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By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) is nearing its all-time highs. But the progress has been rather slow, especially in light of the fact that all of our other...
By Lawrence G. McMillanStock prices maintained a positive stance throughout yesterday’s session, once again producing new closing and intraday highs for this move.  Moreover, these are the...
Option Basics
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis 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...
Option Baiscs
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...
Option Basics
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 4, No. 8 on April 27, 1995.Since we are currently recommending a "backspread"...
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...
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, $VXST (the CBOE’s short-term volatility...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 2, No. 24 on December 22, 1993.We have often stated that one can reduce the risk of...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe have often made note of times when a particular market is so strong that it closes above or below its 20-day moving average for long periods of time.  These are rather...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poors Index ($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...

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