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Product Breakthrough? Intel’s Call Activity Surges
by David Russell | Jun 11, 2025
Intel is surging on signs of a product breakthrough, and options traders are piling in.
This Industry Is Holding Its Ground, Despite a Lot of Bad News This Week
by David Russell | Aug 20, 2021
Homebuilder stocks are holding their ground, despite enduring a lot of bad news this week. First, Home Depot (HD) crashed after reporting unexpectedly weak same-store sales. The National Association of Homebuilders next announced that business conditions had fallen to...
Make Sense of Stock Market Fundamentals Using the TradeStation Platform: Free Educational Video
by David Russell | Aug 20, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeQzUx-meVs Market sentiment has changed several times in the past year as investors rotate between technology stocks that benefit from social distancing, beaten-down reopening stocks, financials, retailers and more. Investors can...
Chart of the Day: Ethereum Is Holding $3,000
by David Russell | Aug 19, 2021
Sometimes there's a lot to be said about nice round numbers. This might be one of those times with Ethereum holding $3,000. The level has gained importance this month. ETHUSD bounced around $3,000 on August 9, 12 and the last three days. It's also managed to close...
‘Boring’ May Be The New Bullish: Healthcare, Insurers,and Food Stocks Break Out as the Nasdaq Stalls
by David Russell | Aug 18, 2021
The S&P 500 continues to hit new highs, but a strange mix of stocks is leading the advance. Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, insurers and food companies were some of the top performers yesterday. While many of these sectors may not interest retail investors, they...
Chart of the Day: Citi Is Finding Support at This Key Line
by David Russell | Aug 18, 2021
Financial stocks have bounced in the last two weeks, and Citi is one of the biggest members of the group. A few patterns stand out on the banking giant’s chart. First is its breakout above the 50-day moving average, followed by a pullback to hold that line. Next is...
No More Inflation? Lumber, Oil and Copper Prices Fall as the Fed Gets Hawkish
by David Russell | Aug 17, 2021
Inflation was a major story this spring as lumber and used cars spiked in value. Now the trend seems to be fading as the Federal Reserve prepares to tighten monetary policy. CME lumber futures dipped under $500 on Friday and are down more than 70 percent from their...
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Chart of the Day: Is This Semiconductor Stock Rolling Over?
by David Russell | Jun 10, 2022
Nvidia had a sharp countertrend rally two weeks ago, but now the chip giant may be rolling over. Prices jumped over $183 on May 27. They remained above that level and started making lower highs on June 2. That kind of descending triangle is a potential bearish...
IPOs come roaring to life
by David Russell | Apr 30, 2018
April is shaping up to the best month for initial public offerings in years. Data from ClickIPO shows over $10 billion of new equity entered the market in April. That's the most since September 2014. Combined volume in the first four months of the year also stands at...
Suddenly the Bears are in Retreat
by David Russell | Feb 26, 2018
Stocks recovered from early losses last week as interest rates stabilized and money streamed into tech. A Friday-afternoon surge landed the S&P 500 back above its 50-day moving average, resulting in a 0.55 percent gain for the holiday-shortened span. The...
Stocks Have Biggest Drop in Two Years as Rates Rise
by David Russell | Feb 5, 2018
Stocks just took their deepest dive in two years as higher interest rates caused investors to take profits. The S&P 500 cratered 3.85 percent between Friday, January 26, and Friday, February 2 -- its biggest weekly decline since early 2016. The selloff contrasted...
Bloom Coming off the Tech Rose?e?
by David Russell | Dec 27, 2017
The year 2017 was undeniably dominated by Technology. Megacaps like Apple (AAPL), Facebook (FB) Alphabet (GOOGL) climbed to new highs. Semiconductors giants like Micron (MU) and Nvidia (NVDA) weren't far behind as foundries basked in record orders from datacenters, AI...





