Trading

Learn how to develop and implement a trading plan that consists of analyzing the markets, filtering for potential opportunities, assessing risks, executing trades, and evaluating results. 

Q3 Tech Earnings Preview: AI Trade Under Pressure

Chip, software, and cybersecurity stocks headline the next wave of tech earnings. Here's what investors should watch as the AI trade wavers and spending growth slows.

Chips Sink, Consumers Strain, Congress Shifts

Chips slide into a bear market and test whether the market can hold up beyond AI. Elsewhere, consumers show strain and a debt ceiling fight looms as Congress changes hands.

What Is Day Trading? How It Works and Key Risks

Learn how day trading works, common strategies like scalping and momentum trading, risks involved, and how it differs from long-term investing.

Q3 Tech Earnings Preview: Can AI Save the Day?

Here's what to watch as the Magnificent Seven report earnings, from AI monetization and spending plans to headwinds from persistent inflation and rising Treasury yields.

Q3 Bank Earnings: Muddier Waters to Navigate

Amid potentially slowing IPO demand and the Fed's first interest rate hike in three years, the outlook for this quarter's bank earnings enters a more challenging phase.

After-Hours Trading: What It Is, How It Works

What is after-hours trading? How does it work? Learn about the rules, risks, and benefits of extended-hours trading.

The MOVE Index and Why It Might Matter

The MOVE Index, a.k.a. the "VIX of bonds," helps investors track volatility across U.S. Treasuries. Sometimes, it can signal future action in equities.

How Interest Rate Movements Affect Options Prices

Interest rates have an important effect on options prices, especially when rates are high. The options greek rho measures the impact of rates and can help when evaluating options.

Hard-Hitting 'Soft' Data: Why Surveys Matter

'Soft' reports like sentiment and confidence don't reflect 'hard' data like GDP or CPI. Still, they can affect markets and come with various strengths and weaknesses to consider.

ADRs Walk and Talk Like S&P 500 Stocks, but Aren't

Some of the largest tech stocks aren't traded on the S&P 500, though they trade on U.S. markets and affect Wall Street sentiment. ADRs are familiar stocks with unfamiliar pedigrees.