Posts Tagged ‘soybean oil’

Market Hangover 3/18/10

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Too many shots, too many pints, too much corn beef and cabbage…markets did a whole lot of nothing today. $83-83.50 is still acting as stiff resistance on the May Crude futures; use that as resistance and $79.50 followed by $77.50 as support. Though there is far more profit potential being short or long futures in [...]

Luck of the Irish 3/17/10

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

I have found that the harder I work and the more research I do the luckier I am. Crude is back near the recent highs having gained nearly $4 off yesterdays lows. The previous 2 attempts above $83 in the last week have failed will 3 times be a charm. We continue to advise clients to [...]

Ides of March 3/15/10

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Downward momentum is gaining as Crude has lost 2.9% in the last 2 sessions. We are expecting this move to drag prices in May to $76/77. As we voiced in our commentary this morning exit ALL longs in distillates until this correction runs its course which should pressure heating oil and RBOB 15-20 cents. Natural gas [...]

Spring Break 3/12/10

Friday, March 12th, 2010

This does not feel like Spring Break to me as I need to be glued to the screens. The good news being I live in Ft Lauderdale it may feel like Spring Break at the beaches this weekend. A small victory today as we had a bearish engulfing candle in oil. As of this post [...]

Where from here? 3/11/10

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Markets seem to waiting for some type of catalyst to determine the direction of the next leg. Inside day in Crude oil as prices hover around $82/barrel. For new entries we still like the idea of $5 put spreads but we would start looking at the June as opposed to May contract. If currently in [...]

1 year later-Are we any better off? 3/9/10

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

1 year ago today equity markets bottomed and a vicious rally ensued but are we any better off than we were at that time? The lack of new buying above $80 hints of a correction to come. Yesterday we made a new high and failed and today we saw a lower high and lower low [...]

March Madness 3/5/10

Friday, March 5th, 2010

This phrase is coined for the college basketball tournament but I think it is an accurate description of what to expect as a trader this month. At its highs today oil was less than $3/barrel from making new highs on the year. Being bearish for the last 1-2 weeks has made our clients NO $ [...]

The Sidelines is my TOP trade 3/4/10

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Sometimes traders can make money by not being in a trade. It is ok to be in cash when you cannot find a trade that you are comfortable with. That is not to say we are not trading we have just been trading more options than we typically do and scaling down our size. $81/81.50 continues [...]

Commodities -A respectable Asset class 9/15/9

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Crude continues to dance between $68 and $73 on the October contract. After expiration we expect prices to make their way to higher ground. We would suggest December call spreads. Natural gas has moved $1 off its’ lows just 7 sessions ago. This was a quick move though we feel in the next few weeks [...]