By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 15, No. 14 on July 27, 2006. As our marketplaces evolve, so do the products...
By Lawrence G. McMillanOn Tuesday (February 13th), there was a negative CPI report, and the market fell sharply in two heavy waves of selling. But late in the day, buyers came in and they have been...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 3, No. 23 on December 8, 1994. One of the most important features of options is...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThere is a developing divergence between Cumulative Volume Breadth (CVB) and $SPX. That is, $SPX is making new all-time highs, but CVB is not. CVB is merely the running daily...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe major indices are making new all-time highs with regularity. This includes $SPX, of course (as well as $NDX and the Dow), so we are still maintaining our "core" bullish...
By Lawrence G. McMillanFebruary has been a big problem for the stock market in recent years. The table below shows the $SPX results for February going back to 2002.There were gains in 12 of the years...
By Lawrence G. McMillanAfter roaring ahead after breaking out to new all-time highs a week ago, $SPX finally had a setback of sorts. Poor earnings from some of the high-fliers (AMD, GOOG, MSFT) and...