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Jun, 15, 2016

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 4, No. 7 on April 13, 1995.Credit spreads using options are a popular strategy. In...

Jun, 14, 2016

A Rare Move for $VIX

By Lawrence G. McMillan...Volatility indices exploded to the upside for a second straight day yesterday. $VXST has gone from just below 11 to nearly 23 in three days (it rose 10 points in the last...

Jun, 10, 2016

"The Current State of Option Indicators" Recording Available

The recording for Larry McMillan's recent "The Current State of The Market-Predicting Option Indicators" webinar with Cyber Trading University is now available. In the video, Mr. McMillan discusses...

Jun, 10, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 6/10/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) is nearing its all-time highs. But the progress has been rather slow, especially in light of the fact that all of our other...

Jun, 09, 2016

Is this market setting a trap?

By Lawrence G. McMillanStock prices maintained a positive stance throughout yesterday’s session, once again producing new closing and intraday highs for this move. Moreover, these are the...

Jun, 09, 2016

Option Basics: Buying Options As a Stock Substitute (04:01)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 4, No. 1 on January 12, 1995.Buying options is often regarded as one of the most...

Jun, 08, 2016

Option Basics: Bull Spreads (03:23)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 3, No. 23 on December 8, 1994. Traders sometimes use bull spreads...

Jun, 07, 2016

Option Basics: Backspreads (04:08)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 4, No. 8 on April 27, 1995.Since we are currently recommending a "backspread"...

Jun, 03, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 6/3/2016

By Lawrence G. McMillanAfter a strong upside breakout last week from the triangle formation (blue lines in Figure 1), the market has spent this week in a tight range. There has been an improvement...

Jun, 02, 2016

$VXST and UVXY Are Quite Low

By Lawrence G. McMillan This article was originally featured in the 5/27/16 edition of The Option Strategist Newsletter.As you can see from the right, $VXST (the CBOE’s short-term volatility...

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