OPTIONS

Lawrence McMillan

Founder and President,

McMillan Analysis Corporation

Best-Selling Author: Options As A Strategic Investment
Over 40 Years of Experience Trading Options
2011 Joseph W. Sullivan Options Industry Achievement Award

About Lawrence

Lawrence McMillan speaks on option strategies at many seminars and colloquia in the US, Canada, and Europe. Prior to founding his own firm, he was a proprietary trader at two major brokerage firms—primarily Thomson McKinnon Securities, where he ran the equity arbitrage department for nine years. Mr. McMillan is perhaps best known as the author of Options as a Strategic Investment, the bestselling work on stock and index options strategies, which has sold over 200,000 copies.

Lawrence's Articles

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VIX: Want to Trade Volatility? Consider These Options

Over the years, we’ve discussed a lot of volatility-based trades. Since volatility is high now, a number of them are apropos. The simplest is to buy call options on CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) futures or on a volatility ETF, including the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY) or 2x Long VIX Futures ETF (UVIX), explains Lawrence McMillan, editor of Option Strategist.

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OPTIONS

Tickers: SPX, UVIX, VIXY, VIX

SLV: Two Important Lessons from Trading Options on this Silver ETF

We recently had a very nice profit on a long run by the iShares Silver Trust (SLV). We rolled that position seven times, each time taking a credit from selling a relatively deeply in-the-money call option and replacing it with an at-the-money call. Here are the lessons for traders from that process, notes Lawrence McMillan, editor of Option Strategist.

Lawrence McMillan

ETFs

Tickers: SLV

SPX: After Volatility Spike, Can We Capture 7,000 for Good?

Volatility has increased with the failure once again of the S&P 500 Index (^SPX) to clearly break out to new all-time highs. In fact, the largest change in indicator direction has been in the implied volatility complex – the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) and its various components, observes Lawrence McMillan, editor of Option Strategist.

Lawrence McMillan

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Tickers: VIX, SPX

SPX: Breadth, Volatility Indicators Still Bullish Despite Greenland Tantrum

This past week has seen volatile moves in both directions. But there are several facts to the technical picture that have emerged as a result of all of this, advises Lawrence McMillan, editor of Option Strategist.

Lawrence McMillan

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Tickers: VIX, SPX

Lawrence's Videos

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McMillan's Option Indicators: What Are They Saying About the Market NOW!

Join Lawrence G. McMillan where he will discuss the current state of his option-oriented indicators, including seasonal patterns and what they say about the stock market. He will also discuss various historical patterns, including the following topics:

-The performance of $SPX

-What the option markets are saying

-And much, much more.

Lawrence McMillan

OPTIONS

46:50

McMillan's Option Indicators: What Are They Saying About the Market NOW?

Join Lawrence G. McMillan where he will discuss the current state of his option-oriented indicators including seasonal patterns and what they are saying about the stock market. He will also discuss various historical patterns, including the following topics: the performance of $SPX, what the option markets are saying, and much, much more.

Lawrence McMillan

OPTIONS

32:57

What Option Indicators Are Saying About the Market Now!

Join Lawrence G. McMillan where he will discuss the current state of his option-oriented indicators and what they are saying about the stock market plus several seasonal trades that are about to occur. He will also discuss various historical patterns, including the following topics: the performance of $SPX, what the option markets are saying, upcoming seasonal trades, and much, much more.

Lawrence McMillan

OPTIONS

29:53

Equity Seasonals

Larry McMillan discusses various seasonal trades in the equities sector.

Lawrence McMillan

OPTIONS

2:51

Lawrence's Books

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Options as a Strategic Investment: Fifth Edition

The market in listed options and non-equity option products provides investors and traders with a wealth of new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments. This updated and revised Fifth Edition of the bestselling Options as a Strategic Investment gives you the latest market-tested tools for improving the earnings potential of your portfolio while reducing downside risk—no matter how the market is performing.

Lawrence McMillan

Study Guide for Options as a Strategic Investment 5th Edition

This Study Guide for the Fifth Edition of Options as a Strategic Investment will help you maximize your understanding of options, thereby increasing your profits.

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