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By Lawrence G. McMillanWith the “fiscal cliff” dominating the news, the media tries to link every market wiggle to what some politician has just said about it.  Meanwhile, there are...
By Lawrence G. McMillanNow that $SPX has closed above 1410 on a closing basis, that is a bullish upside breakout.  There is further overhead resistance at 1430, and then it is possible that the...
Covered Call Writing:
By Lawrence G. McMillanIn past issues of The Option Strategist Newsletter, we have stated that we mainly utilize naked put sales rather than covered call writes in its traditional form – even for...
Option Trading Guidelines
By Lawrence G. McMillanI was recently asked what guidelines I generally follow in my option trading. This is actually a rather thought-provoking question, especially when it regards something one...
By Lawrence G. McMillanMORRISTOWN, N.J. (MarketWatch) — While there are still some mixed signals for stocks, some very powerful signals have lined up so that the bulls once again have a chance...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market, as measured by the Standard & Poors 500 Index (SPX) has been in a steady decline since mid-October.  There is resistance in the 1395-1410 area, and that...
By Lawrence G. McMillanToday's early market action was a continued grind higher as further shorts were forced out of their positions.  $SPX made the intraday high just below 1390, the upper end...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market has continued to decline rather sharply this week.  As a result, the support at 1370 was broken -- yet another major support level giving way.  The...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe bears have finally managed to take control of the stock market, mostly due to some worries about upcoming economic and regulatory issues. However, the market has quickly...
About Put Call Ratios
By Lawrence G. McMillanPut-call ratios are useful, sentiment-based, indicators.  The put-call ratio is simply the volume of all puts that traded on a given day divided by the volume of calls...

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