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Industry Spotlight

Is the rally in semiconductor stocks justified?

Opto

13 Nov 2019

News

Updates

Is the Lloyds share price a buy after Deutsche Bank up target by 17%?

Deutsche Bank has upped its share price target for Lloyds by 17%, while rumours fly of a Metro Bank takeover. Should traders now be considering LLOY shares?

12 Nov 2019

Updates

Why is Nokia’s share price on mute?

Despite decent financials, Nokia’s recent decision to halt dividend payments sent its share price tumbling. How can traders benefit from its volatility?

11 Nov 2019

Updates

Is GoPro’s share price back in focus?

GoPro’s share price received a boost last week as consumers gave a thumbs up to its new Hero8 Black camera. What opportunities does this present stock traders?

11 Nov 2019

Earnings

Q3 company earnings results: will Walmart, Nvidia and Cisco's share prices soar?

Earnings

Where next for EA and Nintendo shares as gaming stocks diverge on earnings?

Earnings

Should traders buy Sainsbury’s share price ahead of earnings results?

Earnings

Is Disney’s share price set for a blockbuster earnings boost?

Features

Industry Spotlight

Is the rally in semiconductor stocks justified?

Despite the ongoing trade tensions between the US and China, political uncertainty and weakening auto demand and weighing down company earnings, this year has seen trade-sensitive semiconductor stocks outperform the market.

13 Nov 2019

Stock Deconstruction

GE share price hoisted up by new CEO; but can it last?

Larry Culp is one year into one of the most complicated jobs in the world – CEO of the monolithic industrial firm GE. And if the company’s rising share price is anything to go by, he’s already doing a good job.

13 Nov 2019

Industry Spotlight

5 biotech stocks to watch: share price gains ahead for BMY, Celgene and Moderna?

2019’s mega-mergers and regulatory progress has seen biotech stocks boom. But which of BMY, Celgene and Moderna will gain the most?

12 Nov 2019

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Knowledge

Artful Trader

The four signs of an ageing bull market, by Meb Faber

Opto

08 Nov 2019

Columnists

Swing trader tales: trading on the fly with Michele Koenig

After making half a million in trading profits back in 2013, Montana-based Michele Koenig decided to share her knowledge and expertise on trading with a wider community.

07 Nov 2019

Tools

Why trade exchange-traded funds on leverage?

With global economic and political concerns keeping uncertainty heightened in financial markets, traders face significant challenges in generating strong income amid the scarcity of yield. One way to try to maximize returns as recession fears, Brexit drama, trade tensions and geopolitical flashpoints in the Middle East ebb and flow, may be to trade exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

06 Nov 2019

Columnists

Price volume analysis: using OBV to measure trading volume divergence

Price volume analysis can be a useful tool in the technician toolbox, using indicators such as on balance volume (OBV) to provide insight into the supply and demand of a specific stock, index or market.

01 Nov 2019

Columnists

Joe Kunkle on finding the right trading process

Head research analyst at Relativity Capital and founder of Options Hawk, Joe Kunkle explains why being selective as a stock picker is one of the most important attributes you can have.

31 Oct 2019

Artful Trader

High-frequency trading: an interview with the contrarian quant, Manoj Narang

Manoj Narang, the infamous high-frequency trader and CEO of Mana Partner, on top-down strategies, working with facts, and his disdain for technical analysis.

30 Oct 2019

Tools

How to maximise crypto returns with index trading

Cryptocurrency indices offer a unique and cost-effective way of spread betting or trading CFDs on baskets of digital currencies. Opto examines some of these currencies, as well as the advantages and pitfalls of trading these often volatile instruments.

21 Oct 2019

Columnists

Option traders sell puts in US consumer stocks

Head research analyst at Relativity Capital and founder of Options Hawk, Joe Kunkle on recent option market activity and the scope of positions being cast on US stocks for the rest of the year.

18 Oct 2019