Dec, 20, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanEven with the volatiilty following the FOMC meeting, SPX still has not broken out of the 1775-1812 range on a closing basis. If it DOES break out to the upside, the...
Dec, 16, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe feature article was designed to be a piece about the January Effect (the period of time when small-caps outperform big-caps, after tax loss selling has ended). But the...
Dec, 16, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillan You’d have to be a pretty long-term subscriber to remember when we used to trade the January Effect. For a long time, it worked like a charm, but then traders started to...
Dec, 13, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market -- as measured by the S&P 500 Index ($SPX) -- has declined on eight of the last ten days, and that has taken a toll on the technical indicators. However, $SPX...
Dec, 10, 2013
Lawrence McMillan was recently interviewed at The Disciplined Investor podcast where he explained some of the ways in which investing with options can be beneficial. Larry also discussed...
Dec, 09, 2013
Craig Hilsenrath For the Introduction an explanation of Expected Value, refer to Enhancing Option Portfolio Returns Using Probability and Statistics - Part 1. Expected Value and Option Strategies...
Dec, 06, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanFrom a broad viewpoint, using our indicators, the picture is actually fairly bearish except for one major thing: the price chart of the Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX)...
Dec, 03, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe feature article discusses various trading strategies and systems around Thanks-giving Day. The article culminates with the recommendation that we already made in...
Dec, 02, 2013
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...
Nov, 29, 2013
By Lawrence G. McMillanPrice action -- via the $SPX chart -- and volatility have remained bullish. We have often said that price is the main indicator and that has certainly been the case this time...
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