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By Lawrence G. McMillanThe relative calm of the stock market trading in a range for six months was shattered in recent days. As recently as August 18th, all was calm. But beginning with a sharp 17-...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market took a beating yesterday, as $SPX finally got in line with the indicators, most of which had turned bearish in the last week or so. $SPX closed just below 2040,...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis is an article about Apple, but in a more general sense it is an article about whether the “modified Bollinger Band” system can be applied to stock charts.Last week, after...
By Lawrence G. McMillanIt seems that no matter what happens -- technically, fundamentally, or volatility-wise -- $SPX remains trapped in its now-six-month-long trading range. Hence the $SPX chart is...
Larry McMillan is proud to announce that he will be featured in the TradersExpo's All-stars of Options Trading event in September at The New York Stock Exchange. Larry's will be giving one of his...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market continues to hover in its trading range. Despite some promising buy signals from sentiment extremes in put-call ratios and $VIX, there was no follow-through...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe have been operating an event-driven straddle buying strategy in advance of earnings for several months now, with mostly favorable results.  However, this week something...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe chart of $SPX is the least bullish of the indicators. SPX remains in the 2040-2135 trading range that has bound it for most of this year. Basically this is a neutral chart...
Lawrence G. McMillan's market classic, Options as a Strategic Investment, was recently listed as one of the top five option trading books by The Option Prophet's Adam Beaty. He writes:If you could...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWith this issue, we attempted to return to the normal publishing schedule – the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.  However, due to some scheduling issues, the full...

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