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Averaging is one of the most basic things we all do with math. It smooths out big sets of numbers and helps us grasp bigger patterns. Technical analysts use the same approach with the stock market, often finding opportunities to buy and sell in the process. Moving...
A potentially bullish reversal pattern is appearing across the market: inverted heads and shoulders. This chart formation involves two higher lows on either side of a lower low. It's the opposite of a bearish head and shoulders, and is sometimes viewed as a sign that...
Charles Dow Founded The Wall Street Journal Charles Dow was a late-19th century newspaper reporter in New York with a passion for the stock market. He and his partner, Edward Jones, delivered a concise and straightforward coverage of the market. At a time when most...
Stocks fell again yesterday, illustrating three important lessons for traders. The first lesson is that activity focuses on indexes and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) when the market crashes. For example, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) traded more than 6.1 million...
Individuals beginning in the stock market soon encounter the world of technical analysis. Terms like "support," "resistance" and "trends" are all over the news and Internet. You could spend a lifetime reading them and still be confused, so in this series we'll get you...
Traders just got a lot more freedom with their accounts, thanks to a new integration with TradingView. Starting this month, TradeStation clients can place orders on TradingView.com. The new service makes it easier to trade stocks and futures from anywhere. It also...
Bearish technicals and fundamentals could spell more downside for oil. That's the view from John Hoagland at TopstepTrader. Crude-oil futures (@CL) may extend their recent slide to about $45.50, according to his analysis of recent price action. It closed around $51...
Two general rules dominated futures markets on Tuesday, according to John Hoagland at TopstepTrader. When a contract opens "in value" from the previous session, traders should consider waiting for it to test the outside of its recent range. This applied to Nymex WTI...
Now that the market has pulled back, investors may be looking for entries into stocks that where rallying before the volatility hit. This post will consider some potential names, using TradeStation's powerful scanning tools and information from Market Insights....
April began with a "golden cross" in the S&P 500. Early May could see a similar pattern in the Russell 2000. In case you don't know, a golden cross is when a chart's 50-day moving average rises above its 200-day MA. It's often viewed as a sign that momentum is...