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Video: James Cordier discussions Recent Commodities price moves. FOX Business, April 2, 2012

On April 4, 2012 by James Cordier

 

April 2, 2012

James Cordier discussions Recent Commodities price moves. FOX Business, April 2, 2012

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The Problem with Gold (And the Opportunity for You)

On April 4, 2012 by James Cordier

Of all of the commodities on the board, there is none more emotionally charged than gold.  People buy a contract of sugar because demand is high and/or supply is low and they think that will pull prices higher. People buy a contract of gold for many, many, many different reasons. And rarely is it directly related to supply and demand.

For that reason, gold (and to a lesser extent, it’s cousin silver) have to be approached differently than other commodities when selling options. Continue reading →

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Seasonal Tendencies: The Option Seller’s Ace in the Hole

On March 29, 2012 by Michael Gross

CordIf there has ever been a more controversial, misunderstood, overregulated, in and out of vogue tool for “forecasting” certain commodities prices,  it is seasonal tendencies.

There was an author that came out with a book several years ago that made himself semi-famous overnight by publishing a series of “can’t lose” commodity trades based on seasonal tendencies. For those out of the know, seasonal tendencies refers to the price of a certain commodity moving in a certain direction during a certain time of year. Continue reading →

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Going to the Same Well Often is the Way to Compounded Returns

On March 27, 2012 by James Cordier

Going to the WellIt is true in any type of investing: Investors tend to focus on what is new and exciting over the same old, same old. I’ll admit that I have been guilty of this myself in the past and suspect it’s just human nature. But if you are interested in building your bottom line by banking steady option writing returns, it may not be your best investment strategy. Continue reading →

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Video: Weekly Update – Cordier Explains Put Selling Strategy in Crude Oil

On March 13, 2012 by James Cordier

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Despite Lower Prices, Option Play in Coffee still favors Call Sellers

On March 13, 2012 by James Cordier

To all of you who sent feedback to my office this week about Monday’s comments to CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla on Coffee prices, today’s market update is for you.

“It sounds like you’re telling everyone to buy coffee!” was the collective theme of most respondents.

No, I was not telling everyone to buy coffee. We’ve spent the last 6 month’s alerting our clients and even newsletter readers to the fact that the Brazilian crop will be monstrous in 2012 and that call selling is the preferred method of monetizing this fact. Continue reading →

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