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Options Alert: Call Buyers Jump Into Kohl’s
by David Russell | Mar 25, 2025
Kohl’s has been falling for years, but yesterday traders looked for a rebound.
This Social Media Stock May Be Squeezing Toward a Breakout: Technical Alert
by David Russell | Jun 18, 2021
Snap is an expensive growth stock. It’s the kind of name investors have mostly avoided this year, although recent weeks have seen a shift back to such companies. This chart highlights SNAP’s last four months of consolidation. It isn’t exactly a cup and handle, but...
Reopening Stocks Like Banks and Commodities Are Crashing After the Fed Turned Hawkish
by David Russell | Jun 17, 2021
The Federal Reserve turned hawkish yesterday, and reopening stocks are paying the price today. Steelmakers, energy drillers, banks and transports lead the selling. Copper futures are down more than 8 percent this week, their biggest drop since March 2020. Corn,...
Check Out This Bullish Options Activity in Giant Semiconductor and Mining Stocks
by David Russell | Jun 15, 2021
The two largest companies in their industries had bullish options activity today: Intel and Vale. Intel (INTC), the world's biggest semiconductor maker, saw heavy call buying shortly after the opening bell. Traders initially purchased the 25-June 62 calls for $0.10 to...
This Major Index Is Breaking Out as Value Stocks Pause: Chart Study
by David Russell | Jun 15, 2021
Value stocks and reopening plays have been the main themes in 2021, but now the bulls seem to be returning to Big Tech and the Nasdaq-100. The yellow histogram on this chart compares the 21-day return of NDX against the S&P 500. (It uses our Smart Relative...
Make Custom Indicators, Modify Strategies: Learn the Basics of TradeStation’s EasyLanguage
by William Owens | Jun 14, 2021
EasyLanguage® lets investors build custom indicators and trading strategies in a straightforward and intuitive manner. This video introduces basic concepts and constructs of the EasyLanguage programming language. You will learn basic syntax and punctuation rules, how...
Growth Stocks Regain the Lead as Investors Embrace a Dovish Fed
by David Russell | Jun 14, 2021
Most of 2021 has focused on value stocks as the economy reopening from coronavirus, but last week investors returned to growth. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent between Friday, June 4, and Friday, June 11. The Nasdaq-100 climbed 1.2 percent, its biggest outperformance...
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This Disruptor Is Moving Beyond Mobile After Helping Create Smart Phones: Do You Know December’s Mystery Stock?
by David Russell | Dec 7, 2021
Even before coronavirus drove triggered heavy demand for electronic devices, chipmakers were booming. This month's mystery stock has been a key player in the semiconductor industry for over a generation. Like many technology firms, its history began during the Cold...




