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Suddenly Lots of Stocks Are Hitting New Highs
More stocks are showing signs of a breakout as the Federal Reserve meets and the S&P 500 jumps above last summer's peak. Forty-three members of the S&P 500 made new 52-week highs on Tuesday, according to TradeStation data. It was the highest total since April...
Technical Analysis: Don’t Forget About Alphabet
Alphabet has been on the sidelines since a big rally in May. Is it time for traders to think about more upside? The first pattern on today’s chart is last August’s peak around $122.43. GOOGL chopped on either side of the level for three weeks but has mostly stayed...
Stocks Approach August Highs Amid Talk of a New Bull Market
Talk of a new bull market is buzzing on Wall Street with the Federal Reserve expected to stop raising interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent between Friday, June 2, and Friday, June 9. It was the fourth straight positive week, the index's longest winning...
Buyers Rotate to Cyclicals as Tech Cools Before Fed: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. MACD cross days available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 VIX nears February 2020 low Advance/Decline Line rises as breadth catches up S&P 500 potentially overbought above Keltner Channel CME...
Chart of the Day: Carnival Pushes a Key Level
Carnival has been stuck in the doldrums since last summer, but now some traders may think it’s ready to cruise higher. The first pattern on today’s chart is Friday’s last price of $12.18. While the level was slightly below February’s peak, it was the highest weekly...
Are Buyers Pivoting Away From Tech as Stocks Break Out?
Investors may be pivoting to old-economy stocks as a new month begins and the market continues higher. The S&P 500 rose 1.8 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, May 26, and Friday, June 2. The broad index outperformed the technology-heavy...
Semiconductors Led Tech Higher in May as Earnings Beat and Inflation Slowed
Stocks rose for a third month in May, fueled by an explosive rally in chipmakers and artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 briefly dipped below its April low but quickly rebounded to end the month up 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq-100 surged 8 percent, its third monthly...
Stocks Fight Higher as Nvidia Drives Artificial Intelligence Rally on the Nasdaq
Stocks keep rising as artificial intelligence revives interest in technology and growth stocks. Last week's big mover was AI leader Nvidia. The semiconductor giant jumped 25 percent after forecasting revenue far above consensus estimates. It closed at a record high...
Positives Build Amid Debt Ceiling Wait: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 holds middle of 4050-4187 range Debt ceiling may increasingly overshadow technicals into June 1 Potential support at 50-day MA at 4090 20 level on VIX is...
Suddenly Lots of Stocks Are Hitting New Highs
More stocks are showing signs of a breakout as the Federal Reserve meets and the S&P 500 jumps above last summer's peak. Forty-three members of the S&P 500 made new 52-week highs on Tuesday, according to TradeStation data. It was the highest total since April...
Technical Analysis: Don’t Forget About Alphabet
Alphabet has been on the sidelines since a big rally in May. Is it time for traders to think about more upside? The first pattern on today’s chart is last August’s peak around $122.43. GOOGL chopped on either side of the level for three weeks but has mostly stayed...
Stocks Approach August Highs Amid Talk of a New Bull Market
Talk of a new bull market is buzzing on Wall Street with the Federal Reserve expected to stop raising interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent between Friday, June 2, and Friday, June 9. It was the fourth straight positive week, the index's longest winning...
Buyers Rotate to Cyclicals as Tech Cools Before Fed: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. MACD cross days available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 VIX nears February 2020 low Advance/Decline Line rises as breadth catches up S&P 500 potentially overbought above Keltner Channel CME...
Chart of the Day: Carnival Pushes a Key Level
Carnival has been stuck in the doldrums since last summer, but now some traders may think it’s ready to cruise higher. The first pattern on today’s chart is Friday’s last price of $12.18. While the level was slightly below February’s peak, it was the highest weekly...
Are Buyers Pivoting Away From Tech as Stocks Break Out?
Investors may be pivoting to old-economy stocks as a new month begins and the market continues higher. The S&P 500 rose 1.8 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, May 26, and Friday, June 2. The broad index outperformed the technology-heavy...
Semiconductors Led Tech Higher in May as Earnings Beat and Inflation Slowed
Stocks rose for a third month in May, fueled by an explosive rally in chipmakers and artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 briefly dipped below its April low but quickly rebounded to end the month up 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq-100 surged 8 percent, its third monthly...
Stocks Fight Higher as Nvidia Drives Artificial Intelligence Rally on the Nasdaq
Stocks keep rising as artificial intelligence revives interest in technology and growth stocks. Last week's big mover was AI leader Nvidia. The semiconductor giant jumped 25 percent after forecasting revenue far above consensus estimates. It closed at a record high...
Positives Build Amid Debt Ceiling Wait: Market Trends This Week
Downloads are available here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 holds middle of 4050-4187 range Debt ceiling may increasingly overshadow technicals into June 1 Potential support at 50-day MA at 4090 20 level on VIX is...
Investors Survive a Turbulent October, Shifting to New Stocks as Interest Rates Climb
Stocks held their ground during a turbulent October as investors focused on new areas that could lead in the market's next cycle. The S&P 500 rose 8 percent, advancing for the first time in three months. The move came after a higher-than-expected inflation report...
Stocks Keep Climbing Before the Fed: Will Jerome Powell Finally Slow Down?
Will Jerome Powell finally hit the brakes? Stocks could be moving like the Federal Reserve is near the end of its rate-hiking cycle. The S&P 500 rose 4 percent between Friday, October 21, and Friday, October 28. It was the second weekly gain of at least 4 percent,...
Stocks Try to Bounce Before a Huge Week of Earnings
Stocks are trying to bounce as investors await key earnings and hope for slower rate hikes. The S&P 500 rose 4.7 percent between Friday, October 14, and Friday, October 21. It was the biggest weekly gain since June, with every major sector advancing. More than...
Chart of the Day: Is Walmart Squeezing Toward a Breakout?
Walmart has squeezed into a tight range after a big drop in the spring. Now some traders may be looking for a potential breakout. The main pattern on today’s chart is the falling trendline along the highs of April, August and September. WMT remained consistently below...
Stocks Keep Sliding as Inflation Spreads and Earnings Fail to Impress
Stocks keep falling as inflation remains high and earnings disappoint. The S&P 500 fell 1.6 percent between Friday, October 7, and Friday, October 14. It was the fourth negative week in the last five as the index flirts with its lowest levels since late 2020....
Stocks Cling to Support, Bracing for Another Inflation Report and Earnings
Stocks are trying to hold a key level as investors brace for more inflation news and a potentially bearish earnings season. The S&P 500 rose 1.5 percent between Friday, September 30, and Friday, October 7. It was the first positive week in the last four, although...
Energy Stocks Just Got a Triple Dose of Bullish News
After months of relative quiet, energy stocks are back in focus with a triple dose of bullish news. The sector began the week rallying on reports that OPEC+ would lower output by 1 million barrels per day. The cartel then did the unexpected by cutting 2 million...
Chart of the Day: Will T-Mobile Follow Other Telecoms Lower?
Telecom stocks have mostly fallen in recent months. One exception has been T-Mobile US. Could it soon follow its peers lower? The first pattern on today's chart is TMUS's break below its 100-day moving average in late September. Price bounced there several times this...
Historic Turmoil Slams Credit Suisse. Here Are the Key Facts
Credit Suisse has taken a wild ride as investors worry about the iconic European lender. The Zurich-based investment bank's U.S.-listed shares began the week by knifing to a record low of $3.71, 75 percent below their February high. They quickly reversed and rallied...
New Technology Places Options in Your Hands Like Never Before
The world of trading is always evolving, especially when it comes to options. Do you know about some of the big innovations recently introduced by TradeStation? One breakthrough has been the introduction of new data points for clients on both the mobile and desktop...
Videogame Bulls Fight for Key Level: Options Recap
Videogame stocks are still hurting from last year's selloff in tech. But now options traders are defending a key level in major stock. We're talking about Activision Blizzard (ATVI), which makes titles like Call of Duty, Candy Crush and Overwatch. The stock briefly...
An Options Trader Is on a Roll in this Casino Stock
An options trader seems to be on a roll as a casino stock pushes higher. MGM Resorts (MGM) has bounced more than 15 percent from its low at the start of last week. Today it looks like an investor rolled a covered-call position as he or she looks to squeeze income from...
Record Options Volume in New Tech Stock Before Earnings
Someone's looking for a strong earnings report from a new technology stock. Docusign (DOCU), a provider of online contracts and e-signatures, went public in April 2018. Earnings beat estimates the first three times it reported. And, yesterday a large options trader...
Options Trader Sees Opportunity in China Crisis: Volatility Spotlight
Semiconductors are having their worst month this decade, but one big options trader is calling a bottom in a key name. Xilinx (XLNX) has been one of the industry's top performers in the last year as investors looked for a boost from 5G networks. That same positive...
Bears Linger in Debt Laden Steelmaker: Options Recap
Steelmakers keep struggling, and now bears are looking for one of the weakest names to drop. AK Steel (AKS) has lost more than half its value in the last year, making it one of worst-performing names in one of the worst-performing industries. Its debt load exceeds...
Why a Ton of Puts May Not Be Bearish in This Sector: Options Recap
Put volume is usually bearish, but that might not be the case with a huge trade yesterday. More than 177,000 puts traded in the SPDR S&P Regional Bank ETF (KRE) on Monday. That was about 65 times more than the volume in calls. Puts fix the price where a stock can...
Know Your Options: What Earnings Mean for Volatility
One of the most predictable trends in the market is that implied volatility rises before big events. But do you know what this means and how to trade it? Here are the basics. Options price in the likelihood of a stock moving, either higher or lower. They get more...
Options Strategy Fears Bounce Is Over For This Ailing Blue Chip
Is the bounce over for a once-might industrial stock? One big options trader is treading cautiously before quarterly results. General Electric (GE) took a beating in 2017 and 2018. It rebounded sharply this year, at one point rising 76 percent from its lowest price....
Bulls Ran Wild Last Week After Fed Backed Down
Stocks Just had their best week in seven years as the Federal Reserve turned dovish. The S&P 500 surged 4.9 percent between Friday, November 23, and Friday, November 30 -- its biggest weekly gain since December 2011. More than nine-tenths of its members advanced,...
Guess What Index Just Had a Great Week
Transportation stocks just had their best week in a year. The Dow Jones Transportation Average ($DJT) advanced 4.35 percent since the close on Friday, November 23. Big names like Union Pacific (UNP), Delta Air Lines (DAL) and United Parcel Service (UPS) were among the...
Is the Nightmare Over? Options Trader Sees Huge Rebound
October was a painful month, but now a big options trader is looking for the entire selloff to reverse. Here's a breakdown of the massive call volume detected yesterday morning in the market-tracking SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY): A block of 75,000 December 288 calls was...
This Forgotten Industry Is Quietly Shining
Remember solar stocks? They're quietly screaming higher. PowerShares Solar Energy exchange-traded fund (TAN) is up 14 percent since the end of October. That outpaces every other major portfolio on our Market Action dashboard and puts the industry on pace for its best...
S&P Battles to Defend Key Level
The S&P 500 is trying to defend a key level, battling off waves of bearish headlines. 2700 has been important several times this year. It was resistance in mid-April and support in late June. The index bounced slightly above it on October 12, and last week's sharp...
The Real Winner of Midterms May Be This Sector
Less than a week after the mid-term elections, health-care stocks have emerged as winners. Health care was a top issue ahead of the election, with voters demanding a response to drug prices and the cost of care. Maybe that's why stocks in the sector had their best day...
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...
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...
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...