Recent Blogs

Oct, 10, 2013

Upside Potential in Short-Term Buy Signals (SPX)

By Lawrence G. McMillan...The speed of this market is being accurately reflected in our indicators, I believe. What seemed to be an extremely bearish environment just a couple of days ago, now...

Oct, 10, 2013

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

By Lawrence G. McMillanOf course, the title of this article is also the title of a song that refers to the Christmas Holiday season. Although, I prefer the Staples commercials in which the...

Oct, 08, 2013

Bearish forces are building

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe broad market is rather schizophrenic right now. On Friday, the prevailing attitude seemed to be “I better buy now before Congress settles this thing and the market...

Oct, 04, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 10/4/13

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market is getting more volatile and bearish as the combined pressures weigh upon it. These include the Congressional wranglings, the negative seasonality of early...

Sep, 30, 2013

The Option Strategist Newsletter (Volume 22, No. 18) Preview

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe feature article goes into some depth as to what an overbought condition actually means. In most cases, a severely overbought market does not generate a sell signal...

Sep, 27, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 9/27/13

By Lawrence G. McMillan$SPX now has resistance at the mid-September highs of 1730. There is support at 1680, 1660, and then at the August lows of 1630. This week, $SPX generated a sell signal, based...

Sep, 26, 2013

Some Perspective on "Overbought"

By Lawrence G. McMillanOne of our signature sayings is “Overbought does not mean ‘sell’.” But what does it mean? In this article we’re going to explore the...

Sep, 20, 2013

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 9/20/13

By Lawrence G. McMillan$SPX exploded to the upside after the Fed's announcement that they were not going to taper, with both new buying and short covering entering into the fray. With $SPX now...

Sep, 19, 2013

Overbought market does not mean sell...yet

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe Fed’s announcement that they were not going to taper was a big sigh of relief for many traders, and the resulting buying explosion was powerful. Short covering...

Sep, 18, 2013

McMillan's Bernanke Grade Mentioned on CNBC

Larry McMillan's CNBC Fed Survey grade was noted on CNBC yesterday. When disccussing the analysts that gave Ben Bernanke's term a negative grade, senior economics reporter Steve Liesman mentioned...

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