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Chart of the Day: Valero Could Be Fighting Higher
Valero Energy hit a record high in November, and some traders may expect further upside.
Tariffs Slashed After Bond Freakout
Downloads are available here. Our new MT ES v2 workspace is here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 4/14. Next Market Trends is on 4/17. Sizing Up the Market S&P 500 may face range between...
Are Retailers Ground Zero for Tariff Wars?
VF, the parent of North Face, is falling more sharply than it did in 2008 or 2020.
Options Alert: Record Volume in Tech Stock
Teradyne has been plunging for almost a year, and yesterday it had record options volume. A single large transaction accounted for most of the activity in the company, which supplies testing equipment for semiconductors and robotics: Some 29,383 June 70 puts traded...
Tariff Stunner Puts Stock Buyers on Strike
Wall Street is on recession watch amid “Armageddon” and “stagflationary purgatory.”
Tariffs Put Earnings, Economy on Watch
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Check out our next “State of the Market,” on Monday, 4/7. Sizing Up the Market S&P 500 stalls at 8-day EMA, 3/27 close Stalls below of 5,700 Consolidates under 200dma @ES swung...
Options Alert: Traders Look for Comeback in AI Name
Vertiv was a high-flying AI stock that's down this year, but traders may be looking for a rebound. This large transaction was detected yesterday in the provider of cooling and power systems for data centers: Roughly 20,000 June 95 calls were purchased, mostly for...
Technology & Communication
AI Stocks Go Back to Work Before the Fed
AI stocks are going back to work as investors wait for a big Federal Reserve meeting.
Technical Analysis: Tight Consolidation in Another Clean Energy Stock
Clean-energy stocks have been one of the strongest parts of the market lately, and today’s chart focuses on a new battery-tech name: Stem. The first pattern is the quick uptrend in late summer, fueled by the Inflation Reduction Act and strong quarterly results on...
Options Alert: Call Volume Swells in Apple as IPhone 14 Hits the Market
The options activity may be turning bullish in Apple as the smart-phone giant rolls out the iPhone 14. Some 1.1 million call contracts traded in AAPL yesterday. That was the most since the earnings came out in late July, according to TradeStation data. Our analytics...
Technical Analysis: ON Semi’s Breakout and Pullback
ON Semiconductor is one of the few chip stocks to hit new highs this summer. It then pulled back along with the rest of the market, and is now bouncing. The first pattern on today's chart is the falling trendline along the peaks of January, March and June. ON broke...
Options Alert: Call Buyers Target Plug Power After Amazon.com Deal
Options traders are buying the pullback in Plug Power, two weeks after a key deal with Amazon.com. Unusual activity in the provider of hydrogen-fuel technology began less than five minutes after Wednesday's opening bell. Traders initially purchased the 9-September...