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Aug, 11, 2023

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 8/11/2023

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe $SPX Index has started a downtrend, from the recent highs just above 4600. This decline began with overbought conditions providing headwinds and then accelerated when Fitch...

Aug, 07, 2023

Larry McMillan Stock Market Update Video 8/7/2023

By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market on August 7, 2023.Click here to view this week's charts »This Market Commentary is an abbreviated...

Aug, 04, 2023

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 8/4/2023

By Lawrence G. McMillanIt took the catalyst of Fitch downgrading the debt rating of the US from AAA to AA+ in order to generate some heavy selling in stocks. So far, most of the damage has been...

Aug, 01, 2023

Cumulative Volume Breadth (CVB) Buy Signal

By Lawrence G. McMillanWe have been talking about the possibility of this buy signal occurring, and now it has. That is, the running total of advancing volume minus declining volume, daily (in “...

Jul, 31, 2023

Larry McMillan Stock Market Update Video 7/31/2023

By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market on July 31, 2023.Click here to view this week's charts »This Market Commentary is an abbreviated...

Jul, 28, 2023

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 7/28/2023

By Lawrence G. McMillanFor the most part, stocks have remained in an extremely bullish mode over the past week. The one "hiccup" was when heavy selling hit the market the day after the FOMC...

Jul, 25, 2023

Review and Explanation of Concepts: Anatomy of a Backspread (04:09)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 4, No. 9 on May 11, 1995. Much is written about strategy and about establishing...

Jul, 24, 2023

Larry McMillan Stock Market Update Video 7/24/2023

By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market on July 24, 2023.Click here to view this week's charts »This Market Commentary is an abbreviated...

Jul, 21, 2023

CBOE Origin Remembrances: David Krell

By Lawrence G. McMillanDavid Krell was the Chairman and co-founder of the first U.S. electronic options exchange – the International Securities Exchange (ISE). I spoke with him recently, to get...

Jul, 21, 2023

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 7/21/2023

By Lawrence G. McMillanMost major stock indices made new 2023 highs this past week ($RUT; IWM is still a little shy of that). Thus, the charts remain positive, and a "core" bullish position is...

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