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Chart of the Day: Gold is Pushing $2,000
Gold has consolidated for more than two years, and now it may be inching toward a breakout. The first pattern on today’s weekly chart is the rally in October between roughly $1,812 and $2,000. That move broke a falling trendline from the summer when bond yields were...
Trading the Volatility Crush after a Quarterly Earnings: Options in Focus
Disclaimer: This post is intended for education purposes only and should not be interpreted as a recommendation. Trading options may not be suitable for all investors. Options are all about movement and time. The more movement, the more expensive the options. The more...
Bulls Target Steel Giant with Leveraged Trade: Options Recap
One big investor is apparently feeling bullish as the world's top steelmaker moves higher. ArcelorMittal (MT) had its busiest session in over a year on Wednesday. Here's a breakdown of the large, leveraged strategy that accounted for more of the activity: A block of...
Bulls Target Steel Giant with Leveraged Trade: Options Recap
One big investor is apparently feeling bullish as the world's top steelmaker moves higher. ArcelorMittal (MT) had its busiest session in over a year on Wednesday. Here's a breakdown of the large, leveraged strategy that accounted for more of the activity: A block of...
Oil Holds Its Ground Despite Bearish News
Something weird is happening in crude oil: It's not going down on bad news. Last night the American Petroleum Institute reported energy stockpiles rose by 629,000 barrels, versus an estimated drop of 3 million barrels. Numbers from the Energy Department were even...
Another Strong Day in Housing
Last week we highlighted a rare green shoot in housing. Today it might have sprouted a little higher. Homebuilders, believe it or not, are the best-performing industry among dozens available on TradeStation's ever-useful RadarScreen comparison tool. Click here for a...
Monster Options Volume in New Media Darling
Love it? Hate it? Trade it! That's the story today in Netflix (NFLX). The new-media darling cratered this morning on news of weak subscriber growth, before clawing back most of its losses. Analysts were all over the map in response, with some cutting estimates and...
Technology & Communication
Forget About Bitcoin and Tesla. This Forgotten Corner of Technology Is Crushing Both
3-D printing stocks are flying as investors see huge growth for a revolutionary new segment of the technology space. 3D Systems (DDD), Stratasys (SSYS), ExOne (XONE) and Voxeljet (VJET) have more than doubled so far this year. The gains broke years of sideways...