By Lawrence G. McMillanMcMillan Analysis Corp. president Larry McMillan was recently intereviewd on Chuck Jaffe's Money Life podcast where he explored the current state of our option-oriented...
By Lawrence G. McMillanViolent market movements have followed nearly every piece There are both bearish and bullish signals in place, although the bears are being put to the test today.$SPX has put...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 16, No. 20 on October 25, 2007. We have seen a renewed interest in how the $VIX...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 18, No. 9 on May 14, 2009. One strategy that we have employed with a good deal...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 8, No. 19 on October 14, 1999. There is a seasonal strategy that we use each...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe major indices all broke down this week, as the accumulated pressure that had been building up finally was released after a poor economic survey. There is resistance at the...
By Lawrence G. McMillan..The equity-only put-call ratios have both rolled over to sell signals. As we have pointed out, the standard ratio started moving higher a few days ago, but the weighted ratio...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 2, No. 9 on May 13, 1993. Covered call writing is not one of our normally...
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks have struggled a bit over the past week, but not to any great extent. Support has held in the 2950-2960 range. That has preserved the bullish gap on the chart that...
By Lawrence G. McMillanIt turns out that the strange behavior in $VIX9D on Monday, when it was down –4.85 while $VIX and other CBOE Volatility Indices, as well as $SPX, were relatively unchanged was...