LARRY D. SPEARS
Editor in Chief and Technical Analyst for The Stewart Report

An editorial consultant based in Amarillo, Texas, Larry is former Managing Editor of The Los Angeles Times Syndicate and The Orange Coast Daily Pilot in Newport Beach, Calif. He also held key editorial positions with several other newspapers prior to shifting his full-time attentions to the financial sector in 1984. An active investor and options trader, Larry has practiced and written about technical analysis for more than two decades, authoring TSR's "The Rabbit Report," since 1994.

He is the author of several books on options trading, including:

•Commodity Options: Spectacular Profits with Limited Risk

•7 Steps to Trading Options Online

•Swing Trading Simplified
(A more recent book that is a basic primer on the art of swing trading.)

He was also co-creator and editor of The Hume Group's "SuperInvestor Files" series on commodity and option trading; co-author of Money Magazine's "100 Steps to Wealth" series, and has edited a number of market publications and investment advisory letters in addition to The Stewart Report.