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You might also look at RBN Energy and their "School of Rock" sessions. I know that's kind of corny, but it follows the theme of naming their daily articles after a pop song. RBN might not be the best for trading-specific education, but the articles are certainly helpful for learning about the...

Technically, it's a complaint, not a lawsuit, but AMP customers should read it and keep up with the monthly CFTC Excess Net Capital reports if they have concerns. http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/FinancialDataforFCMs/index.htm I skimmed the complaint and it looks like the NFA believes there...

KC and SB are heavily influenced by the Brazilian currency. A lot of what looks like noise the last few months is highly correlated to daily USD/BRL moves. You'll drive yourself nuts if you're just looking at S&D fundamentals or technicals to explain/predict a move.

I watched that video. I don't mind the mannerisms but someone needs to tell Jacob to lose the greasy taxi driver/porn actor look from the 1970s. He gets paid as a teacher (asst professor?) and he gets paid for being on the show - he can afford a decent haircut and to keep a clean, crisp shirt at...

The 'expected move' sounds like a 1 standard deviation move. That is useful information (as is the visual representation in a probability cone) but if you're going to use it, be sure you understand whether they're using at-the-money IV or the IV of a specific option. Significant skew can alter...

The position management panel at the bottom and to the left has some functions. It never worked properly at OptionShop but it's supposed to have your positions and greeks, then another tab lets you stress them by a change in the underlying (I don't think you can change the IV). I thought it was...

Thanks for the heads up. Under the heading of old software never dies, if you scroll down to the TradeStation section, you'll see OptionShop futures options software. OptionShop hung out the 'closed' sign about a year ago.

Ha! It seems that way; probably because I spend time in front of a computer wondering why things like wheat overshoot to the downside, then upside, and now almost a round turn within a period of about 30 days. Syngenta might be a better candidate for selling a put spread. Options on US ADRs are...

The revenue pie is one-third or more in agriculture-related businesses. They've sold some large, commodity chemical businesses. I don't have a strong opinion on the overall outlook but I think the agricultural results might be so-so unless grain prices really start ripping again. Also, if...

Yes, but that's tracking things all the way to contract expiration. I know there's a lot of debate about which roll method and/or roll date to use, but most traders, and probably all small traders, are out by first notice day, two weeks before expiration. Some of the big index funds roll even...

Do you think the crush spread is lacking because of the CME's "synthetic" futures crush contract? http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/agricultural/grain-and-oilseed/soybean-crush_quotes_settlements_futures.html Just curious. I don't know what the purpose of the CME product is. Maybe as a...

You might want to go to the DOE-EIA site and look up the 'Market Prices and Uncertainty Reports' they create each month for crude oil and natural gas. If you poke around the html page you'll see pdf and xls downloads in the upper right. The Excel download is nice, it has relatively recent data...

I don't think so. Jun 1 was a deadline. There's another Nov 30 2015. All the RINs and volume obligations are calendar year. Maybe it's because of the South American supply coming on about that time?

These days, there are a number of places you can see stock px, HV and IV on a chart, but I'm not aware of any where you can download all three pieces for free. ORATS via Quandl, at 50 bucks a mo/ is a very fair price and you can buy it mo-to-mo (somewhat rare; a lot of places make you buy six...

the full size maps are here http://www.usda.gov/oce/weather/pubs/Other/MWCACP/index.htm

Here's the latest vendor on Quandl - ORATS: https://www.quandl.com/data/OPT/documentation http://www.orats.com/ At a glance, the data may be more useful for some than the Quantcha equity option offering. ORATS offers a closing price (a big miss from Quantcha) and in addition to interpolated IVs...

They have a high download count after just a couple of weeks but maybe a lot of that is sample data. If you're paying $80 to $100/mo and still have to do a lot of one-off manipulation or spend time figuring out how to automatically populate a model, some would say it's not worth it. That may...

I downloaded a couple of those files. I haven't done anything with them yet, though. Unless I need to have my eyes checked, I don't see a settlement price for the underlying, so even if all someone wanted to do was build some simple time series charts with HV and IV at various terms/tenors...

Are you referring to the one you subscribe to through the CME site (they call it "Essentials")? That would be news because I thought it was supposed to be a permanent offering from the CME. FWIW, my log-in still works after nearly two years.

You can find all the contract info online, but you might consider spending $20 for for a publication that has it all in one place, plus some charts and fundamental factors to keep an eye on: http://www.futures-research.com/order/order_tg.php?refcode=HTRBLOG As for your screenshot from...