By Lawrence G. McMillanThe current rally in $SPX is behaving very much likely a typical oversold rally and not something stronger. $SPX rallied up to its declining 20-day Moving Average, and overshot...
By Lawrence G. McMillanIf you're concerned about downside risk in the current market, you may want to consider using a collar strategy to protect your stock positions. A collar allows you to hedge...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe put-call ratio is a widely used sentiment indicator in options trading, helping investors gauge market positioning by comparing the volume of put options traded to call...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market, as measured by $SPX, has tried to rally over the past week, with a couple of strong days to show for it. But resistance at or just above 5700 has proven to be...
By Lawrence G. McMillanEach day, The Daily Put-Writer newsletter provides a list of potential naked put-sale candidates, selected using McMillan’s proprietary put-writing methodology. In addition to...
By Lawrence G. McMillanA short-term buy signal was triggered at Friday’s close: the “oscillator differential” buy signal. This occurs when the two breadth oscillators, which had spread far apart in...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market, as measured by $SPX, continues to fall at a rapid rate. It has broken down below the lower end of the trading range that had existed since last November. It also...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 23, No. 15 on August 8, 2014. We have often used the phrase, “oversold does not mean buy...