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Jun, 17, 2020

By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks continue their wild ride. Yesterday, $SPX gapped open strongly higher, then gave back all the gains in a very short period of time when Fed Chairman Powell said that the...

Jun, 16, 2020

Speculation Techniques (12:23)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 12, No. 23 on December 11, 2003. Probably too many traders treat options as pure...

Jun, 15, 2020

Protecting A Stock Portfolio With $VIX Options (15:06)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 15, No. 6 on March 30, 2006. As our regular subscribers know, the CBOE recently...

Jun, 12, 2020

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 6/12/2020

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe overbought conditions intensified this past week with a couple of huge up days on June 5th and 8th, but then exploded into one of the worst down days in history on June...

Jun, 08, 2020

Larry McMillan Stock Market Update Video 6/8/2020

By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin option strategist Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market and what our option-oriented indicators are saying.

Jun, 05, 2020

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 6/5/2020

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe broad stock market continues to rip higher day after day. This morning, more fuel was added to the fire with the Unemployment Report showing that jobs were added in May! I...

Jun, 04, 2020

Some Practical Considerations for Option Traders (07:06)

By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 7, No. 6 on March 26, 1998. In the course of conversations with other traders or...

Jun, 02, 2020

Things Could Really Get Insanely Bullish (Preview)

By Lawrence G. McMillanIn the November 1929 - April 1930 rally, stocks rose 48% and volatility (all that we have to go on from that time period, of course, is realized/historic volatility) dropped...

Jun, 01, 2020

Larry McMillan Stock Market Update Video 6/1/2020

By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of his option-oriented stock market indicators.

May, 29, 2020

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 5/29/2020

By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks broke upward out of the trading range this week, and have made new intraday highs for this rally each day since. Thus, the rally that began from the extreme oversold...

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