Jun, 30, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanA real battle has developed around the 2420-2440 area of $SPX. That has been the trading range for the entire month of June, but recently there have been some violent moves...
Jun, 26, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe use Chandelier Stops for most of our trailing stops. We have been asked to explain how to calculate the Chandelier Stop, so here is the explanation. We use a 10-...
Jun, 23, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis past Monday, $SPX broke out to new all-time highs, smashing through the resistance area at 2440 in a strong manner. Then, just as abruptly, stocks have fallen since then...
Jun, 19, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanI thought it might be interesting to see how previous $VXO/$VIXMO sell signals have played out. We have written plenty about this particular signal, which occurs very...
Jun, 16, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanIt seems that no matter how strongly the market seems to sell off early in the day, it recovers almost all of those losses by the end of the day. As a result, the $SPX chart...
Jun, 09, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanA week ago, on Thursday, $SPX had broken out strongly to a new all-time high. It followed up with a modestly positive day the next day. On both days, "stocks only" cumulative...
Jun, 02, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market has roared to new all-time highs. This brute force market strength belies sell signals and a certain amount of general negativity in many of the other indicators....
May, 26, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe have repeatedly stated over the years that the S&P 500 index ($SPX) itself is the most important indicator, because even if all the other indicators are saying one thing...
May, 22, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanReference was made in Friday's Weekly Commentary to the fact that the weighted put-call ratio is at its lowest levels since November 2014. The long-term weighted put-call...
May, 19, 2017
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks finally suffered a breakdown of sorts this week, after some extremely overbought conditions -- particularly in volatility -- had appeared. But the bulls are trying...
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