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What You Need to Know as Money Rotates Back to Value Stocks

What You Need to Know as Money Rotates Back to Value Stocks

A potentially big change tried to continue in the market yesterday. Two weeks ago, a new kind of stocks began to rally: banks, industrials, retailers and small caps. Meanwhile previous outperformers including technology, gold miners and real-estate investment trusts...

Newsflash: This Is Not a Normal Market

Newsflash: This Is Not a Normal Market

In case you didn't notice, the current situation in the stock market isn't normal. Investors seldom face the kind of uncertainty now surrounding a potential trade agreement with China. Sure, many of us remember the dotcom meltdown or the financial crisis. But those...

What Options Traders Need to Know About ‘Greeks’ Like Delta and Gamma

What Options Traders Need to Know About ‘Greeks’ Like Delta and Gamma

Options are definitely more complicated than stocks. Their prices don't just go up and down. They also fluctuate based on things like time, implied volatility and underlying stock movements. You may need a system to keep all the moving pieces straight. Options Greeks...

Call Buyers Look for a Heavily Traded Chip Stock to Start Running

Call Buyers Look for a Heavily Traded Chip Stock to Start Running

Some options traders seem to think one of the market's most active stocks is ready for a rally. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has barely moved for the last month, but a surge of volume yesterday looked for a rally by the end of this week. Traders amassed more than...

Stocks Halt on the Verge of Breakout as China Waiting Game Begins

Stocks Halt on the Verge of Breakout as China Waiting Game Begins

Stocks halted on the verge of a breakout last week as investors wait for more news about a potential trade deal with China. The S&P 500 fell 0.5 percent between Friday, September 13, and Friday, September 20. It was the first negative week in the last four and...

Monex Crypto Market Weekly: September 20

Monex Crypto Market Weekly: September 20

This post is a translation of the weekly cryptocurrency analysis by Crypto Lab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group (Tokyo, Japan). Monex is the parent of TradeStation Group.  Summary Bitcoin (BTC) slipped under $10,000 as investors shifted funds...

Essential Options Knowledge: Time, Volatility and Different Kinds of Value

Essential Options Knowledge: Time, Volatility and Different Kinds of Value

Options confuse a lot of investors because several factors impact their value. Unlike stocks, they don't just go up and down based on supply and demand. This post will explain three of the most important concepts you need to get started: time, volatility and intrinsic...

Will Jerome Powell Signal an October Cut? All Eyes on the Fed

Will Jerome Powell Signal an October Cut? All Eyes on the Fed

The Federal Reserve's expected to cut interest rates today, but next month's the real question. Will the central bank follow with a second rate cut on October 30? If you asked CME's FedWatch tool in mid-August, odds were at least two-thirds in favor. But they've...

Massive Activity Across the Energy Space Following Drone Attacks

Massive Activity Across the Energy Space Following Drone Attacks

Trading volumes surged across the energy space yesterday after a drone attack clobbered the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry. Crude oil futures (@CL) traded more than 1.3 million contracts, the busiest session in at least a decade. Several other securities...