Jun, 13, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThere are times when stocks and bonds move in the same direction, and times when they move in opposite direction. However, the U.S. dollar almost always moves opposite...
Jun, 12, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe failure of the market to follow through Monday on Thursday and Friday’s strong gains resulted in a pretty nasty day on Tuesday. Breadth was terrible, volatility...
Jun, 07, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe pressure on the stock market increased again this week, driving the Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) down through some support levels, and generally turning almost all...
Jun, 06, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks sold off almost all day Wednesday. This did a lot of additional technical damage. Specifically, $SPX closed below the 1625-1635 support area and now that means the...
Jun, 04, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanNeutrality, as it applies to option positions, means that one is non-committal with respect to at least one of the factors that influence an option's price. This isn't quite...
May, 31, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanSince stocks started to stumble last week, volatility has increased and a number of indicators have begun to look more negative.The chart of SPX is still bullish, though....
May, 31, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe second issue in May (Volume 22, No. 10) is being published on the fifth Thursday – May 30th. This is because, on the regular 4th Thursday publication date,...
May, 31, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe “collar” is an interesting and useful strategy – at times. This might be one of those times. With many high-yielding stocks having risen to...
May, 30, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillan$VIX rose again yesterday (6 days out of 7), and its chart clearly shows the beginning of an uptrend. We had been saying that a close above 15.11 was necessary to confirm...
May, 29, 2013
As a guest on CBOETV "In The Money" last week, Larry McMillan discussed hedging in the current market enviroment. Watch the interivew by Angela Miles below.
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