Monday, November 18, 2024
Hey folks I wanted to take a few moments today to look at pattern recognition. While I really don’t think looking at patterns can make an investor successful in the long haul, I do believe that a multifaceted approach must be utilized to be a well-rounded investor. When utilizing pattern recognition we gain the tools […]
The biggest action in the options market this past week occurred in Snap (SNAP). The social media/video sharing company has become the best-in-class in the industry after posting outstanding growth and earnings numbers this past week. The company is seeing big time ad dollars coming in, as users became increasingly active over the pandemic period […]
Going to take a few minutes today to look at a trade and possibly intermediate-term investment idea more likely here in a transportation stock CSX. This is one of the prime railroad companies in the US. We’ll examine today strong evidence that this stock may have higher to go still.
One of the market’s higher flying stocks this past month took quite the tumble last week. Fastly (FSLY), a cloud, web development company, dropped nearly 30% in one day after lowering revenue guidance ahead of its earnings at the end of the month. Although the actual guidance wasn’t that much lower than previous expectations, the […]
Today we wanted to take a few minutes to go through our playbook for the fourth quarter of 2020. With quite a few things left on the calendar such as the election, covid-19, and conflicting data on the economy really around the globe, an assessment of the market is necessary at this important juncture.
It’s been a long time since Exxon Mobil (XOM) has been in the news. The oil powerhouse used to be the largest company in the world, but now it doesn’t even crack the top 50 companies in terms of market cap. However, the stock was up 5% one day last week after the company made […]
Amidst all the daily headlines and news right now it is very difficult to see through the next few months for a lot of traders and investors. Quite frankly, it may be confusing to follow along in any logical manner. So we want today to take a little bit of a step back and look […]
Tech remains the most interesting sector when it comes to unusual options activity. Just recently, options traders were very active in Datadog (DDOG) options. DDOG is a software analytics company that just announced a big deal with Microsoft. The stock jumped higher on the news, over 17% on the week of the announcement. So far, […]
Today we’re looking at and addressing whether the 200-day moving average is important! I think a lot of people focus on this average because: 1: The media talks about it a lot 2: It is an oversimplification of things going on in the market Nevertheless, the 200-day moving average does in fact hold some intrinsic […]
Electric vehicle stocks have recently been pulling back, but none more so than Nikola (NKLA). The electric/hydrogen-fueled truck maker had been the darling of the stock market in recent months. However, short selling attacks have sent the stock into a tailspin. The CEO has stepped down and the company appears to be in turmoil. Options […]
