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Stocks Refuse to Break Before Nvidia Earnings
Stocks are holding their ground before the biggest company reports earnings.
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...
Indexes Near Potential Resistance
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, 5/5. Sizing Up the Market S&P 500 near levels from "Liberation Day" on 4/2 Stochastics...
Can Earnings Break Chip Stock’s Downtrend?
Advanced Micro Devices reports earnings next week, and options traders are bracing for a move.
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Chart of the Day: Coinbase May Be Coiling
Coinbase Global has done little as the broader market climbs, but some traders may expect the cryptocurrency exchange to start moving.
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...
Options Alert: Can DoorDash Keep Delivering for the Bulls?
DoorDash jumped earlier in the week, and one big options trader seems to think the move will continue. Check out this large transaction in the food-delivery company: 25,000 December 35 calls were sold for $22.10.35,000 February 45 calls were purchased at almost the...
Tesla Is Headed for Its Worst Month Ever As Elon Musk Veers Into the Twitterverse
Tesla is headed for its worst month ever as Elon Musk focuses on Twitter and China continues pandemic lockdowns. The electric-vehicle giant is down 26 percent in November through Monday's close. The only other month with a similar decline, according to TradeStation...
Options Alert: Bearish Traders Could Be Sticking With Western Digital
Western Digital tried to bounce after a big drop, but the bears don't seem to be going away. Check out this unusual options activity in the maker of data-storage products: A block of 7,500 October 36 puts was sold for $2.05.A trader bought an equal number of October...