What Is Trading Volume? Trading volume refers to the number of options contracts buyers and sellers are exchanging during any given period, usually a trading day. It is monitored for individual securities and…
As the mainstream focuses on negative developments, such as the Fed’s latest utterings and the implosion of subsets of the commercial real estate (CRE) sector, there seems to be a…
Growth-oriented stocks tend to have their best relative showing vs. value-oriented stocks beginning in May and running through August. Check out the relative seasonal performance of the XLK (vs. the…
I remain quite bullish the overall market. I call what I see and what I saw in 2022 were stock market participants that turned incredibly bearish. I said at the…
After taking a short breather last week, the markets resumed their up-move and went on post a decent gain over the past five sessions. In the previous technical notes, concerns…
Description of LEAP Options A LEAP option is essentially an option with longer terms than standard options. The acronym “LEAP” stands for Long Term Equity Anticipation Security and like standard…
In this episode of StockCharts TV‘s The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews the short-, intermediate-, and long term outlook for the S&P 500 after last week’s bullish late-week price action. She also…
Bank Fear Selloff Gives Way To Earnings Driven Rally – Was Last Week’s Shakeout A Positive Signal?
The markets began last week with a sharp pullback that pushed the broader Indices toward key support, with many individual stocks breaking below support. The drop occurred amid renewed banking…
Below is just one of several headlines about stagflation we have seen this week. From April 27, 2023, TheStreet.com: “Stagflation Risks In Focus As U.S. Economy Slows, But Inflation Stays…
A slowdown can sometimes be a good thing. That was the general thinking behind the market when the much-awaited GDP report was released on Thursday. The data showed that the…