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Lawrence G. McMillan Stock Market Update
By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market on June 16, 2025.
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe broad market continues to inch higher, and has so far remained above the previous downtrend line that connected the February and May highs. The only overhead resistance is...
The Big Volatility Short
By Lawrence G. McMillanA number of years ago, we introduced a $VIX futures premium indicator, which we called VOLFUTA. It is a composite of the premium on the front-month and second-month $VIX...
Lawrence G. McMillan Stock Market Update
By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market on June 9, 2025.
Defiance Etfs - MST, GLDY, QQQY, SLVY, USOY, and TLTY
By Lawrence G. McMillanYieldMax has a number of ETFs, in which they are generally long synthetic stock (long call, short put with the same terms) and then they sell call credit spreads, out-of-the-...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe downtrend line connecting the February and May highs was a major impediment on the upside, and now $SPX has overcome that. For the previous three days, $SPX has traded...
By Lawrence G. McMillanA few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking to students in the UCLA MQE program on the topic of Understanding and Trading Volatility Derivatives. It was a data-driven,...
Lawrence G. McMillan Stock Market Update
By Lawrence G. McMillanJoin Larry McMillan as he discusses the current state of the stock market on June 2, 2025.
By Lawrence G. McMillanLast weekend, tariffs against Europe were postponed, and the stock market took that as a very favorable sign. When traders returned after the Memorial Day weekend, $SPX gapped...
By Lawrence G. McMillanAt McMillan Analysis, our approach to selling naked puts is grounded in data, probability, and risk management—not gut feelings or "favorite" stocks. Each trading day, we apply...

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