Lawrence D. Cavanagh

Lawrence D. Cavanagh

Lawrence D. Cavanagh is a contributor to TheOptionsInsider.com and the Editor and Senior Analyst of The Value Line Daily Options Survey.

The Value Line Daily Options Survey offers evaluations and rankings on virtually the entire universe of regularly listed equity and ETF options, using the Value Line common stock ranks and proprietary volatility forecasting methodology.

Before joining Value Line in 1991, Cavanagh was an options strategist for Capital Market Technologies (subsidiary of Elders Finance), helping design long-term synthetic foreign currency and gold option hedges.

Before that, he was Director of Foreign Currency Options for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

Other work experience includes Dean Witter Reynolds (VP, Senior Currency Analyst), European American Bank (Director of Currency Forecasting) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Assistant Economist).

Recent Articles

Carnival Stock Cruising, Southwest Taxis Close Behind

By Lawrence D. Cavanagh

Carnical Corp NYSE:CCL is leading Real America stocks today, with Southwest Airlines NYSE:LUV and Apple NASDAQ:AAPL not far behind.

Naked Puts – An Alternative to Covered Calls

By Lawrence D. Cavanagh

Learn why put writing can be less risky and offer more profit potential than writing covered calls.

Bear Spreads – Hedge Your Portfolio With Bear Spreads

By Lawrence D. Cavanagh

All too often, investors make the mistake of buying nominally cheap put options as insurance, but this won't really protect them. Learn a better strategy.

Put-Call Parity – How to Make Put-Call Parity Work for You

By Lawrence D. Cavanagh

Learn about put-call parity and how you can make it work for you.

‘Naked’ Puts: An Alternative to Covered Calls

By Lawrence D. Cavanagh

Learn why put writing can be less risky and offer more profit potential than writing covered calls.