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By Lawrence G. McMillanWhen $SPX broke down through the 2090 support level, that was a very negative sign, especially since stocks failed at the old highs.There is now strong resistance at 2110-2120...
By Lawrence G. McMillanEveryone is aware of the fact that stocks gap sharply on certain news events – primarily earnings reports and, for biotechs, FDA-related news.  Other events, such as...
By Lawrence G. McMillanIn figure 1, the support at 2040 and the resistance at the recent all-time highs of 2120 are marked as a trading range. Until $SPX breaks out of that range, it really doesn't...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe U.S. Dollar has been getting a lot of press lately as it has nearly gone parabolic with a huge rally on top of an already long-term rally.  Optimism is rampant, and...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWhen the U.S Dollar moves, it often affects the price of many other things, especially commodities.  Of course, other currencies move in the opposite direction to the...
Stan Freifeld of McMillan Mentoring will be giving a free webinar titled The Various Volatilities: Learn How to Use Volatility to Your Advantage for Moneyshow.com eTradingExpo. The webinar will take...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market, as measured by the Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX), had been laboring at new highs, near 2120. Then, last Friday it broke down below support at 2090, which...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe usually try to run an article on this subject at least once during tax season. I realize that not everyone is aware of the rules governing Section 1256 contracts. Hence,...
By Lawrence G. McMillanIvers Riley, a long-term friend and business associate, died February 17th at his home in Savannah, Georgia. I met Ivers in the early 1980's when he was a cofounder of The...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market has gone dull after making new all-time highs. The chart of $SPX remains bullish, in that it remains above support.Equity-only put-call ratios remain bullish as...

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