It might help to look at who the market participants in an example market like Corn. 1) Commercial Producers. These guys grow the Corn. They...
I'm trading them through Interactive Brokers.
TSGannGalt has questions worth answering. Some others: 1) How much time will you commit to trading? 2) How much money do you have to devote...
I like all of them, particularly because I like spreading them against each other. I watch Corn, Wheat, Soy, Oats, Soy Meal, Soy Oil every day....
WASDE, crop reports, planting intention reports, export inspections, and weather during planting, silking, and harvest. Spot market prices,...
I like financials and commodities a whole lot. Fundamentals are actually meaningful, no dividends, surprise earnings warnings, etc. CBOT grains...
I still want to know what happened to TB's prop firm experience? There were a dozen posts about how he got a job at a prop firm a few months back....
1) Always know how much time value is left on the option. If it's close to $0, the odds of you being assigned are very high. 2) Always know if...
TB- What happened to your job at the prop firm? Did they have no one which could mentor you?...
You can also arbitrage the futures against options, ETFs, highly correlated pairs, etc. In other words, there's no need to buy all 500 S&P...
The Socratic method commentary was funny, not your mentorship.
This is too funny.
Oh, by all means! My commentary was an attempt to throw some fundamental arguments (one way or the other) into the mix. I don't mean them to be...
I love the seasonality of this spread for the next few months, but I've got one, pretty major, red flag. Here is the seasonal stack chart for...
This comment *almost* made the last 5 pages of drivel worth it. Derivman, I don't know what you want. The group, as a whole, has discussed...
Also worth noting is that the new shareholders will have absolutely no voting rights at all. Voting (and most of the IPO proceeds) stays with...
The number one skill for "learning to trade options" is indeed knowing in great depth how options work. Risk Management, knowing how to lose,...
I PM'd him at the start of this thread because I thought he was serious about discussing Coffee and options. He's now taken to ignoring any...
You've got to shift the demand back a bit for this relationship to make sense--commercials have to buy in advance of the demand from their...
I'm sorry, what are the obvious reasons? He's worried about paparazzi?
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