Applied Materials: Uptrend Intact?Applied Materials, Inc.BATS:AMATTradeStationApplied Materials has climbed most of the year, and some traders may think its uptrend remains intact. The first pattern on today’s chart is the bullish gap on April 8. The provider of chip equipment tested the low of that session three weeks later and held. This week it appears to have made a higher weekly low. Prices have also remained mostly above the rising 50-day simple moving average. Both signals may be consistent with an intermediate-term uptrend. Next, Wilder’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) has stayed above its midpoint at 50. That can also reflect positive momentum. Finally, the 8-day exponential moving average (EMA) has stayed above the 21-day EMA. TradeStation has, for decades, advanced the trading industry, providing access to stocks, options and futures. If you're born to trade, we could be for you. Learn more here about TradingView’s Broker of the Year! Past performance, whether actual or indicated by historical tests of strategies, is no guarantee of future performance or success. There is a possibility that you may sustain a loss equal to or greater than your entire investment regardless of which asset class you trade (equities, options or futures); therefore, you should not invest or risk money that you cannot afford to lose. Online trading is not suitable for all investors. View the document titled Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options at www.TradeStation.com/DisclosureOptions. Before trading any asset class, customers must read the relevant risk disclosure statements on www.TradeStation.com/Important-Information/. System access and trade placement and execution may be delayed or fail due to market volatility and volume, quote delays, system and software errors, Internet traffic, outages and other factors. Securities and futures trading is offered to self-directed customers by TradeStation Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a futures commission merchant licensed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission). TradeStation Securities is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the National Futures Association, and a number of exchanges. TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Technologies, Inc. are each wholly owned subsidiaries of TradeStation Group, Inc., both operating, and providing products and services, under the TradeStation brand and trademark. When applying for, or purchasing, accounts, subscriptions, products and services, it is important that you know which company you will be dealing with. Visit www.TradeStation.com/DisclosureTSCompanies for further important information explaining what this means.