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Written from the tape, not the press release. en-us Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:55:58 GMT Tapeboard build-blog-index https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-23 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-23 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Dow fell 1.23% to 52,215.16 while the Nasdaq slipped 0.21% to 25,955.34 as energy stocks led sector gains and Robert Half surged 21.74% to 45.87. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 232026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-23 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-23 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 71 trading halts on October 23, 2026 — 53 LULD/volatility halts, 13 T1 news-pending halts, and 5 other regulatory halts — with CATX among the session's most notable names. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 232026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/weekly-recap-2026-10-23 https://tapeboard.com/blog/weekly-recap-2026-10-23 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT US equities ended the week ending October 23, 2026 mixed as the Dow Jones rose 0.41% to 52215.16 while the S&P 500 fell 0.47% to 7623.68 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.71% to 25955.34, with small-caps outperforming and sector rotation favoring Energy, Health Care, and Real Estate over Communication Services and Industrials. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) weekly-recapweeklystock-market-this-week https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-22 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-22 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.60% to 26,008.86 on October 22, 2026, led by losses in Technology and Communication Services while staples and utilities gained. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 222026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-22 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-22 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 49 trading halts on October 22, 2026: 41 LULD/volatility halts, 4 T1 news-pending halts, and 4 other regulatory halts, led by TANH with multiple Limit Up-Limit Down pauses. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 222026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-21 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-21 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT US stocks closed higher on October 21, 2026, with the S&P 500 up 0.58% at 7757.17, the Nasdaq up 1.05% at 26702.86, and the Dow up 0.69% at 52856.09, led by a 1.87% gain in health care. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 212026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-21 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-21 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 37 trading halts on October 21, 2026 — 29 LULD/volatility halts, 3 T1 news-pending halts, and 5 other regulatory halts — with POM repeatedly triggering a circuit breaker throughout the session. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 212026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-buy-write https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-buy-write Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A buy-write is an options strategy in which a trader buys shares of stock and simultaneously sells call options against those shares to collect premium. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoption-strategies https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-commodity-super-cycle https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-commodity-super-cycle Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A commodity super cycle is a prolonged period of rising real commodity prices driven by structural demand growth and chronic underinvestment in supply. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsmarket-structure https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-credit-spread-option-strategy https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-credit-spread-option-strategy Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A credit spread is an options strategy in which a trader sells one option and buys another option of the same type and expiration to collect a net premium while capping maximum loss. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoption-strategies https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-adx-indicator https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-adx-indicator Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Average Directional Index (ADX) measures trend strength on a scale of 0 to 100 without indicating direction. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionstechnical-indicators https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-20 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-20 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Dow Jones closed up 1.02% at 52495.88 while the Nasdaq slipped 0.02% to 26424.82, led by a 1.65% Russell 2000 gain and double-digit moves in small-cap gainers. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 202026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-20 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-20 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 36 trading halts on October 20, 2026 — 33 LULD/volatility halts, 2 T1 news-pending halts, and 1 other regulatory halt — led by a T3 volatility pause on BRZE. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 202026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-implied-volatility-rank https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-implied-volatility-rank Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Implied volatility rank compares an option's current implied volatility to its 52-week high and low, expressed as a percentile from 0 to 100. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoptions https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-gap-between-the-200-day-and-50-day-moving-average https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-gap-between-the-200-day-and-50-day-moving-average Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The gap between the 200-day and 50-day moving average is the percentage difference between those two trend lines, used to measure how far price has extended from its long-term trend. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsindicators https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-19 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-19 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.11% to 26,430.89 while the S&P 500 gained 0.41% to 7,690.73 and the Dow slipped 0.07% to 51,966.03, with IRON gaining 38.86% as the day's top gainer and Communication Services dropping 2.09% as the weakest sector. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 192026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-19 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-19 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 50 trading halts on October 19, 2026: 42 LULD/volatility halts, 3 T1 news-pending halts, and 5 other regulatory halts. The most notable halt was MBRX, a T1 news-pending halt that remained pending at session close. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 192026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-strike-price https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-strike-price Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A strike price is the fixed price at which an option holder can buy (call) or sell (put) the underlying asset, and it determines whether the option has intrinsic value at expiration. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoptions https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-after-hours-trading https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-after-hours-trading Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT After-hours trading is the buying and selling of U.S. stocks after the 4:00 p.m. ET close, usually running until 8:00 p.m. ET, on electronic venues with thinner liquidity and wider spreads than the regular session. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsmarket-structure https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-an-evening-star-pattern https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-an-evening-star-pattern Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT An evening star is a three-candle bearish reversal pattern formed by a large bullish candle, a small-bodied candle that gaps or stalls above it, and a large bearish candle that closes deep into the first candle's body. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionstechnical-analysis https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-extrinsic-value https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-extrinsic-value Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Extrinsic value is the portion of an option's premium above its intrinsic value, representing the price of time remaining until expiration and of implied volatility. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoptions https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-rule-144 https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-rule-144 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Rule 144 is the SEC safe harbor that lets holders of restricted and control securities resell them publicly once they meet holding-period, volume, manner-of-sale, public-information, and Form 144 notice conditions. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsregulatory https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-calmar-ratio https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-calmar-ratio Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Calmar ratio divides a strategy's compound annual return by its maximum drawdown, usually over a trailing 36 months, which measures how much return the strategy earned per unit of worst-case loss. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsrisk-management https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-forward-pe-ratio https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-forward-pe-ratio Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The forward P/E ratio is a valuation multiple equal to a stock's current share price divided by the consensus estimate of its earnings per share over the next twelve months or next fiscal year. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsfundamentals https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-price-to-book-ratio https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-price-to-book-ratio Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The price-to-book ratio (P/B) divides a company's share price by its book value per share, which shows how many dollars the market pays for each dollar of net assets on the balance sheet. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsfundamentals https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-price-to-sales-ratio https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-the-price-to-sales-ratio Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The price-to-sales ratio (P/S) is a valuation multiple equal to a company's market capitalization divided by its trailing twelve months of revenue, showing how many dollars investors pay for each dollar of sales. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsfundamentals https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-three-white-soldiers https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-three-white-soldiers Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Three white soldiers is a bullish candlestick pattern of three consecutive long-bodied green candles, each opening within the prior candle's body and closing at a new high near its own top, signaling a reversal from a downtrend. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionstechnical-analysis https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-16 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-16 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On October 16, 2026, the S&P 500 fell 1.09% to 7,659.44 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.15% to 26,140.03 as Technology (XLK) lost 3.02% while Energy (XLE) gained 2.52% and small-cap oil producer Crescent Energy jumped 10.07%. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 162026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-16 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-16 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 59 trading halts on October 16, 2026: 55 LULD/volatility pauses and 4 T1 news-pending halts, led by SMX, which triggered 12 circuit breakers during the session. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 162026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/weekly-recap-2026-10-16 https://tapeboard.com/blog/weekly-recap-2026-10-16 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT In the stock market this week (October 12–16, 2026), the S&P 500 fell 1.95% to 7,659.44 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 4.48% as Technology (XLK) lost 7.70%, while the Dow rose 0.67% on a rotation into Consumer Staples (+5.02%), Energy (+4.86%) and Health Care (+3.45%). editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) weekly-recapweeklystock-market-this-week https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-15 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-15 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On October 15, 2026, the Dow rose 1.08% to 52,177.69 and the Russell 2000 gained 1.38% to 2,767.27, while the Nasdaq Composite managed only 0.08% as technology slipped and ManpowerGroup fell 15.82%. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 152026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-15 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-15 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard logged 48 trading halts on October 15, 2026 — 46 LULD/volatility pauses, 1 T1 news-pending halt and 1 other regulatory halt — with KNDI's T1 news-pending halt the most notable. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 152026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-14 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-14 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On October 14, 2026, the S&P 500 fell 1.11% to 7,718.94 and the Nasdaq dropped 1.88% to 26,692.87 as technology sold off, while Bending Spoons (BSP) surged 41.2% to lead all gainers. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 142026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-14 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-14 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 70 trading halts on October 14, 2026: 66 LULD/volatility pauses, 2 T1 news-pending halts (BTOC and TJGC, still pending), and 2 other regulatory halts. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 142026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-bear-call-spread https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-bear-call-spread Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A bear call spread is a bearish options strategy that sells a call at a lower strike and buys a call at a higher strike with the same expiration, collecting a net credit with defined risk. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoptions-strategies https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-bull-put-spread https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-bull-put-spread Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A bull put spread is a bullish options strategy that sells a put at a higher strike and buys a put at a lower strike with the same expiration, collecting a net credit with defined risk. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoptions-strategies https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-gap-and-go https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-gap-and-go Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A gap and go is a momentum pattern where a stock gaps up at the open on a catalyst and continues higher immediately, without filling the gap, as buyers overwhelm early sellers. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionstrading-strategies https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-short-straddle https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-short-straddle Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A short straddle is a neutral options strategy that sells a call and a put at the same strike and expiration, collecting premium that profits if the underlying stays near the strike. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoptions-strategies https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-iv-percentile https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-iv-percentile Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT IV percentile measures the percentage of days over the past year that implied volatility closed below its current level, ranking today's IV against its own 52-week history. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsoptions https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-13 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-13 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On October 13, 2026, the S&P 500 slipped 0.02% to 7,805.45 and the Nasdaq fell 0.15% to 27,204.38, while energy stocks led the tape with XLE up 3.26% and Regencell Bioscience (RGC) surging 14.87% to $8.19. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 132026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-13 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-13 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On October 13, 2026, Tapeboard tracked 62 trading halts — 59 LULD/volatility pauses, one T1 news-pending halt (SKIN), and two other regulatory halts (BMBL T3, AZTR H11). editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 132026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-12 https://tapeboard.com/blog/market-pulse-2026-10-12 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT On October 12, 2026, the Dow rose 0.38% to 51,850.55 while the S&P 500 slipped 0.06% to 7,807.24 and the Nasdaq fell 0.44% to 27,245.90, as FIGS surged 12.42% to lead gainers and Cerebras dropped 10.69% to lead losers. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) market-pulsedailystock-market-todayOctober 122026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/2026-10-12-muln-bini-reverse-split-hell https://tapeboard.com/blog/2026-10-12-muln-bini-reverse-split-hell Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mullen Automotive ran nine reverse stock splits between May 2023 and September 2025, a cumulative 84,375,000,000,000,000-to-1 ratio, renamed itself Bollinger Innovations (BINI), failed Nasdaq's $35 million listing standard, and now trades over the counter near 4 cents with no SEC periodic filings in over a year. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) reverse-splitdilutionMULNBINIcase-studyanalysis https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-12 https://tapeboard.com/blog/trading-halts-2026-10-12 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tapeboard tracked 95 trading halts on October 12, 2026 — 91 LULD/volatility halts, 2 T1 news-pending halts, and 2 other regulatory halts — with YRD's T1 news-pending halt the most notable of the session. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Desk) trading-haltsluldmarket-eventsdailyOctober 122026 https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-convertible-bond https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-convertible-bond Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A convertible bond is a corporate bond that the holder can exchange for a fixed number of the issuer's common shares, combining fixed-income downside protection with equity upside participation. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsfixed income https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-stock-float https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-stock-float Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A stock's float is the number of shares actually available for public trading, equal to shares outstanding minus restricted shares held by insiders, employees, and controlling shareholders. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsmarket structure https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-momentum https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-momentum Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Momentum is the rate of acceleration of a security's price, measuring how quickly price is changing over a defined lookback period rather than the direction of the change alone. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsindicators https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-volatility https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-volatility Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Volatility is the statistical measure of how widely an asset's price disperses around its average, expressed as the annualized standard deviation of returns. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsquantitative concepts https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-yield-to-maturity https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-yield-to-maturity Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Yield to maturity is the total annualized return an investor earns by holding a bond until maturity, assuming all coupons are reinvested at the same rate and the issuer does not default. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsfixed income https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-cash-account https://tapeboard.com/blog/glossary-what-is-a-cash-account Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A cash account is a brokerage account in which all securities must be paid for in full with settled cash, with no borrowing against margin permitted. editor@tapeboard.com (Tapeboard Staff) glossarydefinitionsregulatory