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Gloom Dominates as Earnings Arrive: 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 probes late-May levels following bearish outside week. Prices under 200-day MA for first time since March. 100-day MA turns negative...
The Fed, Apple, Facebook and GDP: Today’s a Super Busy Day
Today's one of the biggest sessions of the year, with a Federal Reserve meeting and major technology earnings. Just to get started, here's a blow-by-blow sequence of what traders can expect on Wednesday, October 30. All times eastern standard: In the premarket: 7 a.m....
Options Trader Looking for Happy New Year With Fast Moving Energy Stock
Someone's looking for Marathon Petroleum to keep running into the New Year. Options volume spiked to triple the monthly average in the oil refiner yesterday as a trader rolled a bullish position: About 32,000 January 70 calls were sold for $3.72.A matching number of...
Are the Bulls in Charge as the S&P 500 Closes at a New Record High?
The S&P 500 just closed at a new record high, but is this breakout for real? Let's consider the bigger picture. First, chart watchers may notice that the index has formed an "ascending triangle." That's when its top is mostly flat for a period of time, during...
Relative Strength: Follow the Leader
There are thousands of stocks in the market, and dozens -- if not hundreds -- of industries. You can study them everyday in search of trades, and still miss plenty. That's why many traders use relative strength to focus on potential opportunities. Relative Strength...
Monex Crypto Market Weekly: October 25
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) dropped on the week amid ongoing criticism of Facebook's...
Tesla Takes Off as Other Major Technology Names Drift: Earnings This Week
Some big technology stocks have reported earnings in the last week, but investors mostly shrugged so far. The big gainer is Tesla (TSLA), which ripped 17 percent after showing a big turnaround in profitability. The improvement in its margins and cash flow give the...
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FANG Stocks Prepare Earnings as Market Holds Key Level
Stocks are holding key support as a major week of news begins. All four of the market's trillion dollar companies will report earnings: Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL). We'll also get the first reading on last quarter's gross...