Recent Blogs

Feb, 18, 2014

The Option Strategist Newsletter Volume 23, No. 03 Preview

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe CBOE has launched what may prove to be a very useful product – short-term $VIX futures ($VXST). The feature article discusses their terms and their...

Feb, 14, 2014

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 2/14/14

By Lawrence G. McMillanA lot has happened in the past three weeks, but $SPX is literally unchanged from where it was at that time. A nearly 100-point round trip has taken place -- down, then up...

Feb, 13, 2014

Short-Term $VIX Futures Begin Trading ($VXST)

By Lawrence G. McMillanAt face value, it certainly seems as if this new volatility product, the CBOE Short-Term Volatility Index (symbol: $VXST) will be useful and successful. In this article, we are...

Feb, 10, 2014

Enhancing Option Portfolio Returns Using Probability and Statistics - Part 4

By Craig Hilsenrath For the Introduction, an explanation of Expected Value, and Expected Value and Option Strategies, and Determining the Probabilities refer to Enhancing Option Portfolio Returns...

Feb, 07, 2014

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 2/7/14

By Lawrence G. McMillanThe stock market finally halted its straight-down tailspin. A strong rally generated some oversold buy signals which could carry the market back towards its declining 20-...

Feb, 05, 2014

Stan Freifeld Interviewed by Stocks & Commodities Magazine

Stan Freifeld, Director of Corporate Services and head of our Option Mentoring program, was recently interviewed by editor Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan for the February 2014 issue of Technical...

Feb, 03, 2014

Stan’s Option Challenge: Question #3

We all know that trading options is exciting, highly competitive, and can be very profitable. The key to long term and consistent profits in option trading is options education. The McMillan...

Feb, 03, 2014

Option Consulting by Stan Freifeld

You may not be aware, but Stan Freifeld of the McMillan Mentoring Program also directs our consulting services. It allows those who have questions regarding their options trading to have a...

Jan, 31, 2014

Weekly Stock Market Commentary 1/31/14

By Lawrence G. McMillan Are you having fun yet? Volatility has returned, and the market is a daily dose of pain and pleasure, to either the bulls or the bears. There are plenty of cross-...

Jan, 30, 2014

Join Us for a Free Webinar: Introduction to Option Workbench 3.0

By Craig HilsenrathWe are excited to announce the release of Option Workbench 3.0 on February 15th, 2014. I will be giving live demonstrations at the New York Trader's Expo in the McMillan Analysis...

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