Today, the S&P 500 dropped 7% in a single session of trading. What does this mean? It triggers a Level 1 circuit breaker across equity markets and all trading pauses for 15 minutes.
A Level 2 halt happens when a a drop of 13% takes place, but if the drop happens after 3:25 p.m. ET, there is no halt. If the market ever drops 20% in a single day, all trading is...
This chart shows the VIX since 2018. Between now and then, two significant moves have occurred. In both instances, the VIX went as high as 50 before topping out and then dropping back down. Will that happen again today?
What's also cool about this chart is we're demonstrating our new Custom Text for Trend Line tool. You can now draw any line on your chart and...
In this video tutorial, we quickly show you how the Bars Pattern tool works and why it's important. You can use the Bars Pattern tool to copy, duplicate, and measure specific trading ranges or trading bars.
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It's important to know when a company is reporting earnings because of the volatility and financial implications that can follow. In this quick tutorial, we'll show you how to follow earnings without ever leaving the chart:
Step 1 - Go to the chart settings by right-clicking.
Step 2 - Go to the Events tab and click Show Earnings on Chart.
Step 3 - Hover over the...
This chart shows the price of Tesla and how it has traded (top pane, candles) alongside its market cap (middle pane, blue line) and quarterly revenue (bottom pane, yellow line). Tesla's market cap is now nearly $90 billion. Some investors and traders have observed that's more than the combined market cap of Ford and GM .
This type of analysis can help fundamental...
The chart we made today shows the price of gold as a Baseline chart. The Baseline chart shows price movements relative to a baseline that you choose anywhere from 0% (the lowest point) to 100% (the highest point).
This chart shows gold since the last 1970s with a Baseline of 50%.
Why is this interesting? The chart can show you if an asset is above or below a...
This chart shows the price of Crude Oil (CL1!) over the last few years. It is a daily chart and we're going to use it as an example to show you how to quickly measure the time and price change of any asset.
Today, major news came out of the Middle East about a conflict that involves the US, Iran, and Iraq. The news had oil spiking higher. However, when you zoom...
We created this chart showing how Apple's price and market cap changed over the course of 2019.
Market cap is calculated by multiplying the price per share of an asset by the number of shares outstanding. Market cap shows how much an asset is worth as a whole. For example, today Apple's market cap is above $1.2 trillion.
You can create your own market cap chart...
Select Trend Line as a drawing tool, place a point on your chart, hold Shift and start moving the 2nd point - Trend Line angle will change to 45 degrees accordingly.
We created this chart to show the year-to-date performance of Bitcoin (candlesticks) compared to the year-to-date performance of the S&P 500 (orange line). Here's how you can create a chart like this to compare assets and their year-to-date performance:
Step 1 - Create a chart for the asset you're interested in by typing its name into the search box.
Step 2 -...
