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Scalping ATM Options: Why Speed is Your Only Edge (And How to Fix Your Lag)
The setup is nearly perfect. The market is bullish, implied volatility is low, and the underlying stock is coiling tight against a key resistance level. You are not looking for a complex multi-leg spread here. You are looking for pure, unadulterated delta. You want to...
Enabling Chart Trading in Chart Analysis with OCO Orders
Placing and Managing Trades Directly from the Chart TradeStation’s chart trading feature lets you interact directly with the market by placing and managing orders right from your chart window. Once enabled, you can place single or multi-leg orders by clicking the...
Stocks Relieved on Hopes of U.S.-China Tariff Talks
Stocks are rebounding on hopes the U.S. will reduce tariffs after China showed willingness to discuss trade. Canadian talks are also coming.
What Is Event Risk? Why Does It Matter? How Can it Be Managed?
Investors face several kinds of risk in the stock market. Today we'll consider one of the most common: event risk. While some events are unexpected, many are known. Stocks often move around certain occurrences, like earnings reports, Federal Reserve meetings or...
Strategies for Managing Risk With Options
Options can be risky because they're complex and typically expire worthless. However they can also help investors limit risk when used correctly. This post will consider four strategies that can reduce losses and enhance gains for ordinary investors. Bullish Call...
Understanding and Managing Sector Risk in Your Portfolio
Investors face many potential risks in the stock market. Today we'll focus on the important issue of sector risk. Sectors are broad categories of companies like technology, health care and financials. Because their businesses are often similar, companies in the same...
Stop Losses and Trade Sizes Can Help Manage Risk
Many beginners think trading is simply a question of buying the right stocks at the right time. But risk management is equally important because it may allow them to survive making bad picks. This article focuses on two key parts of risk management: stop losses and...
Technology & Communication
Chart of the Day: Advanced Micro Holds Previous High
Advanced Micro Devices has sat calmly with other AI chip stocks rallying, but some traders may see upside potential.
Options Alert: Trader Looks for More Upside in Chinese Tech Stock
Chinese technology stocks have been jumping, and one options trader is positioning for the move to continue. Check out this unusual activity this afternoon in e-commerce company JD.com (JD): Some 5,000 February 70 calls were purchased for $4.01.At the same time, the...
Chart of the Day: Is Oracle Attempting a Breakout?
Oracle has performed better than most technology and software companies, and now it may be attempting a breakout. The first pattern on today’s chart is the triangle that took shape in December. Prices ended 2022 slightly above the top, and buyers jumped in yesterday....
Technical Analysis: What If Apple Holds This Price Level?
Megacap technology stocks like Apple have dragged on the market amid disruptions in China. But what if the iPhone giant manages to bounce? Could it give the bigger indexes a boost? The main pattern on today’s chart is the $140 level. This price first had importance on...
How This Correction Is Unlike Anything in the History of the Stock Market
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on March 12, 2020. If the coronavirus is shaking your faith in stocks, you need to keep reading this article. Why? There are three reasons. Reason 1: This Selloff Is a Total Aberration Pretty much every previous...