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Stocks Challenge Highs as Bulls Wait for Debt Ceiling Progress
Stocks are challenging their highs for the year as investors wait for Congress to raise the national debt limit. The S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent between Friday, May 12, and Friday, May 19. It was the biggest gain in the last seven weeks as the index reached its...
This Week’s Market Action
Did you miss this week's Market Action webinar with David Russell and Don Pratl? Market Action is fast-paced, all-encompassing breakdown of big trades, sectors, trends, equities, derivatives and events. It's presented at 4:30 p.m. ET every Monday by TradeStation’s Don...
How to Manage Risk in a Teetering Giant: Options Recap
Disclosure: This post is intended for educational purposes only. Options may not be suitable for all investors. What happens if you want to own a stock but are worried about short-term volatility? Use options -- that seemed to be the answer from a big investor...
Don’s Notebook August 7, 2018
Trade Notes: The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Iran at midnight after President Trump signed an executive order which will stop the purchase of dollar banknotes, while also targeting the country’s auto industry and banning the import of Persian rugs and pistachio nuts...
Market Action Summary: 8/6/18
Click here to register for the webinar. S&P 500 overview: Fills January gap, holds key 2800 level August 2 outside day was key session for chart watchers Quiet calendar favors drift higher, but is a breakout possible in late August? Bonds and the Fed: Treasury...
Vix under Siege as S&P 500 Fills January Gap
The S&P 500 hit its highest level since late-January as the index fills a "bearish gap." Remember, gaps are patterns on candle-stick charts that show a security jumping up or down from one price zone to another without any transactions between the two. That leaves...
Massive Leverage in Drug Maker: Options Recap
How much leverage can options produce? Keep reading to find out. On Friday, an investor crafted a three-part strategy in Mylan (MYL) that involved selling two contracts to buy another. The result was a position with the potential for massive percentage gains but also...
Technology & Communication
Roku and Tesla Dominate Activity: November at TradeStation
A pair of heavily traded technology stocks dominated activity at TradeStation this month amid a flurry of news. Streaming-video stock Roku (ROKU) was the busiest symbol across our accounts, eclipsing even the market-tracking SPDR S&P 500 fund (SPY) and Apple...