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By Lawrence G. McMillanIf there is a theme to this market, it's this: it's overbought, but continuing to rise.  There is strong support for $SPX at 1810. Moreover, there is now resistance near...
By Lawrence G. McMillanForecasting this market with the Fed doing what they’re doing is really a very inexact chore.  However, there are some historic parallels that can be drawn.  ...
By Lawrence G. McMillan(MarketWatch) -- Monday’s sharp selloff proved that the bears do have some life.  But is it enough to actually cause a noticeable stock market correction? The bulls...
By Lawrence G. McMillanRecently, the “Skew Index” published by the CBOE shot upward, creating discussions around the option trading community as to its meaning. In the feature article,...
By Lawrence G. McMillanWe always publish a table of the skew in $OEX options (page 9 in this issue), as a sample of how the major index options are skewed.  We also talk about skew in relation...
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks have been fairly dull so far in 2014, but some movement is probably setting up soon. Not much has changed with respect to the indicators that we follow, but let's...
By Lawrence G. McMillanTwo days ago, I received notification from the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, regarding the matter of MF Global Holdings Ltd. Investment...
We all know that trading options is exciting, highly competitive, and can be very profitable. The key to long term and consistent profits in option trading is options education. The McMillan...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe new year started with a thud, as selling pressure that had been building up over the past few days was released.   Even after the selling, the $SPX chart is bullish,...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe feature article is our annual market review and forecast issue.  Forecasting has taken a back seat to Fed watching these days, but we present some data on how markets...

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