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Is Technology The Only Game in Town?
Only 1/4 of the S&P 500’s members are up this week.
Tech Pauses as Investors Rotate to Cyclicals: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. MACD cross days available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 forming inside bar after large bullish weekly candle VIX falls below February 2020 low Breadth potentially widens as...
Is the Fed Almost Done? Stocks Break Out On Hopes of a Soft Landing
Stocks jumped to a 13-month high as investors hoped the Federal Reserve is almost done hiking interest rates. The S&P 500 rallied above its peak from last August, gaining 2.6 percent between Friday, June 9, and Friday, June 16. The technology-heavy Nasdaq-100...
Potential Reversal Patterns After Fed’s Hawkish Pause: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. MACD cross days available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 Bearish outside day and doji candlestick Potentially overbought, according to Keltner Pullback custom indicator S&P 500 rose for 5...
Suddenly Lots of Stocks Are Hitting New Highs
More stocks are showing signs of a breakout as the Federal Reserve meets and the S&P 500 jumps above last summer's peak. Forty-three members of the S&P 500 made new 52-week highs on Tuesday, according to TradeStation data. It was the highest total since April...
Technical Analysis: Don’t Forget About Alphabet
Alphabet has been on the sidelines since a big rally in May. Is it time for traders to think about more upside? The first pattern on today’s chart is last August’s peak around $122.43. GOOGL chopped on either side of the level for three weeks but has mostly stayed...
Stocks Approach August Highs Amid Talk of a New Bull Market
Talk of a new bull market is buzzing on Wall Street with the Federal Reserve expected to stop raising interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent between Friday, June 2, and Friday, June 9. It was the fourth straight positive week, the index's longest winning...
Technology & Communication
Options Alert: Long-Term Position Stays Bullish on Chip Giant
Will Broadcom be the next company to achieve a $1 trillion valuation? One big options trader may think so. Check out this unusual activity yesterday in AVGO, which is up more than 50 percent so far this year: 7,000 December 200 calls were purchased for $5.40. 7,000...
These Were The Five Most Popular Stocks at TradeStation In February
Tesla spiked to new highs this month, and TradeStation clients were all over it. The electric-car maker remained the most active symbol on our platform in February. It's surged in popularity since October after CEO Elon Musk solved its manufacturing problems. The...
A Handful of Stocks Just Rose Despite Yesterday’s Carnage
The S&P 500 got hammered yesterday, but a handful of stocks shot higher on good news. Here are their stories. HP (HPQ) and Xerox (XRX) had the biggest gains in the index as their takeover battles continue. It all started in November when XRX offered to buy HPQ for...
These Are the Three Big Questions After Stocks Fell Last Week
Stocks sank into the red last week as investors balked at chasing highs -- especially with coronavirus still spreading in China. The S&P 500 slid 1.25 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, February 14, and Friday, February 21. Big technology...
Do You Know Which Tech Stocks Rallied The Most on Earnings This Week?
Earnings season keeps highlighting new growth stocks for technology investors. This week, solar energy came into its own. Enphase Energy (ENPH) spiked 42 percent on its results while SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) ripped more than 20 percent. Both companies' products...