By Lawrence G. McMillanDepending on your viewpoint, the “holy grail” of volatility trading can take on a different meanings. To traders, it’s a product that tracks $VIX...
By Lawrence G. McMillan The stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) continues to trade in a fairly tight range, which is beginning to frustrate just about everyone....
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe sale of a naked put is often a very attractive strategy – especially if the put is “overpriced” (although “overpriced can be a very subjective term...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) had a few bearish days, but managed to successfully test support near 2070 twice this month. $SPX remains within the trading range of...
Larry McMillan was recently interviewed by Charley Wright of Strategic Investor Radio on OCTalkRadio where he discussed the benefits of option trading with an emphasis on our primary put-selling...
By Lawrence G. McMillanDespite some indications this week that the market might break down, it did not do so. In fact, the Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) held near the previous support level...
By Lawrence G. McMillanNot much has changed in the market in the last week, with one possible exception: was yesterday's breakdown below near-term support significant, or was it just another...
By Lawrence G. McMillanDue to both business and vacation travel this summer, we are going to alter the newsletter publication schedule for both June and July. This information supercedes the...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThere has been a rather large amount of hoopla about two new companion ETF’s that are designed to track the cash levels of $VIX – the CBOE’s Volatility Index...
By Lawrence G. McMillan$SPX remains stalled just below the all-time highs, which are at 2135. The support at 2070 (the lows of March and April) remains in place.Equity-only put-call ratios are...