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Measuring the Summer Calm With TradeStation’s Custom Functionality
Stocks have enjoyed a calm drift higher since the beginning of May. But just how smooth has the ride been? Today we'll answer that question using TradeStation's award-winning platform. One approach is to measure the amount of time since the S&P 500 last had a...
Big Fish ‘Hodling,’ Brazilian Interest, ETF In the Works? Why Bitcoin Jumped Today
Bitcoin flew back above $55,000 today on renewed hopes of the digital asset becoming a mainstream store of value. No single event triggered the move. But recent stories suggest the cryptocurrency is on its way to broader adoption. The first big news was last Friday....
The Pandemic Actually Helped This Travel Company. Can You Guess October’s Mystery Stock?
Few industries crashed harder than travel stocks during the pandemic. However one company benefited from the crisis as an unexpected set of catalysts drove its shares up more than 1,700 percent from the 2020 lows. The story of this month's mystery stock begins in 1946...
Nasdaq Stocks Are Teetering, Except For This One Key Company
The Nasdaq-100 is teetering, but one major index member is fighting the trend as business surges: electric-car giant Tesla. TSLA rose almost 1 percent yesterday, despite NDX sliding more than 2 percent. It managed to close at its highest price since February, even...
Chart of the Day: South American Energy Giant May Be Attempting a Breakout
Emerging markets have mostly struggled lately as the U.S. dollar climbed. That may have created an opportunity in Brazilian energy driller Petrobras. Unlike other oil giants like Exxon Mobil and Chevron, PBR has barely moved in the last month as crude oil jumped....
Tech Stocks Just Had Their Worst Week In 7 Months as Inflation Scares Haunt the Market
Technology stocks just had their worst week since February as rising inflation makes investors worry about higher interest rates. The SPDR Technology ETF (XLK) and Nasdaq-100 both declined more than 3 percent between Friday, September 24, and Friday, October 1. That...
Toast and Freshworks: Two New Disruptors Pull Back After Scorching IPOs
Initial public offerings (IPOs) have been going strong as a series of disruptive technology firms hit the market. Two prominent names have pulled back sharply following big rallies last week: Toast (TOST) and Freshworks (FRSH). TOST is a nine-year old provider of...
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Investors Return to Growth Stocks as a New Quarter Approaches
Investors just pivoted back to growth stocks as inflation worries fade and a new quarter approaches. The S&P 500 jumped 6.4 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, June 17, and Friday, June 20. More than 95 percent of the index's members advanced,...
Risk Appetite Sweeps Market as Powell Freezes Interest Rates
Optimism is spreading in the stock market as the Federal Reserve freezes interest rates. Companies that benefit from stronger global growth rose yesterday after the central bank kept interest rates unchanged. Those include semiconductors, emerging markets, materials...
Roku and Tesla Dominate Activity: November at TradeStation
A pair of heavily traded technology stocks dominated activity at TradeStation this month amid a flurry of news. Streaming-video stock Roku (ROKU) was the busiest symbol across our accounts, eclipsing even the market-tracking SPDR S&P 500 fund (SPY) and Apple...
Call Buyers Target a Pair of Obscure Technology Stocks After Quarterly Results
Options traders seem to think two obscure technology stocks are poised for rallies. They first targeted Pinduoduo (PDD), amassing about 15,000 December 39 calls in the Chinese e-commerce firm. Most of the blocks crossed the tape for $0.60 to $0.80. Bottomline...
FANG Gets Disrupted as the Dow Strikes Back
Two major "FANG" stocks are getting disrupted as members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average take business back into their own hands. First, Nike (NKE) announced it will stop selling merchandise on Amazon.com (AMZN). Second, Walt Disney's (DIS) new Disney+ service got...