Aug, 16, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanMonday was a monster up day – yet another 90% up day. That’s two 90% up days in the last three trading days, which means that the market is short-term...
Aug, 12, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanIf the title of this article looks familiar, it’s because we’ve used it once before – on Volume 17, No. 19, published on October 10, 2008. So, one can...
Aug, 12, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis decline has been one of the swiftest on record, coming from a period of relative calm and even somewhat positive technical indicators. The selling that has taken...
Aug, 10, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market, after some nasty downside fakeouts, finally staged the oversold rally that we – and many others – had been expecting. In slightly less than an...
Aug, 05, 2011
By Lawrence G. MCMillanIt is almost unfathomable to think that, exactly a mere two weeks ago, $SPX was at 1345 and there were thoughts that an upside breakout was possible. Now, two weeks later...
Aug, 04, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe last two weeks seem like they took two months. It’s hard to believe, but two weeks ago, the Standard & Poor’s 500 was near the high end of its range, with...
Aug, 03, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanMORRISTOWN, N.J. (MarketWatch) — Heading into Tuesday, I didn’t think the market could act any worse, but it did. It’s almost impossible to fathom that the...
Aug, 02, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanWith the current uncertainty in the stock market, the $VIX index has once again received a lot of financial media coverage. Last week we recommended the purchase of $VIX...
Jul, 29, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanSuddenly, the stock market started to develop "religion" about the U.S. debt situation, and sold off sharply this week. In one sense, this is like any other...
Jul, 28, 2011
By Lawrence G. McMillanThere has been something of a “buzz” in volatility forums and in some media articles about a backspread strategy that is designed to take the loss out of using $VIX...
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