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AI Hammered as Value Stocks Break Out
by David Russell | Dec 15, 2025
AI stocks are falling as negative headlines mount, but financials and industrials hit new highs.
Memory Tricks for Options Greeks Like Delta, Gamma and Vega
by David Russell | Sep 21, 2025
Options are complex instruments that can swing sharply in value. Traders may find the moves confusing, so this article will help explain key "Greeks" -- some of the most important factors impacting the price of options. Greeks are Greek letters used in complicated...
TradeStation Has Powerful Tools for Earnings Season
by David Russell | Sep 21, 2025
Quarterly earnings can be major events in the stock market, giving key information about companies and providing trading opportunities. This article will highlight some ways TradeStation can help customers before and after these reports. Planning for Earnings Knowing...
Bullish, Neutral, Even Bearish: 3 Ways Options Traders Can Use Covered Calls
by David Russell | Sep 21, 2025
Covered calls are one of the most common strategies for options traders. While many investors have heard of them, they may not realize that covered calls are highly versatile. This article will cover how the method can be bullish, neutral and even bearish. First,...
Bullish and Bearish: Key Points About Vertical Option Spreads
by David Russell | Sep 21, 2025
Vertical spreads are one of the most common strategies in the options market because they can generate leverage with limited risk. This article will consider key points about bullish and bearish spreads. Vertical spreads involve two "legs" on the same underlier to...
Why Do Stocks Move? Learn 7 Catalysts That Drive Price Action in the Market
by David Russell | Sep 21, 2025
The stock market includes thousands of companies in scores of industries and groupings. While they may go up and down for any reason any day, there are underlying patterns behind price movement. This article considers seven basic catalysts for stock movement. These go...
RadarScreen Is One of TradeStation’s Powerful Tools. Get Started With This Lesson
by David Russell | Sep 21, 2025
RadarScreen™ is one of TradeStation's most powerful tools. If you're new to our platform here are some basics to get you started with this versatile application. What Does RadarScreen Do? First, what does it do? RadarScreen is a customizable grid that can track and...
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Technology & Communication
Data Center Boom Drives Narrow Stock Market Rally
by David Russell | Nov 3, 2025
Stocks keep rising, although most of the gains are coming from a narrow group associated with AI and data-center investment.
Earnings From Big Tech Stocks Begin This Week
by David Russell | Apr 23, 2025
(Access the webinar slides.) First-quarter earnings season has begun with stocks facing unprecedented uncertainty because of tariffs. Major financials reported first, and attention will soon turn to large growth companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Meta...
Chart of the Day: CrowdStrike Is in a Small Club
by David Russell | Apr 11, 2025
The broader market has been tumbling for months, but CrowdStrike has stood its ground. The first pattern on today’s chart is the March 10 low of $303.79. While the Nasdaq-100 has revisited levels from over a year ago, CRWD has held lows from a month prior. Support at...
Options Alert: Record Volume in Tech Stock
by David Russell | Apr 8, 2025
Teradyne has been plunging for almost a year, and yesterday it had record options volume. A single large transaction accounted for most of the activity in the company, which supplies testing equipment for semiconductors and robotics: Some 29,383 June 70 puts traded...
Tariff Stunner Puts Stock Buyers on Strike
by David Russell | Apr 7, 2025
Wall Street is on recession watch amid “Armageddon” and “stagflationary purgatory.”





