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Brokerage Integration with TipRanks Launched
TradeStation is collaborating with TipRanks to help customers act on research in a single interface. The service uses a secure API to let TradeStation customers access their brokerage accounts from select third-party website. Users can buy and sell stocks and equity...
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...
Technical Analysis: The Nightmare Could Be Ending in Chinese Tech Stocks
The last year for Chinese technology stocks has been nothing short of a nightmare. But now there could be signs of a turn in the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, which holds key names like Tencent and Alibaba. The 8-day exponential moving average was under the...
The Nuclear Option? Inflation Has Call Buyers Rushing Back to This Uranium Stock
Forget about lumber. Options traders looking to play inflation have rediscovered Cameco, a once-popular uranium miner. Call volume in CCJ totaled 3.6 million contracts in September, almost 4 times the previous record. After a pause in early October, activity surged...
Stocks Roar Back as Earnings Break a Negativity Bubble in the Market
Stocks rebounded sharply last week as investors rushed back to the market following a month of extreme pessimism. The S&P 500 rose 1.8 percent between Friday, October 8, and Friday, October 15. It was the index's biggest weekly gain in almost three months. The...
Technology & Communication
Videogame Slowdown Is the Latest Negative to Hit Semiconductor Stocks
Nvidia fell sharply after cutting guidance yesterday, the latest bearish headline facing the semiconductor industry. "Our gaming product sell-through projections declined significantly," CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement preannouncing weak results for the fiscal...
Here Come Earnings
It's hard to deny sentiment is building for a strong earnings season. Depending on who you ask, profits are projected to rise more than 20 percent. While the estimates vary, direction is positive because all the research shows consensus figures climbing in recent...
China Trade War Sends Chip Giant on Wild Ride
One of TradeStation's most actively traded stocks is finding itself at the middle of a trade war. Micron Technology (MU) was the second-busiest symbol among our clients in May and June as management raised guidance. This month, President's Trump's trade war with China...
IPOs Have Another Strong Month in June
Initial public offerings (IPOs) keep coming at their quickest pace in three years. Some $4.5 billion of stock in new companies came to market last month, according to data from ClickIPO. It was the busiest June since 2015. Click here for more stories about IPOs. The...
Some Interesting Chart Patterns as Q3 Gets Started
Stocks began July on a positive note yesterday, led by technology. Several big names are also showing some patterns that could be interesting -- especially if investors are seeking opportunities at the start of a new quarter. As usual, we started by firing up...