Oct, 10, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 16, No. 20 on October 25, 2007. We have seen a renewed interest in how the $VIX...
Oct, 09, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 18, No. 9 on May 14, 2009. One strategy that we have employed with a good deal...
Oct, 08, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 8, No. 19 on October 14, 1999. There is a seasonal strategy that we use each...
Oct, 04, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe major indices all broke down this week, as the accumulated pressure that had been building up finally was released after a poor economic survey. There is resistance at the...
Oct, 03, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillan..The equity-only put-call ratios have both rolled over to sell signals. As we have pointed out, the standard ratio started moving higher a few days ago, but the weighted ratio...
Oct, 01, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 2, No. 9 on May 13, 1993. Covered call writing is not one of our normally...
Sep, 27, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanStocks have struggled a bit over the past week, but not to any great extent. Support has held in the 2950-2960 range. That has preserved the bullish gap on the chart that...
Sep, 25, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanIt turns out that the strange behavior in $VIX9D on Monday, when it was down –4.85 while $VIX and other CBOE Volatility Indices, as well as $SPX, were relatively unchanged was...
Sep, 24, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanYesterday, the 9-day Vol Index dropped from 14.68 to 9.83! This was not some arithmetic quirk with expiring options or a holiday or anything like that. This was a...
Sep, 20, 2019
By Lawrence G. McMillanOnce $SPX broke out over resistance at 2940, especially considering that it was a strong gap breakout, it has not looked back. There was a slight consolidation in the 2960-2980...
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