Jun, 09, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillan This article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 4, No. 1 on January 12, 1995. Buying options is often regarded as one of the most...
Jun, 08, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 3, No. 23 on December 8, 1994. Traders sometimes use bull spreads...
Jun, 07, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillan This article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 4, No. 8 on April 27, 1995. Since we are currently recommending a "backspread"...
Jun, 03, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanAfter a strong upside breakout last week from the triangle formation (blue lines in Figure 1), the market has spent this week in a tight range. There has been an improvement...
Jun, 02, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillan This article was originally featured in the 5/27/16 edition of The Option Strategist Newsletter.As you can see from the right, $VXST (the CBOE’s short-term volatility...
Jun, 01, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 2, No. 24 on December 22, 1993.We have often stated that one can reduce the risk of...
May, 31, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe have often made note of times when a particular market is so strong that it closes above or below its 20-day moving average for long periods of time. These are rather...
May, 27, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poors Index ($SPX) broke out of the triangle that had formed on its chart (see Figure1), and that breakout was strongly on the upside. The bears had plenty...
May, 25, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe bears are now paying for their failure to seize control last week. Yesterday’s rally was strong and was assuredly due to a number of bears “throwing in the towel.” Yes, I...
May, 24, 2016
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 24, No. 8 on April, 23 2015.One of the most successful investment strategies...
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