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1995 All Over Again? How Today’s Market Compares With History
The past year has seen dramatic changes in investor expectations. We started worrying about inflation, survived a banking crisis and witnessed a tech boom in AI stocks. Another interest-rate panic followed in late summer, but it soon morphed into a surprising bullish...
Inverted Heads & Shoulders Appearing Across the Market
A potentially bullish reversal pattern is appearing across the market: inverted heads and shoulders. This chart formation involves two higher lows on either side of a lower low. It's the opposite of a bearish head and shoulders, and is sometimes viewed as a sign that...
FireEye Rallies from Lows, Just in Time for Cybersecurity Month
October is cybersecurity month, and a pioneering stock in the industry has come to life. FireEye (FEYE) has rallied 15 percent in the last two weeks and is having its best month in more than two years. A combination of takeover speculation, improved results and...
Stocks Break Three Week Losing Streak as Trade War Moves Toward Resolution
Stocks just broke a three-week losing streak as President Trump and China made progress to end a trade war between the world's two largest economies. The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent between Friday, October 4, and Friday, October 11. The index also held some important...
Massive Options Trade Looks for Bounce in Ailing Sector
Health-care stocks have been lagging all year, but yesterday an options trader looked for quick a bounce. Check out the huge call spread in the SPDR Health Care ETF (XLV): 100,000 25-October 91 calls were purchased for $0.42.100,000 25-October 92 calls were sold for...
Key Lessons From TradeStation’s Latest Options Training Session
Last weekend, TradeStation's education team hosted a knowledge-packed training event on options. It was a great opportunity for someone like me, a perennial stock trader, to learn more about calls and puts. In case you missed it, I took notes. Here are some of the key...
Yesterday’s Selloff Had Some Important Lessons For Traders
Stocks fell again yesterday, illustrating three important lessons for traders. The first lesson is that activity focuses on indexes and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) when the market crashes. For example, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) traded more than 6.1 million...
Technology & Communication
Tesla Faces a Make or Break Moment as Electric Vehicle Stocks Surge Back
Tesla's stock could be at critical juncture as investors rotate back to zero-emission stocks like electric cars and solar energy. The chart below shows how TSLA has made three higher lows in the last month. Meanwhile it's pushed against roughly $630, resulting in a...