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Apr, 29, 2016

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market's momentum is slowing, but it hasn't necessarily reversed yet. The number of negative breadth days, and their intensity is increasing. The $SPX chart (Figure 1) also...

Apr, 22, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 4/22/16

By Lawrence G. McMillan$SPX closed above 2100 this week for the first time since last December. The Index chart remains bullish, with support at 2070 and 2040. There is multitudinous resistance...

Apr, 21, 2016

New McMillan Article on MarketWatch: Market gives little sign this bull run will stop soon

McMillan Analysis Corp. founder and president Lawrence G. McMillan recently wrote an article detailing the current state of the stock market for MarketWatch. Read the following preview or click the...

Apr, 18, 2016

VIX Index Begins Overnight Pricing

On April 15, 2016, the CBOE began disseminating VIX prices in the overnight session. Now, the VIX index will be open during extended trading hours from 2:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Central time. From the...

Apr, 15, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 4/15/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanA week ago, it seemed that the bears had a chance at taking control. Not only did that not happen, but instead the bulls reasserted themselves strongly.$SPX broke out over...

Apr, 08, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 4/8/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks are struggling to maintain the stupendous rally that began on February 11th. While there has been a slowing of momentum, the $SPX chart remains in an uptrend for now....

Apr, 08, 2016

Option Trading Saved From Being Eliminated from IRAs

The recent Department of Labor Fiduciary Proposal threatened to elimate the trading of options and futures in all retirement accounts. Due to successful lobbying by the options industry, the...

Apr, 05, 2016

R.I.P. Ian McAvity

Ian McAvity – a friend and colleague – passed away suddenly a few weeks ago. Ian was a “gold bug,” technical analyst, and humorist – and first-rate at all of them. If you ever had a...

Apr, 04, 2016

Misunderstandings About the $VIX Futures Term Structure

By Lawrence G. McMillan This article was originally featured in the 4/1/16 edition of The Option Strategist Newsletter. It is worth noting that there has been a lot of discussion in the media...

Apr, 01, 2016

After Extraordinarily Overbought Breadth Readings (Preview)

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that the highest “stocks only” breadth oscillator reading in history had taken place. In fact, the top three readings of all time occurred on March 3rd, 4th...

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