Jun, 07, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanAfter some relatively heavy, but orderly, selling in the past few weeks, oversold conditions finally reached levels that spawned today’s sharp oversold rally. But...
Jun, 01, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThese days, there are more and more volatility indices and futures than ever. One can observe the same sorts of things about them that we do with $VIX futures – in...
Jun, 01, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market just cannot get a rally together that is strong enough to erase the oversold conditions. There is now resitance at 1335, where the rally failed this week....
May, 31, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanBond ETF’s (IEF and TLT) are both making all-time highs (in price). Stock volume patterns are very strong. This is the point that all the stock market bulls (...
May, 31, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanDespite a rather severe oversold condition, there have been no actual confirmed buy signals issued yet. This oversold condition has persisted for the past couple of weeks,...
May, 30, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanAs often happens on the first day of trading after a three-day weekend, the market is buffeted by cross-current, so there are several moves. Initially, the market was...
May, 25, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillan The massive oversold condition that existed at the end of last week has spurred a rally this week. when the market is as oversold as it got last week, it usually rallies...
May, 24, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanMORRISTOWN, N.J. (MarketWatch) — One thing that all traders figure out sooner or later is that an oversold market can continue to decline — sometimes at an ever-...
May, 24, 2012
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe decline in $SPX this month has been swift, but surprisingly orderly. For example, the 20-day historical volatility of SPX is only 14%, which is extremely low after a...
May, 23, 2012
On May 23rd, the CBOE will be listing futures on the Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index with the symbol /VN. The Nasdaq VIX futures will be similar to the regular S&P $VIX futures in that they...
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