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Cloud IPO Available to TradeStation Clients

Cloud IPO Available to TradeStation Clients

A cloud-computing IPO could be coming your way, if you act fast. Software company SolarWinds (SWI) is going public this week, and we've just learned it will be available on our partner ClickIPO. As many clients know, ClickIPO provides direct access to initial public...

Tech Mixed, Industrials Slip: Earnings This Week

Tech Mixed, Industrials Slip: Earnings This Week

Third-quarter earnings season is off to a mixed start, with high-profile names doing little but industrials getting hammered. The most actively traded companies -- Netflix (NFLX), Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) -- beat estimates but have moved little....

Traders Toking Profits as a Red-Hot Space Gets Smoked

Traders Toking Profits as a Red-Hot Space Gets Smoked

Buy the rumor, sell the news. The old adage is playing out today as weed goes legal in Canada. Cannabis stocks have been pretty much the hottest group in the entire market of late, with companies like Tilray (TLRY), New Age Beverages (NBEV) and India Globalization...

Last Earnings Season Was a Tough Act to Follow

Last Earnings Season Was a Tough Act to Follow

Last earnings season was a tough act to follow, but Corporate America is about to give it a try. Per-share profits climbed about 25 percent and revenue rose approximately 10 percent. Both of those gains were the best since the start of the decade. Early indications...

Track Dozens of Industries with TradeStation

Track Dozens of Industries with TradeStation

Everyone wants to stay on top of the market. Where are the buyers, and where are the sellers? How do I find areas of strength and weakness? What if I want to see broader groups instead of just individual stocks? This is yet another time that TradeStation's...

Mobile Market Alerts for Trading on the Go

Mobile Market Alerts for Trading on the Go

Are you itching to hit the golf course, lay out on the beach or join your friends for lunch – but worried you'll miss that next big market move? With TradeStation alerts, you can leave the fear of missing out behind! Today we'll talk about setting alerts in the mobile...

How Balance Sheets Tell Company Stories

How Balance Sheets Tell Company Stories

Can reading a balance sheet work like reading a good book? Forget what you might know about financial statements for a moment. Consider instead what a business, any business is really trying to do and never lose sight of it: make a profit. On any day of the week,...

Looking Back on 2008: Lessons from the Crash

Looking Back on 2008: Lessons from the Crash

Last week we marked the 10-year anniversary of the financial crisis. Today we'll look at some of the lessons traders can take from the event for their own use in the future. The first lesson is to recognize and respect price trends. The S&P 500, after all, made...

What Just Happened to Airlines?

What Just Happened to Airlines?

Delta Air Lines (DAL) got a mention on yesterday's Market Action segment, and today it's hitting turbulence. Sure, management announced that it carried a record 15.2 million passengers in September. It also set new high-water marks in July and August. While that's...

The Subprime Crash Started a Decade Ago

The Subprime Crash Started a Decade Ago

October 2008, a month that's lived in infamy for many investors, is now a decade in the rear-view mirror. A decade ago today, the S&P 500 slipped under 1100. It was the lowest close in almost four years and kicked off an historic slide that shook confidence in the...