Apple (AAPL) Hitting a Rarely-Experienced Headwind Apple (AAPL) shareholders are having a tough week so far, though for understandable reasons. The stock fell nearly 3% on Tuesday alone after a lethargic Monday session, largely spurred by concerns that the once red-hot iPhone 6s has seen a surprisingly sharp dropoff in demand. Fans and followers of AAPL might try to argue...
Iron Condors Iron condors are a type of limited risk option trading strategy that involve multiple spread trades, prompted by an assumption that the underlying stock or index will see little to no net movement through the options' expiration, with the ultimate goal of seeing all the options expire worthless which will allow a trader to retain the entire net-credit...
Iron Condors Iron condors are a type of limited risk option trading strategy that involve multiple spread trades, prompted by an assumption that the underlying stock or index will see little to no net movement through the options' expiration, with the ultimate goal of seeing all the options expire worthless which will allow a trader to retain the entire net-credit...
Stochastics Indicator The stochastics indicator is in a group of technical trading tools considered oscillators, which travel back and forth (depending on price movement and speed of that movement) between overbought and oversold levels, and in some cases can indicate emerging trends. The term 'stochastic' is a mathematical construct, commonly used in the field of statistics. In the arena of...
A Strong October Employment Report Bolsters the Case for a Rate Hike The good news is, job-growth soared last month, and the unemployment rate fell to a multi-year low of 5%. The bad news is, job-growth soared last month, and the unemployment rate fell to a multi-year low of 5%. The data is double-edged in the sense that it's arguably...
Bitcoin Jumps Again, And This Time May Be A Little Bit Different Say what you want about its risks and arbitrary nature (and inherent structural/fiscal problems), but nobody can deny the value of Bitcoin — the popular cryptocurrency — has soared over the course of the past month, putting the digital currency back into the spotlight thanks to a resurgence of interest...
Tesla Motors (TSLA) Jumps on Production Outlook Despite Shaky Earnings Whether or not Tesla Motors (TSLA) missed or beat earnings estimates last quarter depends on which set of analyst estimates you use; the company topped some aggregate estimates, but fell short of others. Either way, investors loved the outlook Tesla Motors offered for the current quarter, sending TSLA shares up...
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) The moving average convergence divergence (MACD) indicator is considered by some traders to be the ideal trend-spotting tool. As the name suggests, the moving average convergence divergence tool is a comparison of the relationship between two moving average lines of a stock, index, or other trading instrument. Specifically, the first line of the two-line indicator...
Average Directional Index (ADX) The average directional index (ADX) indicator measures the strength of a trend, whether that trend is bearish or bullish. The ADX indicator is often used in conjunction with the Directional Movement Index (DMI) lines. In fact, the ADX line is derived from the relationship of the two DMI lines (+DMI and -DMI), and is plotted on...
Baidu (BIDU) Shares Jump on Impressive Earnings Beat Baidu (BIDU), the so-called Google of China, released third quarter earnings late Thursday that pleasantly surprised the market, sending BIDU shares firmly higher for Friday's trading session. Per-share profits actually fell on a year-over-year basis, but the bottom line of $1.43 per share was better than the $1.24 per share of BIDU analysts...
