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Apr, 01, 2016

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe rally off the February lows continues to make new relative highs. Thus, the $SPX chart remains bullish. Even the corrections are very small, just enough to alleviate...

Mar, 31, 2016

New Stan Freifeld Article Published in Stocks and Commodities Magazine

McMillan Options Mentoring head mentor Stan Freifeld recently wrote a great article for Stocks and Commodities Magazine on one of his favorite webinar topics, Profiting With Delta Neutral...

Mar, 28, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 3/27/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks continued to rally early this week, creating some overbought conditions. Since then, the upward momentum has been lost, as the market is undergoing a short-term...

Mar, 23, 2016

"Early Exercise" Video Now Available

The recording of Stan Freifeld 's recent "Early Exercise: Strengthen Your Position" webinar is now available for viewing below. Exchange traded options that are traded in the U.S. are...

Mar, 21, 2016

Are Three Consecutive 1% Moves by $SPX Significant? (Full Article)

By Lawrence G. McMillan This article was originally featured in the 2/18/16 edition of The Option Strategist Newsletter. In the past week, the Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) had a huge...

Mar, 18, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 3/18/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe completion of the powerful, bottoming "W" formation at the beginning of March was the launchpad for this leg of the rally. It has more room to run.Equity-only put-call...

Mar, 16, 2016

Three Bear Markets Again?

By Lawrence G. McMillanAfter the huge rally in the stock market, from the end of World War II to the exhaustive top in 1966, there were three bear markets – each one worse than the one before. ...

Mar, 14, 2016

Futures and Cash-Based Options: Section 1256 Tax Considerations

By Lawrence G. McMillanFutures traders and traders of cash-based options have a tax advantage: on every trade, no matter how long the position is held, the results are considered 60% long-term...

Mar, 11, 2016

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 3/11/16

By Lawrence G. McMillanWe continue to think that this rally has more room to run on the upside, but that it will eventually give way to the over-riding bear market trendline.Near-term, there is...

Mar, 07, 2016

Breadth At All-Time High

By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks roared ahead for about half the day on Friday, before finally selling off after 2pm. The overbought conditions continue to grow, though, and with them the...

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