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Mar, 05, 2013

Larry McMillan: Outlook for the Rest of 2013 (Video)

In this Orlando Money show interview, Larry McMillan discusses his market outlook for the near future. As mentioned in The Option Strategist 2013 Stock Market Forecast, Larry compares...

Mar, 01, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 3/1/13

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe quiet sleep-walking phase of the market seems to have ended, although that doesn't mean that the bulls have relinquished control. The chart of $SPX has widened out a bit,...

Feb, 28, 2013

3X Etfs - An Option Strategy

By Lawrence G. McMillanIn December, we presented a strategy for trading the highly leveraged ETFs. At that time, we said that perhaps an option strategy would be a better approach. In...

Feb, 26, 2013

Major Sell Signals Confirmed

By Lawrence G. McMillan$SPX has closed below 1495 and $VIX has closed (way) above 16.21, so those are sell signals on both charts. Moreover, both equity-only put-call ratios have rolled over to...

Feb, 25, 2013

Low volatility levels still seem to be the key

By Lawrence G. McMillanOn Friday, we said that if the bulls could hold onto the opening gains throughout the day, then last week’s action would likely be viewed merely as a very short-term...

Feb, 22, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 2/22/13

By Lawrence G. McMillanSome of the stock market boredom has ended, as a number of traders took the Fed Minutes on Wednesday as a sign to do some selling (the Fed apparently discussed that -- some day...

Feb, 21, 2013

Finally, some volatility!

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market continues to sell off today, extending what began shortly after the Fed minutes release yesterday afternoon. This morning's economic numbers provided no relief...

Feb, 20, 2013

The Strategy Remains the Same

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe three-day weekend was apparently long enough for the bulls to reload and come into the market strongly again yesterday. All of the major averages closed at new highs...

Feb, 15, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 2/15/13

By Lawrence G. McMillan$SPX had been contained within a range of 1495 to 1515 for about two weeks. This week, though, the index has broken out to new highs, above that 1515 level. That is positive...

Feb, 14, 2013

Is Chasing Earnings Moves a Profitable Strategy?

By Lawrence G. McMillanMost professional traders tell novice investors not to chase earnings. I have felt that way throughout my trading career. However, I never actually did any...

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