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July 8th, 2018, 09:41 AM
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The Canadian Syncrude outage is expected to...
The Canadian Syncrude outage is expected to affect Cushing crude stocks for the next two months and Trump's Armada of Saudi Crude Oil can't get here until October, hence the explosion in Q-V...
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June 10th, 2018, 10:26 AM
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Not familiar with NT but you can program...
Not familiar with NT but you can program automated spread trading in Tradestation so would assume you can on other systems as well. As guidoisot said though, there is the issue of executing both legs...
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August 26th, 2015, 12:15 PM
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Correct. It's not like an option spread where...
Correct. It's not like an option spread where there are a difference in 'premiums'.
Glad I could help.
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August 26th, 2015, 11:22 AM
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Well hopefully you have more conviction than...
Well hopefully you have more conviction than 'Hope'!
If your trading a spread as a position you profit (or lose) based upon how the spreads move, aka how the individual months move in relation to...
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August 26th, 2015, 10:58 AM
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I don't trade Soybeans often but yes Sep is...
I don't trade Soybeans often but yes Sep is Premium to November. If you roll (sell Sep/buy Nov) you won't actually collect premium but you will have a position in November with a lower cost basis.
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May 21st, 2015, 05:09 PM
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It's (not surprisingly) not that simple. ...
It's (not surprisingly) not that simple.
Many commodities have extremely seasonal supply and demand profiles, and their forward curve often reflects that supply/demand profile rather than any...
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July 1st, 2014, 11:20 PM
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I didn't want to answer this at the time you...
I didn't want to answer this at the time you asked as it was PropArb's original comment. Due to the lack of a current response though I believe that PropArb was saying if you were to chart the prompt...
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June 19th, 2014, 05:23 PM
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I agree. So unless I have a strong opinion on the...
I agree. So unless I have a strong opinion on the prompt I try to avoid prompt spreads.
I think in this case brentf did have an opinion on the prompt based upon COT analysis.
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June 11th, 2014, 11:18 PM
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Thanks brentf for the info. I've got in and out...
Thanks brentf for the info. I've got in and out of my bean spread and have no plans to re-enter currently.
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June 7th, 2014, 12:40 PM
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Fri 6/6 ZS U-X settled at -45 exactly the type...
Fri 6/6
ZS U-X settled at -45 exactly the type of move we were hoping for last week. Thankfully still had about half of position left but exited last of position at 48. Still good trade, 5 1/4...
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June 4th, 2014, 09:49 PM
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More on the SB V-K spread. Since...
More on the SB V-K spread.
Since seasonalgo.com's analyze shows that the optimal entry date is June 6th I ran some charts that showed the change in the V-K spread from June 6th to n days later....
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June 4th, 2014, 05:17 PM
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ZS U-X widened early trading out to -55 before...
ZS U-X widened early trading out to -55 before settling at -52.25 (+0.75). Added a little back on.
SB V-K also widened trading out to -1.05 before settling -1.04 (-0.11). Opened a small position.
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June 3rd, 2014, 05:04 PM
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After saying all that it traded as tight as 49s...
After saying all that it traded as tight as 49s today before widening back out and closing almost unchanged. After taking half the position off overnight in the 51s, I lightened even more today.
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June 2nd, 2014, 08:40 PM
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Interesting. Again just looking at the last 5...
Interesting.
Again just looking at the last 5 years, I think you will see your 5 year average is very skewed by 2 (2010 & 2011) of the 5 years. Even so -1 does seem to be a decent historical floor....
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June 2nd, 2014, 07:56 PM
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I suspect that you didn't participate in this...
I suspect that you didn't participate in this spread, since it never got close to your targets. I did scale in some between 52.75 and 58.75 but it never really got to the levels where I wanted to add...
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May 24th, 2014, 11:03 AM
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Another bean thread that may be interesting. Some...
Another bean thread that may be interesting. Some discussion of the U-X spread...
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May 23rd, 2014, 03:23 PM
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and as tight as -53.75 on the sell off
and as tight as -53.75 on the sell off
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May 23rd, 2014, 08:10 AM
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ZS U-X spread traded -59 over night
ZS U-X spread traded -59 over night
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May 22nd, 2014, 03:47 PM
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Just curious what you mean by this? I think of...
Just curious what you mean by this? I think of seasonal trades as having a (very?) significant 'time based' component which a pure price based model doesn't have.
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May 21st, 2014, 09:20 AM
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https://nexusfi.com/commodities-futures-trading/30...
https://nexusfi.com/commodities-futures-trading/30765-why-do-large-traders-commercial-hedge-traders-seem-go-opposite-directions.html#post392282
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May 19th, 2014, 10:52 AM
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Ohh.. I did sell a 52.75 today. Only sold 1 -...
Ohh.. I did sell a 52.75 today. Only sold 1 - hoping to sell more at a better (higher) level.
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May 19th, 2014, 10:50 AM
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Thanks brentf. What would be considered early vs...
Thanks brentf. What would be considered early vs late? Looking at the charts, if this trade is going to work, it's best chance of working is in the next 10-15 trading days.
I personally believe...
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May 16th, 2014, 10:13 PM
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Hey Kurtas, nice chart thank you. First...
Hey Kurtas, nice chart thank you.
First question, why do you show X-U rather than the more traditional U-X?
I'm not sure I want to rely on information on what happened in this spread over the last...
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