It is essential to understand option expiration, exercising, and assignment as a commodity option trader. Know these principles, whether purchasing outright calls or puts, selling or “writing” option contracts, or using complex option spread strategies. Not only will you be better equipped for such events, but also having this acumen could potentially improve your trading performance.
Tips & Strategies
Fibonacci Tips For E-mini Futures Trading | Part Two
Written by DeWayne Reeves of CFRN.net. Burton Schlichter is a partner and featured broker at CFRN.net. FIB TIPS AND OTHER HEAD TRIPS As traders, we are quick to put on mental shackles. Bind ourselves to a way of thinking that lives somewhere between no-sense and nonsense. No trader makes it through unscathed. We all get… Read more.
Fibonacci Tips For E-mini Futures Trading | Part One
Written by DeWayne Reeves of CFRN.net. Burton Schlichter is a partner and featured broker at CFRN.net. TRUE FIBS FOR EMINI FUTURES TRADING We addressed the topic of Fibs and Fibonacci in a previous article, “Fibonacci Made Simple.” If you are not familiar with the man or the mathematics, I do encourage casual research as Fibs… Read more.
Get Ready For the Holidays With a Christmas Tree Spread
Learn a different way to combine options to take a specific idea and put it into action.
How to Trade E-mini Price Channels
Written by DeWayne Reeves of CFRN.net. Burton Schlichter is a partner and featured broker at CFRN.net. Trading Price Channels is a dynamic yet easy to learn form of trading that relies on the markets natural tendency to trend. It is a type of technical analysis that provides ideal areas from which to buy and sell.… Read more.
Option Strategies for Futures Traders: #2 Straddle
We have covered the option tree strategy in the previous post. In the spirit of the campaign season, I had the readers decide which strategy I should cover next. Per the poll results, with forty-four percent of the votes, I present a review of long and short option straddles. Please keep in mind that we… Read more.
Option Strategies for Futures Traders: #1 Option Tree
There are various exotic option strategies with different objectives and theoretical scenarios. I’m going to walk you through the basics in detail, while keeping these complex instruments as simple as possible! In addition, over the next few weeks, we will cover a few prime options strategies for futures traders that benefit from the leverage and… Read more.
Three Facts About Commodity ETFs
Commodity ETFs vs. Futures As a futures broker at Daniels Trading, I speak to investors every day about commodity futures trading. In speaking with these investors, I commonly hear that it is more convenient to trade commodity ETFs than futures. Commodity ETFs appeal to individuals who want the diversification that ETFs bring without the hassle… Read more.
E-mini Executors: Are Trade Rooms Your Answer? (A Three-Part Series)
Part Three: Caveat Ideally, a trade room should flow like King Arthurs “round table”. Everyone should have an equal say, while having a king (moderator) ultimately set the tone. Role of Moderator All rooms will have some type of moderator in place that controls the forum. Whether they are the actual owner of the trade… Read more.
A Real Life Example of How Futures Spreads Reduce Market Volatility
Recently, I had a number of clients involved in a futures spread in the live cattle market. The idea behind the trade was to get long the cattle market heading into the summer by buying in the front month and selling in the back month – specifically, they were buying June Live Cattle and simultaneously… Read more.
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