The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

By Lawrence G. McMillan

Of course, the title of this article is also the title of a song that refers to the Christmas Holiday season.  Although, I prefer the Staples commercials in which the parents are dancing around while singing the song as the children return to school in September.  

But, for us as seasonal traders, the title could refer to the number of seasonally favorable patterns that appear from late October through the end of the year.  We are now approaching the entry dates for some of these seasonal trades, and we want to lay out some strategy for the trades that are going to be coming up in the next few weeks and months.  

These seasonal patterns include the October Seasonal ($SPX) trade, the Heating Oil – Gasoline spread, and the $VIX Seasonality...

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