Late last week, we got filled on a debit put spread signal in the gold ETF $GLD. Monday we have seen a continued flight to quality with heavy buyers in both gold and Treasuries flooding the market.
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SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS The U.S.-Iran war seemingly erupted again this week, but the market ultimately shrugged it off. The S&P 500 rose to end just short of a record high on Friday, as a blockbuster Nasdaq debut of South Korea’s SK Hynix fueled optimism about memory-chip makers, while investors looked ahead to quarterly earnings season kicking […]
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Mike Shorr joined Schwab Network to talk Apple — and this time, he wasn’t picking a direction. He walks through why he structured the trade as an iron condor, what he thinks is capping Apple right now, and why he’s not worried about the rest of the market’s rough morning.
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Scott Bauer, CEO of Prosper Trading Academy, sat down with Interactive Brokers for their popular IBKR Podcasts series to give his current read on the market. From a surprisingly calm VIX to the inflation numbers that actually matter, Scott doesn’t hold back. Here’s what he covered.
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Scott Bauer joined the IBKR Podcast this week to break down what moved markets last week and what investors need to watch heading into the next stretch of earnings season. From lagging inflation data to big tech CapEx concerns, Scott did not hold back.
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The Dow rose more than 1% to a record closing high on Thursday ahead of the long holiday weekend as a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased worries about interest rate hikes, while another sharp drop in chipmaker stocks weighed on the Nasdaq. The second half of 2026 kicked off this week much the same as […]
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A renewed sell-off in technology stocks grabbed headlines this week. The Nasdaq index fell 4.5%, closing lower 5 days in a row, led by a large 5.5% decline in the so-called Magnificent 7 mega cap names. Meanwhile, the post IPO exuberance around SpaceX appears to be fading, with shares now down 25% from their peak. […]
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