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By Lawrence G. McMillanWe have written about crossover signals from the CBOE’s Volatility Indices in the past.  In particular, we want to present research on sell signals generated when $...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market continues to move higher, albeit at a very slow pace. That makes the $SPX chart bullish, of course, and it will remain bullish as long as $SPX holds above...
By Lawrence G. McMillan$SPX has finally broken out to new all-time highs and has maintained that status by closing above the old highs for four consecutive days. That's the bullish news. The less-...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Standard & Poors 500 Index ($SPX) has finally broken out of the 1990-2065 trading range that had contained it for nearly two months. The breakout was not easily...
By Lawrence G. McMillanNow that January is past, most of the seasonal trades are over for this cycle.  It was an interesting and somewhat profitable seasonal trading season, but it always...
By Lawrence G. McMillanLast October, the CBOE changed the way it calculated $VIX – or, as the CBOE put it, the methodology was “enhanced.”  The change was a logical and...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market has had a strong week. Even so, $SPX remains within the general confines of the 1990-2065 trading range, on a closing basis. We still await a breakout from...
By Lawrence G. McMillanMarket volatility has remained high, and we can expect these high levels of volatility to persist.Even with this volatility, the chart of $SPX is still in a trading range....
By Lawrence G. McMillan...An astute subscribers noticed that, last week, another $VIX “spike peak” buy signal was setting up. $VIX had risen more than 3.00 points, measured with closing...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe feature article is a relatively short one, discussing the various January seasonal patterns that exist.  Most of the article deals with the end-of-the-month “...

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