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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.
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...
Chips Push Higher Before Big Tech Earnings
Fourth-quarter earnings season has begun. Financials were the first major sector to report and the agenda will soon turn to large technology companies like Microsoft and Apple. This article will cover some key dates and recent news on these major growth stocks. It...
Stocks May Be Climbing Another Wall of Worry
Sellers tried to hammer the stock market last week, but buyers came out of the woodwork instead. The S&P 500 initially had bearish momentum, falling almost 1 percent in the first minute of trading on Monday, January 13. The move briefly erased the entire rally...
Are 3 Months of Consolidation Ending?
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 rallies 1.8%, the most since 11/6 (day after election) Potential bullish flag after...
Chart of the Day: Kroger Pulls Back
Kroger jumped to a new record high one month ago, and now dip buyers may eye its recent pullback. The first pattern on today’s chart is the April high of $58.34. The grocery chain tested $0.01 below it last week before stabilizing. Has old resistance become ... For...
Hawkish News Is Slamming the Stock Market
Stocks keep falling as hawkish news and rising yields hammer sentiment. The S&P 500 declined 1.9 percent between Friday, January 3, and Friday, January 10. (There were only four sessions because of former President Jimmy Carter's memorial.) It was the fourth drop...
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...
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...
Bulls in the China Shop? Call Buyers Just Piled Into Alibaba
Most stocks have been under pressure lately, but there could be bulls in the China shop. E-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA) surged 15 percent to $119.62 despite the S&P 500 sinking more than 1 percent. The rally landed BABA at its highest closing price since February...
Chart of the Day: Has the Tide Finally Turned for This Chinese E-Commerce Giant?
Chinese stocks like Alibaba have been under pressure for the last 1-1/2 years, but now the tide could be turning. The first pattern on today's chart is the high-volume bullish gap on March 16 after officials in Beijing took a more supportive approach toward financial...
Special Report for the Tech Correction: An Investor’s Guide to Semiconductor Stocks
Few industries are more essential to the modern economy than semiconductors. This article will review key companies in the group, which has pulled back significantly during this year's selloff in technology. From their earliest use in computers and the space program,...