Market Insights
Bringing you the trading news around the world.
Stories
Bullish Rumblings in the Crypto Space
Quietly amid this week's elections, cryptocurrencies have been on the rise. CME's bitcoin futures (@BTC) touched their highest level since mid-October yesterday and are now trying to push above their 50-day moving average. Other tokens including Ethereum (ETHUSD) and...
Volatility Evaporates as Election Drives Relief Rally
Stocks are enjoying a healthy rally today as the uncertainty of mid-term elections fades. With so much going on, let's just hit on a few key takeaways. First, health care is leading the rally after Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives for the first...
Support and Resistance at Play on Some Key Charts
Support and resistance may be at play on some key charts. In case you don't know, support and resistance are important price levels where buyers and sellers tend to be active. Traders often use them to decide when to enter or exit positions. One technique is to buy a...
Why Stocks Move: Investor Rotation
This post, originally published on September 19, is is part of a series about the catalysts for stock movements. Sign up for TradeStation's Master Class learning sessions next week for the complete course. Anyone who's been in the market for a while will...
Midterms and Markets: How Tomorrow’s Election Matters
How might the midterm elections ripple through financial markets? There are three possible outcomes in tomorrow's midterm elections: Republicans retain control of both houses of Congress. Democrats take the House but not the Senate. Democrats win big and seize control...
Stocks Whipsaw to Best Week Since March
It was a crazy ride, but stocks just finished their best week since March. The S&P 500 initially dropped, continuing a wave of bearishness from October. But it quickly reversed and chalked up a 2.4 percent gain for the period between Friday, October 26, and...
Oil, Airlines and Housing: Charts to Watch
Stocks have bounced sharply this week, but oil continues to slide. Crude oil futures (@CL) closed at their lowest level in more than four months yesterday. The move follows a post on Market Insights last month that highlighted growing inventories and weak price action...
IPOs Slow in October as Markets Swoon
The red-hot IPO market took a breather last month as the broader indexes tumbled lower. Some $4.8 billion of initial public offerings priced in October, according to ClickIPO. That was 11 percent less than September and a 23 percent decline from the same month a year...
Indexes Rule the Roost Amid Volatility Surge: October at TradeStation
Clients returned to exchange-traded funds in October as volatility shifted attention to the broader indexes. Five of the 10 most active symbols on TradeStation last month were ETFs. That's a big difference compared with tranquil September, when there was only one....
Bullish Rumblings in the Crypto Space
Quietly amid this week's elections, cryptocurrencies have been on the rise. CME's bitcoin futures (@BTC) touched their highest level since mid-October yesterday and are now trying to push above their 50-day moving average. Other tokens including Ethereum (ETHUSD) and...
Volatility Evaporates as Election Drives Relief Rally
Stocks are enjoying a healthy rally today as the uncertainty of mid-term elections fades. With so much going on, let's just hit on a few key takeaways. First, health care is leading the rally after Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives for the first...
Support and Resistance at Play on Some Key Charts
Support and resistance may be at play on some key charts. In case you don't know, support and resistance are important price levels where buyers and sellers tend to be active. Traders often use them to decide when to enter or exit positions. One technique is to buy a...
Why Stocks Move: Investor Rotation
This post, originally published on September 19, is is part of a series about the catalysts for stock movements. Sign up for TradeStation's Master Class learning sessions next week for the complete course. Anyone who's been in the market for a while will...
Midterms and Markets: How Tomorrow’s Election Matters
How might the midterm elections ripple through financial markets? There are three possible outcomes in tomorrow's midterm elections: Republicans retain control of both houses of Congress. Democrats take the House but not the Senate. Democrats win big and seize control...
Stocks Whipsaw to Best Week Since March
It was a crazy ride, but stocks just finished their best week since March. The S&P 500 initially dropped, continuing a wave of bearishness from October. But it quickly reversed and chalked up a 2.4 percent gain for the period between Friday, October 26, and...
Oil, Airlines and Housing: Charts to Watch
Stocks have bounced sharply this week, but oil continues to slide. Crude oil futures (@CL) closed at their lowest level in more than four months yesterday. The move follows a post on Market Insights last month that highlighted growing inventories and weak price action...
IPOs Slow in October as Markets Swoon
The red-hot IPO market took a breather last month as the broader indexes tumbled lower. Some $4.8 billion of initial public offerings priced in October, according to ClickIPO. That was 11 percent less than September and a 23 percent decline from the same month a year...
Indexes Rule the Roost Amid Volatility Surge: October at TradeStation
Clients returned to exchange-traded funds in October as volatility shifted attention to the broader indexes. Five of the 10 most active symbols on TradeStation last month were ETFs. That's a big difference compared with tranquil September, when there was only one....