Jan, 12, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanThere was finally a little volatility yesterday, as President-elect Trump’s news conference halted a rally dead in its tracks. There were two resulting selloffs, but by the end...
Jan, 09, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe media confuses the various seasonal trading patterns that occur in January, but the January Barometer states that “As goes January, so goes the year.” This adage is...
Jan, 06, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanOverall, the $SPX chart -- which is, by definition, the most important indicator -- remains positive. $SPX did have a pullback at year's end. The subsequent rally off of the...
Jan, 03, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis week, the OCC sent out a notification that VMIN was going to split 2-for-1. Because the symbol seemed like something related to volatility, I checked into it. ...
Dec, 30, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe final analysis on the $SPX chart is that it is still rising, with rising trend lines, and that means that it is still bullish. In the more traditional sense, there is...
Dec, 28, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe first published an in-depth article on this subject at the end of July, 2016. Since that time, the market has mostly gone higher, and no significant top has formed. Since...
Dec, 23, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanFirst and foremost, it must be noted that the chart of $SPX is still in an uptrend. The 20-day moving average is rising, and no major trend lines have been broken. $SPX has...
Dec, 23, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanLast July 29th, we wrote an in-depth article on “Spotting Market Tops.” The things that we talked about in that article are beginning to happen. No one has been more “on board...
Dec, 22, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanWhile we’re on the subject of seasonality, let’s review what happened over the past two years, because the seasonality did not remain bullish throughout the “usual” period....
Dec, 19, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe S&P 500 index ($SPX) has tagged its upper “modified Bollinger Bands” (mBB) a couple of times recently, but in neither case was a sell signal triggered. So far,...
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