The S&P 500 index chart continues to show a pattern of lower highs and lower lows, which is a downtrend and a bearish sign. Still, the broad market remains oversold in many aspects, and the bulls are ...

Has the market bottomed? Have we seen the end of the bull market? Questions like these began burning a path across Wall Street yesterday, shortly after the S&P 500 Index (SPX) ended an eight-session ...

HCA Healthcare, Inc. delivered strong Q3 results, beating earnings & revenue expectations, & raised full-year guidance. Read ...

Nederland, Colo. (SovereignStrategist) -- This is the longest period the market has gone without posting a new low since the bear began -- but only a psychic can foretell where we go from here. Given ...

Discussion from TradeKing Options Analyst Brian Overby: VIX QuickTakesPro's Chart of the Day is Intel - (INTC) Support / resistance Brian Overby’s potential strategy based on Michael’s chart – INTC – ...

The stock market has broad shoulders to support investors - even at record highs The S&P 500 index SPX made new all-time closing and intraday highs this week on two consecutive days. Even though ...

About a month ago, I wrote about the extremely low historical volatility reading for the S&P 500 Index (SPX). Low volatility on the index does not necessarily mean a lack of opportunities for option ...

The more dogmatic bulls and bears get about the markets, the more I usually begin to pay attention to the possibility of a sideways market. As is often the case, both bulls and bears can make ...

Options are pricing in less volatility than normal for the S&P 500 The S&P 500 Index (SPX) has been trudging higher recently. The index is now up about 7.5% over last month’s low, and up 16% off the ...

Prepare for four positive trading days; plus, the NYSE 'new highs vs. new lows' indicator is bullish The S&P 500 Index SPX is now back near its all-time highs - up more than 300 points since its false ...

On reading Dominick Paoloni and Patrick Hennessy’s article on selling options from the blog at IPS Strategic Capital I decided to research the subject. Their article states that "the edge has flipped ...

Foreword: Last week marked the biggest weekly gain in the S&P 500 Index (SPX) since March 2009. Of course, the index was down big during the two weeks prior to this massive gain, and the SPX still ...