May, 19, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell to new relative lows this week, finally closing below the 1330 level and trading down to 1318 — which was just about the...
May, 13, 2011
The stock market is shooting back and forth like a futures contract. In any case, the 1330 level on $SPX remains our bullish demarcation line. A close below there would turn us bearish.Equity-...
May, 12, 2011
CHICAGO (May 12, 2011) – The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today Lawrence G. McMillan as the 2011 recipient of the Joseph W. Sullivan Options Industry Achievement Award. This recognition...
May, 12, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market is shooting back and forth like a futures contract. In fact, the whole market seems to be tied quite directly to the price of oil, silver, gold, and the...
May, 12, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanEver since we ran an article last fall on selling weekly options, subscribers have been clamoring for (okay, well maybe not “clamoring,” but several have requested...
May, 09, 2011
On Friday, May 6th, the total put-call ratio (ALL options traded) was above 1.00. That is quite unusual, and when it occurs during a declining market phase, it is normally a strong buy signal....
May, 06, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillan $SPX has pulled back to the critical support area at 1330-1340. It's one thing to say that an overbought market might have such a correction, but it's quite another to...
May, 05, 2011
Coming soon as part of the Bloomberg Press Financial series is the latest book by Richard Lehman and Lawrence G. McMillan, Options in Volatile Markets 2nd Edition: Managing Volatility and Protecting...
May, 05, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and virtually every other major index broke out to new post-2008 highs (and some to new all-time highs) in the past few weeks. But as...
Apr, 29, 2011
Once again, as we enter another earnings reporting season, we are seeing some large moves by individual stocks and perhaps even larger anticipation of moves by the option markets in advance of the...
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