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Options Alert: Call Buyers May Be Sticking with Intel
by David Russell | Jan 15, 2026
Intel has been running since the end of summer, and some options traders could be looking for more upside.
Stocks Have Had a Healthy Pullback. Will Buyers Step In?
by David Russell | Apr 15, 2024
Stocks have had their biggest pullback since the current rally began. Will buyers step in? The S&P 500 fell 1.6 percent between Friday, April 5, and Friday, April 12. It was the biggest weekly drop since October. The index also touched its 50-day moving average...
Are Rate Cuts Out the Window? Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Apr 11, 2024
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 in midst of first negative month since October Prices break trendline, rising 21-day exponential...
Stocks Pull Back Before Inflation Data and Earnings Season
by David Russell | Apr 8, 2024
Stocks began the second quarter with a pullback as investors worried about higher interest rates and geopolitical risk. The S&P 500 fell almost 1 percent between Thursday, March 28, and Friday, April 5. (Markets were closed on March 29.) It was the biggest weekly...
Bulls Pivot from Rate Cuts to Economic Growth: Market Trends This Week
by David Russell | Apr 4, 2024
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 holds 50% of March 15-22 weekly move, March 8 high Trio of key patterns remain: Holds rising...
Stocks Make a 3rd Monthly Record as Buyers Rotate Away from Growth
by David Russell | Apr 1, 2024
Stocks hit a new record for the third straight month in March, but there was significant rotation away from growth names and technology The S&P 500 rose 3.1 percent, outpacing the Nasdaq-100 by 1.9 percentage points. It was the biggest underperformance in the...
Chart of the Day: Palantir Stabilizes Above Old Highs
by David Russell | Mar 26, 2024
Palantir Technologies has advanced as investors embrace AI and non-government customers embrace its products. Is its current pullback offering an opportunity? The first pattern on today’s chart is the pair of rallies after the last two quarterly reports. Those may...
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Chart of the Day: Apple May Have Peaked
by David Russell | Apr 2, 2025
Apple has tried to bounce recently, but some traders may think the tech giant has peaked. The first pattern on today’s chart is the February low of $225.70. AAPL broke under the level on March 11 and has stayed there since. That may suggest old support is new ... For...
Airbnb, DoorDash IPOs Upsized: Investors Cannot Get Enough of New Technology Stocks
by David Russell | Dec 8, 2020
Airbnb and DoorDash both increased the size of their initial public offerings this week as investors continue to pour money into new-economy technology stocks. ABNB and DASH are looking to raise $6.2 billion -- more than double the total for the entire month last...
Market Pulse: QQQ Is Making a Comeback as Tesla Keeps Flying
by David Russell | Dec 8, 2020
The Nasdaq-100 tracking QQQ has lagged since September, along with FANG stocks. But recent price action may suggest they're coming back to life. The Nasdaq was the only major index to rise yesterday. (The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and Russell 2000 all fell.)...
Tesla Keeps Getting More Respect as Elon Musk’s Vision Goes Mainstream
by David Russell | Dec 4, 2020
Tesla closed at a new all-time high yesterday as Elon Musk's electric-car maker keeps getting more respect. An upgrade by Goldman Sachs was the latest catalyst for the stock, already up 609 percent this year. Analyst Mark Delaney based his call on macro and micro...
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...




