Feb, 13, 2015
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...
Feb, 13, 2015
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...
Feb, 09, 2015
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...
Feb, 06, 2015
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...
Jan, 30, 2015
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....
Jan, 29, 2015
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...
Jan, 26, 2015
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 “...
Jan, 23, 2015
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe period between late October and the end of January is replete with seasonal trades. In late October, we had the “October seasonal” buy, followed by the...
Jan, 23, 2015
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market continues to be volatile, with $SPX bounding from support at 1990 to resistance at 2065 swiftly in the past four days. Outside of that range, there is further...
Jan, 21, 2015
By Lawrence G. McMillanTuesdays after three-day weekends often produce wide swings. Yesterday was no exception. A higher opening was almost immediately followed by severe selling –...
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