Crypto Scalping

Cherry Picks

June 9, 2021

It is easy to purchase any of these coins on the tastyworks platform. Check out the daily “scalping range” of BTC/USD. A single coin has had a daily range of +/- $2171.79.

Cherry Picks is written in collaboration with Michael Rechenthin, PhD, Head of Data Science at tastytrade; James Blakeway, CEO of Quiet Foundation, a data science-driven subsidiary of tastytrade; and John Kicklighter, Chief Strategist at DailyFx with an expertise in fundamental analysis and market themes.

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A trading committee offers long- and short-term strategies for the new year Tony “BAT” Battista Bullish investors looking to take a long-term view could consider a very wide broken wing…
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Here’s how investors can make money from the glittering precious metal, even when it’s declining in value Many in the financial world think of gold as a safe investment and…
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By Michael Rechenthin

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The Blunt Truth About Pot Stocks

By Michael Rechenthin

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Cannabis-related stock prices are falling as the nation awaits federal decriminalization After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, cannabis stocks reached new highs as the nation waited for President Joe Biden…
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Crude oil prices of more than $100 a barrel are boosting stock prices in the petroleum sector, but the effect on the S&P 500 is limited because the commodity accounts…
Futures Notional Values, the Crude Oil Curve and Current Index Skew

By Michael Rechenthin

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Current Futures Notional Values Below are the current notional values for popular futures contracts. We also included their ETF approximate share equivalence, as well as their correlations to the ETFs.…
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By Michael Rechenthin

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What kind of drawdowns can be expected if you bought at the absolute worst time every month? Here are the 30-day drawdowns, over the past five years, of buying at…
Backtest and Forward Test with Lookback

By Michael Rechenthin

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See how a strategy performs before risking money on a trade Lookback, a free options analysis tool from tastytrade, provides two ways of examining the profit and loss around an…
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If you like X, you might also like A, B and C Take a look at the three most correlated stocks for every stock in the Nasdaq 100. We are…
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Free Download – Historical Volatility and Implied Volatility In this morning’s Cherry Picks, we are providing a free download of approximately 1,100 stocks and ETFs along with their historical and…
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By Michael Rechenthin

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By Michael Rechenthin

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Take a look at the major indices (SPY, IWM, QQQ) and the equity sectors. Discretionary (XLY) is down the most over the past month, while Health Care (XLV), Real Estate…

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