Recent Content by Spddst

  1. Brent v nymex???? How can you lose?

    Playinforkeeps, If you short Nymex WTI and buy Brent you’re really just playing a spread and your losses are limited because of the correlation...
    Post by: Spddst, Feb 20, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  2. Oil: so much that they're turning it away?

    mtzianos. There is no doubt you see what others are seeing and trading. You might consider buying a spread option(s) on the Brent/WTI spread, if...
    Post by: Spddst, Dec 15, 2005 in forum: Commodity Futures

  3. Cost Of Carry of Oil

    cakulev, There are a couple of costs one would/will incur when storing physical crude. 1) Purchasing the crude, 2) Transportation through the...
    Post by: Spddst, Dec 15, 2005 in forum: Commodity Futures

  4. Oil: so much that they're turning it away?

    mtzianos, The people building the reserves are not “traditional” energy firms – mostly hedge funds and larger institutions (JP Morgan being...
    Post by: Spddst, Dec 15, 2005 in forum: Commodity Futures

  5. Oil: so much that they're turning it away?

    mtzianos, To touch on your topic, I see two reasons for the discrepancies between the cash market and the derivatives market, 1) The...
    Post by: Spddst, Dec 14, 2005 in forum: Commodity Futures

  6. TT users,Chicago Merc Traders

    aPismoClam, Take a look at Orc Software's Orc Futures.
    Post by: Spddst, Nov 22, 2005 in forum: Trading Software

  7. Fill 'er up at the CBOE pump??

    traderjb, With regard to weather derivatives, a trader with a position in natural gas and/or home heating oil can hedge warmer weather by taking...
    Post by: Spddst, Oct 30, 2005 in forum: Financial Futures

  8. Fill 'er up at the CBOE pump??

    Nononsense, You are better off having separate contracts for each area – I’ll refer to natural gas as an example. If the northeast is in a...
    Post by: Spddst, Oct 29, 2005 in forum: Financial Futures

  9. AAI: Airline Jet Fuel Play

    There is a big disparity between hedging crude oil (WTI), hedging using the crack spread or hedging using jet fuel. It also depends what market...
    Post by: Spddst, Oct 28, 2005 in forum: Stocks

  10. International futures market spreads

    neilcharlton, You're right, you'll need a good broker, but there are ways of getting access to exchanges without having access to the direct...
    Post by: Spddst, Oct 18, 2005 in forum: Financial Futures

  11. International futures market spreads

    fortunatti, Don't really write here often, but... Check out coffee in the US and middle-east. You'll notice a disconnect there too.
    Post by: Spddst, Oct 17, 2005 in forum: Financial Futures