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Sep, 30, 2022

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 9/30/2022

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe latest bearish phase of this market began in mid-August and has now carried $SPX to new yearly lows, both closing and intraday. This is a major negative development and...

Sep, 28, 2022

Some Thoughts On Covered Call Writing (11:04)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 11, No. 4 on February 28, 2002. Covered call writing is not a particularly “sexy...

Sep, 23, 2022

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 9/23/2022

By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks are in a severe short-term downtrend at the moment, spurred fundamentally by Inflation and Interest rates. Technically, the $SPX chart remains bearish in a number of...

Sep, 22, 2022

The construct of volatility derivatives has moved to a vulnerable state

By Lawrence G. McMillan$VIX – the indicator which has not exactly been in tune with the negativity of this 2022 bear market – has now generated an intermediate-term trend sell signal. By...

Sep, 20, 2022

Protection for Stock Owners (09:13)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 9, No. 13 on July 13, 2000. Most option traders – even fairly novice ones –...

Sep, 19, 2022

Webinar Recording: The Current State of Market-Predicting Option Indicators 9/14/2022

By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Lawrence G. McMillan as he discusses the current state of his option-oriented indicators and what they are saying about the stock market. This video was recorded from his...

Sep, 19, 2022

Larry McMillan Stock Market Update Video 9/19/2022

By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market on September 19, 2022.Click here to view this week's charts »This Market Commentary is an abbreviated...

Sep, 16, 2022

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 9/16/2022

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe bulls seemed to think they were in charge up until the latest CPI data was released. Then, in an abrupt change of face big money began to sell on Sep 13th and just kept...

Sep, 15, 2022

Just How “Neutral” Is Delta Neutral? (12:08)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 12, No. 8 on April 24, 2003. The concept of “delta neutral” is an intriguing one...

Sep, 13, 2022

What’s Best: Covered Writes, Naked Puts, or Credit Spreads? (15:15)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 15, No. 15 on August 10, 2006. In the past couple of months, we’ve published...

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