By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market, as measured by $SPX, has tried to rally over the past week, with a couple of strong days to show for it. But resistance at or just above 5700 has proven to be...
By Lawrence G. McMillanEach day, The Daily Put-Writer newsletter provides a list of potential naked put-sale candidates, selected using McMillan’s proprietary put-writing methodology. In addition to...
By Lawrence G. McMillanA short-term buy signal was triggered at Friday’s close: the “oscillator differential” buy signal. This occurs when the two breadth oscillators, which had spread far apart in...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThe market, as measured by $SPX, continues to fall at a rapid rate. It has broken down below the lower end of the trading range that had existed since last November. It also...
By Lawrence G. McMillanThis article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 23, No. 15 on August 8, 2014. We have often used the phrase, “oversold does not mean buy...
By Lawrence G. McMillanOver the years, I’ve written extensively about the $VIX/SPY hedged strategy, a position that allows traders to take advantage of the inverse relationship between volatility and...
By Lawrence G. McMillan The speed of the market descent from the highs of February 20th to the lows (so far) of March 6th has been swift. The lower end of the trading range had been between 5770...