A Review of the Current State of Option-Oriented Indicators

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January 25, 2017

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A webcast presentation with Larry McMillan originally held on January 25, 2017 as part of the CMT Association’s Educational Web Series.

Certain option data is useful in helping predict broad market movements. This presentation will discuss the current state of those indicators.
Put-call ratios are powerful, contrary indicators with a good track record of market prediction.
Volatility derivatives and indices are useful, especially in determining extreme oversold conditions and buying opportunities, but also in discerning the trend of the broad stock market.
The presentation will also include the current state of market breadth, and how it relates to market prediction as well.

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Lawrence McMillan

Lawrence G. McMillan is perhaps best known as the author of Options As a Strategic Investment, the best-selling work on stock and index options strategies, which has sold over 350,000 copies. As an RIA and CTA via McMillan Asset Management, he manages over $80M worth of assets...