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Will Inflation Hit 0% Again in November? Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. TradeStation’s ideas on TradingView are available here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 challenges trendline along yearly peaks. Index on pace for monthly gain of about 9% Retail money market funds have $1.686...
Pharma Bulls Chase Blue-chip Breakout: Options Recap
A blue-chip drug giant beat estimates this week, and the bulls are chasing in the options market. As we mentioned on Monday's Market Action, maker Pfizer (PFE) was expected to announce positive earnings of about $0.74 per share on Tuesday morning. They crushed that...
Sentiment May Be Shifting in Oil Before Iran Sanctions
For months, the story in crude oil has been bullish. But some recent developments may show sentiment is turning. First, look at inventories. The government says they rose by 3.8 million barrels last week, while forecasters had anticipated a decline of about 2.4...
How Time Was Money on Tech Earnings: Winning Trade in Apple
Earlier this week, we outlined a potential options trade on Apple (AAPL) before earnings. That strategy hit maximum profit this morning after strong results sent the tech giant to a new all-time high. Let's take a look with TradeStation's OptionStation Pro. The green...
Riding a megabank on the cheap: Options recap
One big investor is riding a megabank on the cheap, thanks to the leveraging power of options. Bank of America (BAC) has been on the move since late 2016. A large call roll yesterday seemed to show that a money manager is using options as a surrogate for owning...
Big Tech De-fangs the SPY: July at TradeStation
FANG ruled the roost in this month as volatility swept the Nasdaq. The two busiest stocks for TradeStation clients in July were members of the high-tech quartet: Facebook (FB) and Netflix (NFLX). Both crashed from record highs after mediocre quarterly reports raised...
Bears Target Consumer Heavyweight: Options Recap
Bears were moving in for the kill as a giant consumer staples firm prepared earnings. Procter & Gamble (PG), after all, has had anything but a strong track record. The parent of brands like Gillette, Pampers and Tide dropped fell after its last three quarterly...
Technology & Communication
Twitter Steals the Show This Week on Signs of Advertising Breakthroughs
Twitter is having its best week in six years as its advertising business finally starts to gain traction. Twitter (TWTR) is up 27 percent since Friday, February 5. That makes it the best-performing member of the S&P 500 for the period. It's also the biggest weekly...