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Market Depth in TradeStation: Navigating Electronic Order Flow
Trading has evolved from bustling exchange floors where hand signals and shouting were the norm to fully electronic markets.
Tariffs Hit Stocks as February Begins
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.
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
Super Micro Computer has been sliding for almost a year, and one options trader seems to be following the trend.
Option Alert: Can Micron Rebound?
Micron Technology has struggled along with other chip stocks lately, but one trader is positioning for a rebound. Check out this unusual options activity yesterday: 17,000 July 120 calls were purchased for $3.80. 17,000 July 130 calls were sold for $2.54. Volume was...
AI Lifted Stocks Last Week. Now It’s Punishing Them
AI news lifted stocks last week, but now it’s driving them lower. The S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, January 17, and Friday, January 24. It was the second straight positive week, establishing the index above 6,100 for the...
Is Apple the Next Intel?
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 1/27. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 returns to 6,100 short-term indicators go bullish MACD rising 8-day EMA above 21-day...
Technology & Communication
Chart of the Day: CrowdStrike Is in a Small Club
The broader market has been tumbling for months, but CrowdStrike has stood its ground. The first pattern on today’s chart is the March 10 low of $303.79. While the Nasdaq-100 has revisited levels from over a year ago, CRWD has held lows from a month prior. Support at...
Every Tech Company in the S&P 500 Fell Last Quarter — Except July’s Mystery Stock
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
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...
Investors Return to Growth Stocks as a New Quarter Approaches
Investors just pivoted back to growth stocks as inflation worries fade and a new quarter approaches. The S&P 500 jumped 6.4 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, June 17, and Friday, June 20. More than 95 percent of the index's members advanced,...
Chart of the Day: Is This Semiconductor Stock Rolling Over?
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...