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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...
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. $SPX has...
By Lawrence G. McMillanLast July 29th, we wrote an in-depth article on “Spotting Market Tops.” The things that we talked about in that article are beginning to happen. No one has been more “on board...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWhile we’re on the subject of seasonality, let’s review what happened over the past two years, because the seasonality did not remain bullish throughout the “usual” period....
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe S&P 500 index ($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,...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe bullish juggernaut was finally slowed a bit this week by the Fed's decision to raise interest rates (or at least, that was the excuse for some profit-taking). However, the...
We are proud to announce that McMillan Options Mentor head mentor, Stan Freifeld, will be giving a complimentary presentation tommorrow. The title of the webinar is "Early Exercise: Strengthen Your...
By Lawrence G. McMillanNearly every day, one hears a trader on TV telling you to “buy protection, because it’s cheap.”  Is it, really?  Yes, $VIX is low, so that means that overall implied...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis has been a very strong week for the stock market. New highs have been registered by all the major indices. Not only have all of these major averages traded at new all-...
The bulls finally took total control for a day as nearly every major average broke out to an all-time high (the one exception – the NASDAQ Composite – is within a mere 5 points of a an all-time...

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