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Bearish Option Strategy: Put Spread
Traders buy a put option near the money and sell another at a lower strike. This strategy can leverage a price drop with limited capital at risk. Learn more
Yuan and Yen Showing Risk as China Troubles Mount
Asian currencies are still flashing red signals as the situation in China worsens. The yuan hit a 10-year low against the U.S. dollar overnight before rebounding slightly. Meanwhile, the safe-haven Japanese yen continues to advance against other economically sensitive...
Bears Won’t Say Good-Bye to Energy Space: Options Recap
Someone's bracing for more bad news in one of the market's weakest sectors. Energy stocks, on average, have lost twice as much value as the broader S&P 500 over the last month. A combination of rising crude-oil inventories, bearish chart patterns and weakening...
Don’t Ignore This Currency as Fear Sweeps Market
The Japanese yen is gaining steam as fear sweeps the market. The currency has long been viewed as a safe haven because of Japan's huge trade surplus and low interest rates. Money traditionally flows away from the country when times are "good" and vice versa when times...
Stocks Cling to Gains After Volatility Shock
Stocks are trying to hold their ground after a brutal volatility shock earlier this month. The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1 percent between Friday, October 12, and Friday, October 19 -- its first gain in three weeks. The index is still down more than 5 percent since...
Cloud IPO Available to TradeStation Clients
A cloud-computing IPO could be coming your way, if you act fast. Software company SolarWinds (SWI) is going public this week, and we've just learned it will be available on our partner ClickIPO. As many clients know, ClickIPO provides direct access to initial public...
Tech Mixed, Industrials Slip: Earnings This Week
Third-quarter earnings season is off to a mixed start, with high-profile names doing little but industrials getting hammered. The most actively traded companies -- Netflix (NFLX), Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) -- beat estimates but have moved little....
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Chinese Stocks Are Crashing. Here’s Why It Could Be Good Luck for U.S. Investors
Most investors know that big Nasdaq stocks have struggled lately. They may be less aware of the carnage in Chinese markets. The iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) has dropped 8 percent so far in March. That puts it on pace for the worst month in the last year. It also...