoming a mainstream store of value. No single event triggered the move. But recent stories suggest the cryptocurrency is on its way to broader adoption. The first big news was last Friday....
The Pandemic Actually Helped This Travel Company. Can You Guess October’s Mystery Stock?
Few industries crashed harder than travel stocks during the pandemic. However one company benefited from the crisis as an unexpected set of catalysts drove its shares up more than 1,700 percent from the 2020 lows. The story of this month's mystery stock begins in 1946...
Nasdaq Stocks Are Teetering, Except For This One Key Company
The Nasdaq-100 is teetering, but one major index member is fighting the trend as business surges: electric-car giant Tesla. TSLA rose almost 1 percent yesterday, despite NDX sliding more than 2 percent. It managed to close at its highest price since February, even...
Chart of the Day: South American Energy Giant May Be Attempting a Breakout
Emerging markets have mostly struggled lately as the U.S. dollar climbed. That may have created an opportunity in Brazilian energy driller Petrobras. Unlike other oil giants like Exxon Mobil and Chevron, PBR has barely moved in the last month as crude oil jumped....
Technology & Communication
Tesla Is Leading a Rebound in Megacap Growth Stocks as the Fed Fades and Earnings Approach
High-multiple growth stocks have lagged since late 2021. But that's changing thanks to Tesla. The electric-vehicle giant is up 25 percent so far this month, making it the top performer in the Nasdaq-100 in March. The rally began when TSLA refused to stay under $800...
Caution Reigns in Chip Space: Options Recap
Options traders are bracing against a drop in chip makers as earnings season marches on. Here's a breakdown a large bearish spread in the Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) yesterday: Roughly 22,000 September 100 puts were bought for $1.85. Roughly 22,000...
Tech Mixed, Industrials Strong: Earnings This Week
It was the best of times and the worst of times. The saying was seldom truer than the past week's earnings reports. Starting with the bad news first, there's one word everyone needs know: Facebook (FB). The social-media giant slammed into a wall of rising costs and...
Wall Street Not Abandoning Netflix After Drop: Research Recap
Wall Street was thick with analyst notes on Netflix (NFLX) yesterday after the streaming-media darling fell on weak subscriber growth. The research was surprisingly positive given the news. Here's a summary of a few big takeaways. First, some analysts tried to cast...
Monster Options Volume in New Media Darling
Love it? Hate it? Trade it! That's the story today in Netflix (NFLX). The new-media darling cratered this morning on news of weak subscriber growth, before clawing back most of its losses. Analysts were all over the map in response, with some cutting estimates and...