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Placing Breakout Trades Using Chart Trading
https://player.vimeo.com/video/404724423?dnt=1&app_id=122963 When it comes to breakout trading, timing and preparation are everything. TradeStation’s Chart Trading feature can help make it simpler to plan and execute breakout strategies—directly from your...
Technical Analysis: This Data Storage Company Is Breaking Its Downtrend
Seagate Technology has spent the last five months pulling back. But now it may be turning around. The main pattern on today's chart is the descending trendline that started in May and ran along the peaks of August and September. Notice how STX closed above that line...
Stocks Bounced Last Week, But Can They Overcome These Two Risks?
Stocks bounced again last week, but two potential risks may challenge investors. The S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent between Friday, October 15, and Friday, October 22. It was the third straight weekly gain following a sharp drop earlier in the month. The rebound brought...
Tesla and the VIX: Two Big Numbers Reached in Today’s Session
Tesla and Cboe's volatility index -- the "fear gauge" -- closed at two important levels today. First, Elon Musk's electric-car maker ended the session at $893. That's slightly below the all-time record of $900.40 early this year. However it was the highest closing...
Energy and Financials Are Crushing Technology as Reopening Accelerates into the Holidays
The reopening trade is back with vengeance, with investors shifting to energy and financials as coronavirus infections plummet into yearend. The SPDR Energy Fund (XLE) has gained 20 percent since the market peaked on September 2. Financials (XLF) are up 5 percent over...
Earnings Have Arrived. Keep Up to Speed With These Key Platform Tools
Hundreds of companies in the S&P 500, including Apple and Facebook, announce results over the next two weeks. Did you know that TradeStation offers a suite of powerful tools to navigate around these key quarterly events? Learn to schedule and plan for earnings...
Bitcoin Popularity Explodes as ETF Launches and Investors Shed U.S. Treasury Bonds
Bitcoin's popularity is surging as a long-awaited exchange-traded fund launches. Preliminary analysis from Google Trends showed Bitcoin's popularity jumping to its highest level in at least five years. It even eclipsed the previous peak from December 2017 when prices...
Technology & Communication
A Key Semiconductor Stock Just Gave Tech Investors a Boost of Confidence
Chip stocks are an important part of the market because of their wide use across the economy. Yesterday, a key player gave investors a big shot of confidence in the group. Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) gained almost 3 percent after announcing quarterly results. As its...
Suddenly Tech Is a Margin Story
Technology stocks are usually all about growth, but in the last few days costs have been the talk of the town more recently. Facebook (FB) is the big example, losing a record $119 billion of market value yesterday. Slower growth was part of the problem, but most...
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...