By Lawrence G. McMillanOne of the primary volatility trading strategies we cover in The Daily Strategist Newsletter is straddle buying. This can be a complex topic, and while we can't cover all its...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe McMillan Volatility Bands (MVB) indicator for TradingView is a powerful tool that plots 3- and 4-standard deviation bands around a 20-day moving average, helping traders...
By Lawrence G. McMillanBuying straddles in advance of earnings is finally be coming back to life. For some reason, after the pandemic, it was not viable until this earnings quarter. In the last few...
By Lawrence G. McMillanIn his recent webinar, Lawrence G. McMillan, President of McMillan Analysis Corp. and author of Options As A Strategic Investment, shared crucial insights on navigating the...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 11, No. 5 on March 14, 2002. No, this isn’t an expose, despite the article’s...
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks are still in a trading range, but barely. $SPX made a strong move on Thursday, back to the 6100 area and above, which is very near the all-time high. The all-time high...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThere are some longer term seasonal patterns that affect the stock market. One is that years ending in ‘5’ have generally been quite bullish since the first one in 1895 (...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWhen the government announced that they were going to begin instituting tariffs, the market went into a quick nosedive, from which it has mostly recovered. But the fact is that...