Jan, 19, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and other major indexes, continues to plow forward at a relatively slow, steady pace.Since the S&...
Jan, 18, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) has launched a new volatility futures contract – this time on the Emerging Markets ETF (EEM). The volatility index (i.e., the EEM...
Jan, 17, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanEach fall we recommend a spread: long Gasoline, short Heating Oil. This fall, the spread had its best year ever. The entry date, Friday November 18th, was perfectly...
Jan, 13, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillan The over-riding characteristic of this market since the first of the year is boredom. Daily ranges are tiny, and volatility is practically non- existent. This is ironic, of...
Jan, 12, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis issue contains our annual analysis of the trades we’ve made in the past in The Option Strategist Newsletter. 2011 was a very good year for hedged positions,...
Jan, 12, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market, whether measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index or any other major index, has become downright boring.After the upside breakout on the first...
Jan, 10, 2012
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Jan, 10, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanMonday was a very boring market day (again), which did nothing to chance the technical situation at all. Breadth was actually fairly positive, so the breadth oscillators...
Jan, 06, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market finally was able to take advantage of the favorable seasonal pattern and break out to the upside. It is now imperative that $SPX take out the October...
Jan, 05, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe new year started with a strong rally, although the reasons for the rally were less than stellar. Basically, I think one can say that the reason investors bought on Tuesday...
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