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by TradeStation | Dec 4, 2025
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Chart of the Day: Nvidia and the Midcap Breakout
by David Russell | Mar 11, 2024
Megacap growth stocks like Nvidia have outperformed for years. But traders looking for the trend to change may see more evidence of a shift. Today’s idea considers three charts. The first shows how NVDA rallied 93 percent this year above its previous record high. It...
Stocks Churn Near Highs as Markets Look for June Rate Cut
by David Russell | Mar 11, 2024
Stocks keep making new highs as investors feel more confident about inflation and interest rates. The S&P 500 traded above 5150 for the first time, but inched lower to end last week down 0.3 percent. The Nasdaq-100 traded similarly, with chip stocks like Nvidia...
Range Potentially Forms as New Month Begins: Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Mar 7, 2024
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 Potential short-term range on S&P 500: 5057: 2/27 low 5127: 3/4 low of 5127 Potential "shooting star" on...
Chart of the Day: Royal Caribbean May Be Attempting a Breakout
by David Russell | Mar 5, 2024
Royal Caribbean Cruises has spent more than two months consolidating, but it may be getting ready to move again. The first pattern on today’s chart is the trendline along the closes of December 28 and January 31. RCL ended yesterday above it, which could make some...
Troubled Trio? Why These Megacaps Are Faltering in 2024
by David Russell | Mar 5, 2024
The stock market is off to a roaring start in 2024, but three former leaders might be left behind. Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) have dropped in recent weeks as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 rallied to new highs. They're now below chart levels that...
TradeStation Has Tools to Simplify Tax Reporting
by TradeStation | Mar 4, 2024
Disclosure: This post is for educational purposes only. None of the information should be considered tax, legal or investment-planning advice. Tax season is underway, and today's post will cover a few tools to make reporting easier for TradeStation customers. We'll...
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Tech: Smaller Names Break Out as the ‘Big 3’ Lag
by David Russell | Feb 4, 2025
Technology is the worst-performing sector this year. A lot of the weakness is at the top, but some smaller names are breaking out. Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT) are the three biggest technology stocks, accounting for more than 40 percent of the...
Chipmaker Industry Group Sees Another Strong Year in 2021
by David Russell | Dec 4, 2020
Semiconductors have been one of the strongest groups this year. Now a trade group sees more gains in 2021. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) yesterday said worldwide chip sales will increase 8.4 percent in 2021 from this year's estimated $433.1 billion...
Stunner! Alphabet Is Leading the Nasdaq
by David Russell | Dec 3, 2020
Most of the high profile "FANG" stocks haven't done much recently. That is, aside from Alphabet (GOOGL), which is leaving them all in the dust. Click here to view the related idea and chart analysis on TradingView.
This Mini Version of the Nasdaq Is Leaving QQQ in the Dust
by David Russell | Dec 3, 2020
Big cap technology stocks have struggled for months. But that's not true for their smaller cousins. The below compares the performance of the Invesco Nasdaq Next Gen ETF (QQQJ) with the Invesco QQQ (QQQ). QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, so it holds the 100 largest...
Nio, Tesla Made November ‘Electric Car Month’ at TradeStation
by David Russell | Dec 1, 2020
November was "electric car month" at TradeStation as investors piled into stocks like Nio, Tesla and Xpeng. The surge of activity on our platform followed a rising trend of "ESG" strategies, focused on "environmental, social and governance" priorities. So far, they've...





