Trading Markets

DataTrader: Ultra Gold Leads the Precious Metals Pullback

DataTrader The combination of commodities and exchange-traded funds has opened up a world of new potential opportunities for traders and active investors. And the pullback in UGL may represent the stock market’s most recent good example.

DataTrader: IBM and the Big Sale in Big Blue

DataTrader Are an earnings miss, a ho-hum outlook and three consecutive lower closes a reason to buy IBM in the short term, or a reason to sell? Take a look at both sides of the argument in our latest DataTrader column for TradingMarkets.com.

Trading By the Numbers: Why Wait Out the Rally in Retail?

Trading By the Numbers: Should traders and active investors come knocking when the retail stocks are rockin’? Here are a few ways to tell if the retail stock in your portfolio may be headed for lower levels in the near term.

DataTrader: Traders Roast Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

DataTrader On a day when sellers were aggressively sending stocks of all kinds dramatically lower, the reversal of more than 10% in shares of GMCR still stands out. Find out whether or not selling in this stock represents a potential opportunity in our latest DataTrader column for TradingMarkets.com.

Peak Oil? 3 Overbought Oil and Gas Stocks

Hot List Did sellers overlook these oil and gas stocks during Monday’s sell-off? And if so, will renewed selling in the first half of the week put these overbought stocks at the top of trader hit lists?