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Does anyone know what numbers traders look at to determine China Oil Import data? Are there release times when we can expect /CL to move in response?

Thanks for info, this gives me good direction for my continuing education into the fundamentals of the NG market. However I meant for my original question to be more in the context of a daytrading time frame. The 10:30 Thursday announcement causes a huge volume spike and considerable...

great info, thx man

Besides the EIA Weekly Storage report, are there any other scheduled events that cause similar moves in the short term market? Really don't want to get blind-sided. I know that weather reports are huge, but I can't seem to find evidence of one single release time that traders are keyed...

Can anyone point to a good educational resource for an intro into commodities spreading?

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I appreciate help from anyone more knowledgeable on this topic. I was looking at selling a put in /CL and comparing costs in my IB account vs my TD account. It looked like IB required more margin, and on the IB website they state that; " In addition to the exchange-mandated SPAN margin...

Can some one more knowledgable confirm on this topic? I can't figure this shit out. It looked like selling a put in /CL was tying up more capital in my IB account than a similar trade in my TD account, but now I'm not sure, anyone have experience with this?

Yes, margin requirements for futures options are WAY higher at IB, it looks like I will have to have another acct. somewhere else if I want to trade these products

appreciated, good thread- any other recommendations welcome

This forum is a great place to get informed about some of the pitfalls of prop trading (unscrupulous business models, low success rate, etc) and this is important information. But if one is going to measure pot odds on the gamble of going prop you need to measure the risk versus the potential...