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Weekly put option sales have been added to the analyses in The Strategy Zone (SZ) and in the Option Work Bench (OWB). 

Subscribers to The Daily Strategist that follow our weekly SPY sales, are up +18% in five months, in the ongoing position that we are running in that newsletter.

By Lawrence G. McMillan

The following was excerpted from the market commentary in this morning's Daily Volume Alerts Newsletter, which is sent out each morning before the market opens.

Coming soon as part of the Bloomberg Press Financial series is the latest book by Richard Lehman and Lawrence G. McMillan, Options in Volatile Markets 2nd Edition: Managing Volatility and Protecting against Catastrophic Risk.  Below is the book cover and the write-up from the inside jacket cover.  We will let everyone know when this book is available.

Trading has begun on the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) in Gold Volatility futures. If you’ll recall, a VIX-like calculation can be made on any set of option prices on an individual stock, as long as there are continuous markets being made in the options.

The CBOE has been publishing a “Gold VIX” under the symbol $GVZ for some time. This calculation is based on the options on the Gold ETF (GLD).

Now, futures have begun to trade on $GVZ. Their base symbol is GV, and there are futures in the May, June, July, Aug, and Sept at this point.