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murray t turtle
 

Registered: Dec 2001
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08-06-12 06:09 PM


Quote from peilthetraveler:

Here is a completed ebay auction. 100 pounds of 5 pound copper bars for $796. That comes out to $7.96 per pound. Well over
the $3.36 per pound Copper is going for on spot rate.

To take delivery of a copper contract you need $84,000. But then you can immediately sell it on ebay for $199,000(you'll have to split the order up into smaller more affordable amounts). Even with ebays & paypals fees and eating the shipping costs, you should still come out doubling your money. Hell, you only need to do one contract per year and you are doing better than the average american.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-MASSIVE-...#ht_3816wt_1058


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Pt/trend trader;
Well, it takes all kinds to make a market;
including those that pay ASKING price, in most any market. Seldom , if ever pay asking /market price to buy-selling thats sometimes wise.

Copper is in a long term uptrend;
soif held ''long'' enough the trend may bale them out,LOL

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Bazooka Joe
 

Registered: Jun 2012
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08-07-12 04:04 PM

Good profit potential but you'd be dealing with 12.5 tons of copper!

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LCFXTRADER
 

Registered: Feb 2009
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08-07-12 05:21 PM

Anyone know what the purity of the copper the CME delivers? The contract specs did not say.

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Bazooka Joe
 

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08-07-12 10:00 PM

Actually I'm not even sure that Comex delivers copper in bullion form, but in cathodes like this. Also LCFX, the cathodes are required to be ASTM specification B115-00, which is 99.97~99.98% purity.

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Bazooka Joe
 

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08-07-12 10:35 PM

Actually I'm not even sure that Comex delivers copper in bullion form, but in copper cathodes like this. Also LCFX, I looked into the HG specs, the copper is ASTM specification B115-00, which is 99.97~99.98% purity

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