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Video: Weekly Update – Using Open Interest to Time Your Option Sales

On February 22, 2012 by James Cordier

For Week of February 22, 2012

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Natural Gas – Supply Glut to Super Glut?

On February 17, 2012 by James Cordier

Selling calls should continue to be solid play for Investors

To paraphrase a line from an old Doors song, Natural gas prices have been “down so long that it looks like up.” But as is the case with most every commodity, prices are where they are for one reason: Fundamentals. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Commodities, Economic Updates, Natural Gas, Option Selling, Options Strategies | Tagged call selling, crude oil, heating oil, natural gas | 2 Comments

Unleaded Gasoline : Put Sellers Have it Right!

On February 10, 2012 by James Cordier

If you’ll recall from your December Option Seller Newsletter, selling puts in Unleaded Gasoline was highlighted as a strategy for profiting from cyclical demand strength in that commodity.

As with many commodities, Unleaded Gasoline comes under seasonal influences early in the calendar year. In this case, distributors at the wholesale level begin accumulating inventories in order to have enough supplies on hand to meet summer demand needs. This has historically tended to boost demand at the wholesale level and thus begin adding strength to prices. The April Unleaded Gasoline (RBOB) chart reflects this tendency. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Commodities, Gasoline, Option Selling, Options Strategies | Tagged gasoline, put sellers, unleaded | 2 Comments

Commodities Options for the Stock Option Seller

On February 8, 2012 by James Cordier

5 Surprising Advantages

“The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you’re not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.“ -Jim Rogers

About 80% of the new clients I speak with have some type of experience with stock options. Most of them, when prodded, express a vague desire to diversify as one of their chief reasons for taking the next step to commodities. What intrigues me is that few have a firm grasp of the real advantages that commodities options can offer – especially if they are accustomed to the constraints that stock option selling can place on an investor. In our new booklet How to Sell Options to Target Outsized Returns, one of the recommendations we make is to consider commodities options over stock options. Continue reading →