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Options As A Strategic Investment: 5th Edition

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Options as a Strategic Investment: 5th Edition

Get your autographed copy of the revised edition of the best-selling book on options* 

Author: Lawrence G. McMillan

With more than 300,000 copies sold, this blockbuster best-seller is considered to be the "bible of options trading." The new 5th edition is completely revised and updated to encompass all the latest options trading vehicles, supplying traders and serious investors with an abundance of new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments.

Call Stupid (21:12)

By Lawrence G. McMillan

This article was originally published in The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 21, No. 12 on June 29, 2012. 

A"call stupid" is a rather arcane and little-known term, which is used to describe a position in which a trader is long two calls at two different strikes (probably with the same expiration date). It is often offset by a short position in the underlying security.

Intensive Option Webinars: Volume 1 (USB Flash Drive Set)

$379.00
Intensive Option Webinars: Volume 1

Over 9 Hours of Educational Material by the Author of "The Bible of Options Trading"

Legendary option analyst Lawrence G. McMillan, author of Options As A Strategic Investment and CEO of McMillan Analysis Corporation, is back with another installment of his popular Intensive Option series. Containing over 9 hours of valuable information - including 3 of McMillan's most popular seminar topics - this USB flash-drive video set is the perfect instructional tool for the intermediate to advanced options trader.

Recorded Intensive Option Webinar #3: Speculating with Options

$199.00
Recorded Intensive Option Webinar:  Speculating with Options

Learn various directional trading techniques geared towards options with this 3 hour+ seminar download

The main focus of this seminar is speculation, —how to trade directional positions in options and stocks, and how to use options to your advantage while doing so.

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Recorded Intensive Option Webinar #2: Modern Portfolio Protection

$79.00
Recorded Intensive Option Webinar:  Modern Portfolio Protection

Learn ways to try protecting yourself from the next market crash with this 2 hour seminar download

In this seminar, we will explore the various ways that options can be used to hedge individual stock positions, as well as hedging an entire portfolio with index options. Individual stock hedging strategies would include collars, covered call writes, and married puts, among others.

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Recorded Intensive Option Webinar #1: Volatility Trading

$199.00
Recorded Intensive Option Webinar:  Volatility Trading

A 4 hour seminar download detailing various volatility trading strategies

The main focus of this 4 hour seminar is not speculation, per se (although there will some discussion of it), but rather the use of volatility trading option strategies to put the odds of success in your favor. 

First, there is a complete discussion of the products in the newest asset trading class – Volatility – including futures, options, and ETN’s.  Hedged strategies to take advantage of distorted volatility market constructs are also demonstrated.

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Recorded Webinar - Understanding and Trading $VIX Options - Part 1

$49.00
Recorded Webinar - Understanding and Trading $VIX Options - Part 1

A seminar focusing on understanding the basics of volatility derivatives

By Lawrence G. McMillan

Volatility derivatives can be confusing. Join Larry as he unmasks the mystery behind VIX options and futures. In this webinar Larry will exlpore the possibly predictive power of volatility and teach you stategies to trade the options and futures directly. Since we really don’t sell a book or DVD strictly on this subject, this multi-part series on $VIX futures will be our main educational guide to this subject for the time being.

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Recorded Webinar - Understanding and Trading $VIX Options - Part 2

$49.00
Recorded Webinar - Understanding and Trading $VIX Options - Part 1

A seminar focusing on trading strategies involving volatility derivatives

By Lawrence G. McMillan

In the second part of this seminar on volatility, Larry teaches practical application of different strategies utilizing $VIX derivatives including hedged strategies ($VIX/SPY), portfolio protection, spreads (calendar, ratio), and much more. Sign up now, and harness the power of volatility.

Recorded on September 22, 2010
Approximately 1 hour running time 

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McMillan On Options - Second Edition

$75.00
McMillan on Options
Author: Lawrence G. McMillan

Legendary trader Larry McMillan does it-again-offering his personal options strategies for consistently enhancing trading profits. Larry McMillan's name is virtually synonymous with options. This "Trader's Hall of Fame" recipient first shared his personal options strategies and techniques in the original McMillan on Options. Now, in a revised and Second Edition, this indispensable guide to the world of options addresses a myriad of new techniques and methods needed for profiting consistently in today's fast-paced investment arena. This thoroughly new Second Edition features updates in almost every chapter as well as enhanced coverage of many new and increasingly popular products. It also offers McMillan's personal philosophy on options, and reveals many of his previously unpublished personal insights. Readers will soon discover why Yale Hirsch of the Stock Trader's Almanac says, "McMillan is an options guru par excellence."

Recorded Webinar - Detecting and Trading Takeover Rumors

$49.00
Detecting and Trading Takeover Rumors

Detecting and Trading Takeover Rumors

There are more takeover rumors today than in the last 20 years. Learn how to spot and trade these highly volatile but potentially profitable situations in Larry's latest webinar on this topic.

Approximately 1 hour running time 

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