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Market Recap: Blue Chips Extend Longest Winning Streak in Seven Months

03/17/10 4:18 PM

Residual optimism about interest rates and upbeat economic data fueled the bulls

Can American Superconductor Corporation Hold Long-Term Support?

A credit spread strategist is betting on AMSC to hold steady above $25

Call Sellers Expect Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) to Remain Stifled in the Short Term

Can SIRI climb back atop the elusive $1 level?

Option Activity Alert: Heavy Pessimism Hits The Home Depot, Inc.

Can HD continue to defy the skeptics?

Option Orientation: Purchasing Puts

Exploring a safer way to play a stock's decline

Options Coach: Time Decay

Examining one of the major components of options pricing

Options Update: Inspecting a Long Call Spread on Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

How one moderately optimistic investor bet on a short-term incline for CTIC

Option Activity Alert: Call Buying Dominates on J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

One speculator rolled his March-dated calls up and out to the April series

Monday Morning Outlook: Dow Jones Industrial Average Bulls March Warily Upward

Expiration Week Offers Trading Opportunities

Highlights from our SENTIMENT Magazine

Trading the Main Event

Option strategies before and after earnings reports

The Long Vertical Cure: Debit Spreads

Debit spreads can offer peace of mind to option buyers

Expectational Analysis: When Opposites Attract

Breaking down fundamental and technical analysis

The Extra Edge: Sentiment is the Missing Link in Equity Analysis

Trader expectations are often a contrarian indicator

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Put Players Profit on Western Digital Corp.

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Stocks Showing Unusually Heavy Volume - The Medicines Co, Cardica Inc, KongZhong Corp, China Finance Online Co

The Daily Contrarian
Unwinding Pessimism Could Fuel a Rally in Ford Motor

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