Recent Blogs

Mar, 18, 2016

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe completion of the powerful, bottoming "W" formation at the beginning of March was the launchpad for this leg of the rally. It has more room to run.Equity-only put-call...

Mar, 16, 2016

Three Bear Markets Again?

By Lawrence G. McMillanAfter the huge rally in the stock market, from the end of World War II to the exhaustive top in 1966, there were three bear markets – each one worse than the one before. ...

Mar, 14, 2016

Futures and Cash-Based Options: Section 1256 Tax Considerations

By Lawrence G. McMillanFutures traders and traders of cash-based options have a tax advantage: on every trade, no matter how long the position is held, the results are considered 60% long-term...

Mar, 11, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 3/11/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanWe continue to think that this rally has more room to run on the upside, but that it will eventually give way to the over-riding bear market trendline.Near-term, there is...

Mar, 07, 2016

Breadth At All-Time High

By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks roared ahead for about half the day on Friday, before finally selling off after 2pm. The overbought conditions continue to grow, though, and with them the...

Mar, 04, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 3/4/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market has exploded to the upside this week. Some overbought conditions are beginning to appear, but all the indicators are on buy signals right now.The move above 1950...

Mar, 01, 2016

The Total Put-Call Ratio (Full Article)

By Lawrence G. McMillan This article was originally featured in the 2/11/16 edition of The Option Strategist Newsletter.We have written about the Total put-call ratio many times in the past, so...

Feb, 29, 2016

New Webinar Announced: Is it 2008 All Over Again?

A new webinar, titled Is it 2008 All Over Again? was recently announced in the most recent issue of The Option Strategist Newsletter. The webinar will analyze the similarities between the...

Feb, 26, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 2/26/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe bulls scored a major victory this week, by engineering a breakout and close above 1950 on Thursday. That completes the "W" bottoming formation. So for now, the near-term...

Feb, 24, 2016

McMillan Article Published at MarketWatch

An article written by Lawrence G. McMillan tilted The S&P finds itself at a critical juncture was recently published at on the MarketWatch webiste. Read the entire article by clicking here.

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