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Platform Tools for Market Internals and Breadth

Platform Tools for Market Internals and Breadth

TradeStation’s platform is famous for letting customers build their own tools. It also provides a series of calculated indexes for advanced technical analysis. Today's article will cover some of these indicators, which may be especially useful for assessing market...

Semiconductors Defy Rate-Hike Fears: Market Trends This Week

Semiconductors Defy Rate-Hike Fears: Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here and here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tries to stabilize above trendlinesPrices neither overbought nor oversold. Volatility remains historically low.Calm before a bearish storm?Downward...

Cyclicals Take the Lead as China Reopens: Market Trends This Week

Cyclicals Take the Lead as China Reopens: Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here. New additions: MT Price Channels (workspace)DISTANCE FROM MA (indicator)MA STREAK (indicator) Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tries to holds 200-day MA and Jan. 25 lowLower highs create potential...

S&P 500 Pulls Back to the 50-day MA: Market Trends This Week

S&P 500 Pulls Back to the 50-day MA: Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here and here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 pulls back to 50-day MA.Prices have retraced half their move off December lows.S&P 500 holding bottom of Keltner Channel.Potential for...

What Are the Top Contracts for Futures Traders?

What Are the Top Contracts for Futures Traders?

(This post was updated March 20, 2023.) Futures are derivatives that track products like the S&P 500, crude oil, Treasury bonds and gold. Traders use futures to position for rallies and drops, with the ability to place orders most times of the day. These extended...

S&P Holds December High as Volatility Fades: Market Trends This Week

S&P Holds December High as Volatility Fades: Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here and here. Register for Market Trends here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 tests and holds December high of 4,101.38.2% retracement of YTD moveTests and holds middle of price channel, potential signal for bull flag breakoutS&P...

Looking for Support and Resistance? Price Channels Might Help

Looking for Support and Resistance? Price Channels Might Help

Traders often use support and resistance to get an edge in the stock market. However levels can change as prices move, so today we'll consider a tool that automatically adjusts as trends evolve: price channels. TradeStation's Price Channel indicator tracks recent...

Stocks Overbought as Traders Wait for Inflation? Market Trends This Week

Stocks Overbought as Traders Wait for Inflation? Market Trends This Week

Downloads available here and here. Sizing Up the S&P 500 S&P 500 is challenging mid-September high and March lows around 4120.10-day moving average rising for 23 candles, the longest streak since August.Fewer index members above 20-day MA than above 50-day MA....