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Earnings and Jerome Powell Suppress Volatility
by David Russell | Oct 16, 2025
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Sizing Up the Market S&P 500 holds: 21-day exponential moving average (EMA) September 26 weekly close of 6,644 Follows holding September 17 low of 6,551 Monday, Tuesday,...
Options Are Now Live via TradingView Connection
by David Russell | Feb 7, 2025
For years, stocks and futures have been supported by our integration with TradingView. Now options have joined the mix. TradeStation Securities is the first U.S. broker to launch options trading on TradingView, a platform used by millions for its charts and social...
Chart of the Day: Boeing May Be Attempting a Turnaround
by David Russell | Feb 5, 2025
Boeing has struggled for years, but now there may be signs of a turnaround in the aerospace giant. The first pattern on today’s chart is the series of lower highs between December 2023 and early December 2024. The stock has now pushed above that falling trendline,...
Tech: Smaller Names Break Out as the ‘Big 3’ Lag
by David Russell | Feb 4, 2025
Technology is the worst-performing sector this year. A lot of the weakness is at the top, but some smaller names are breaking out. Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT) are the three biggest technology stocks, accounting for more than 40 percent of the...
Tariffs Hit Stocks as February Begins
by David Russell | Feb 3, 2025
Trade duties may impact inflation, employment and earnings at a time when stocks are already trading at historically high multiples.
Good-Bye, Fed. Hello Earnings.
by David Russell | Jan 30, 2025
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 2/10. (No webinars next week.) Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 holds 50-day MA, falling trendline after Deep Seek panic 50%...
Option Trader Follows Super Micro’s Slide
by David Russell | Jan 29, 2025
Super Micro Computer has been sliding for almost a year, and one options trader seems to be following the trend.
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Can Earnings Break Chip Stock’s Downtrend?
by David Russell | Apr 30, 2025
Advanced Micro Devices reports earnings next week, and options traders are bracing for a move.
Call Volume Spikes in Nikola Before Shareholder Vote
by David Russell | Jul 7, 2022
After a big slide, one big options trader is looking for a rebound in Nikola. Large blocks of calls changed hands yesterday in the electric-truck developer. A block of 40,000 July 5.50 calls were bought for $0.22. The investor sold a matching number of July 6.50 calls...
Chart of the Day: Is it Prime Time for Amazon.com?
by David Russell | Jul 5, 2022
Amazon.com has retraced almost all of its pandemic gains. Is this an opportunity for buyers? Let's consider some chart patterns. First is the $101.79 level (split adjusted). It was a peak in July 2019 and a breakout area immediately before the coronavirus selloff in...
Every Tech Company in the S&P 500 Fell Last Quarter — Except July’s Mystery Stock
by David Russell | Jul 4, 2022
The technology sector just had its worst quarter in 14 years. Every member declined in the period -- except for July's mystery stock. The SPDR Technology Sector ETF (XLK) fell 20 percent between March 31 and June 30 -- its worst quarterly performance since late 2008....
AMD Was the Busiest Symbol at TradeStation for the Fifth Straight Month
by David Russell | Jul 1, 2022
Advanced Micro Devices made new lows in June, but it remained the most actively traded symbol at TradeStation Securities for the fifth straight month. AMD declined as investors shunned economically sensitive semiconductor stocks. It's lost more than half its value...





