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TradeStation HUB Makes Trading Smoother than Ever
TradeStation recently added key trading functionality to HUB, the starting point for customers on our site. This article will explain some important updates. HUB trading is a unified starting point for new and existing customers. The view is clean and simple, but with...
Quadruple Witching Dates for 2024: How Can They Impact Stock and Futures Trading?
What Is Quad Witching? Quadruple witching is an event in financial markets when four different sets of futures and options expire on the same day. Futures and options are derivatives, linked to underlying stock prices. When derivatives expire, traders must close...
Earnings Surprises, Strong Economy Push Stocks to Another Record High
Stocks keep hitting new highs as strong megacap earnings and an accelerating economy draw money from the sidelines. The S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent between Friday, January 26, and Friday, February 2. It was the index's fourth straight positive week, continuing its...
Stocks Dive From Overbought as Fed Downplays March: Market Trends
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 Index -1.6% yesterday, biggest drop since September 21. Potential levels: 4800 (weekly peaks in December,...
Is Good News Priced In For Now? January Ends On a Weak Note
Stocks rose for a third straight month in January, but some investors may worry most of the good news is priced in for now. The S&P 500 advanced 1.6 percent between December 29 and January 31. At one point it was up as much as 3.4 percent, but fell sharply to end...
Netflix Leads Market to New Highs Before Fed Meeting
The stock market set a new record last week, led by communication companies like Netflix, Comcast and Alphabet. The S&P 500 rose 1.1 percent between Friday, January 19, and Friday, January 26. It was the third straight positive week, bringing the index above 4900...
Will Stocks Pause Near Highs Before Fed? Market Trends This Week
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 rises five straight days to test 4900. Price above Keltner Channel and near top of drawn...
Technology & Communication
Is Big Tech Starting 2025 With Bullish Signals?
The Nasdaq-100 may be confirming a breakout as the New Year begins with more strength in AI. The tech-heavy index probed below 21,000 last week before reversing higher. That pullback included tests under its October high, December low and 50-day moving average....
Facebook and Alphabet Get Advertising Boost, Apple Has IPhone Angst: Earnings This Week
Earnings were pretty good for big technology companies like Apple. But are they good enough to overcome jitters about the pandemic and Presidential Election? We're finishing the busiest and most important week of earnings season. The five most-valuable U.S. companies...
Amazon Earnings Are Tonight, Along With Apple and Facebook
It's a huge day for the Nasdaq-100, with some of the biggest and most important stocks issuing results. Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet (GOOGL), three of the market's four companies worth at least $1 trillion, report earnings this afternoon. Facebook...
FANG Stocks Prepare Earnings as Market Holds Key Level
Stocks are holding key support as a major week of news begins. All four of the market's trillion dollar companies will report earnings: Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL). We'll also get the first reading on last quarter's gross...
Tesla Could Run out of Money, But Snap’s Breaking Out: Earnings This Week
Tesla just reported its "best quarter ever," but investors are afraid it might still run out of money. The electric-car maker earned $0.76 a share on a record $8.77 billion of revenue. Both numbers beat estimates and marked a fifth straight quarter of profitability....