By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market has taken on a much more bullish tone since the late- September lows. We had several buy signals on September 30th, and they were well-timed. The...
Lawrence G. McMillan was recently interviewed by bestselling author Michael Covel's Trend Following podcast where he discusses his various facets of options trading. Larry dishes on his early days at...
By Lawrence G. McMillanA week ago, we noted that there were three short-term, oversold buy signals. Now, more buy signals are occurring, and these are of the intermediate-term variety. The last...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe have been having a good amount of success with our event-driven straddles this year – especially with the pre-earnings straddle buys. We have refined that technique...
By Lawrence G. McMillanDespite a couple of rough days this week, buy signals have emerged from our short-term oversold indicators, and so we have a more bullish outlook for the short term but not...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe $SPX chart remains bearish. During the oversold rally that failed at the 2000 level, an upward trend line had developed on the $SPX chart, connecting the daily lows since...
By Lawrence G. McMillan There are several seasonal trades that we use in the fall of the year – primarily the “October seasonal,” the “Post-Thanksgiving Trade.” and the “Heating Oil – Unleaded Gas...
By Lawrence G. McMillanNow that the Fed meeting is over, and they didn't raise rates (as we have been predicting), what do we really know? Stocks rallied strongly heading into the announcement...
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks continue to remain in bearish trends. There have been some sharp rallies, but none of them has even reached the now-swiftly-declining 20-day moving average. ...
By Lawrence G. McMillanSome of the intermediate-term indicators seem ready to capitulate and issue buys, but the overall picture is far from "all clear" at this point. Despite recurring volatility, $...