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I was wondering the same about the results. They are usually pretty good about putting them up, but still no results for October. I almost wonder if they are still in business.

Oh, ok. Another broker in the office uses that report. I didn't realize it was the same company.

Hey Trad: Where is that daily livestock report from Steiner? I looked around on their website, couldn't find it. I may not be looking in the right place.

Anyone see what this spread has done over the past week? Basically back to even. I think there were a bunch of deliveries for Chicago wheat which was really bearish.

Yeah, that's what another broker I work with said. I usually think that type of reasoning is baloney, but there might be something to it here.

Yeah, what is up with that. Looking brutal.

Nah, I was in it already. It was recovering nicely last week too!

That KWZ/ZWZ spread is not looking so hot today. Is it the exports driving it?

Trad: What do you think of that KEZ-ZWZ spread? I keep waiting for it to break out up, but it seems stalled out.

Seems like the entire commodity complex is trying real hard to turn around, but can't quite get it done. Anyone else notice the volatility skew in Chicago wheat options, especially in January? Maybe this is a historical thing due to wheat rallies during that period but the implied volatility...

TraD: Long KWZ/ZWZ @ -8.5. The unusual discount is even making headlines in Agrimoney. I went long that spread for a customer. about 2 weeks ago. It was painful there for a while. Now, it's recovered some. Kind of want to get out.

New to this thread, but it seems like the best place to put this question. Is there a weird divergence between SPX and the VIX right now? SPX down 0.72% right now and the VIX is down 1.67%.

Any thoughts on selling the GFV15-GVH16 spread? Have a cattle producer short some feeder and live cattle contracts already. Thought this might be a way to get some additional downside exposure without having too much risk to the upside.

Haven't been around these parts for a while. Trying to help some cattle producers from losing their pants with this drop in prices. I use R too, Rachmaninov, but clearly I am not nearly as good as you are with it. I do some basic time series analysis stuff. It's a very powerful program, not the...

Limit down on feeder cattle today. I had a person short a September contract a few weeks ago. I thought for sure it was going to bounce off of $206, but then we blew through that support level.

Grains got hammered again after the USDA report yesterday. Anyone looking at the ZCZ15 to ZCZ16 spread? Looks to me like it might be a buying opportunity. Can't go too much further down in terms of carry, I would think.

Wow, grains are bloody red today. USDA raised yields way over expectations.

Anyone watching the lean hogs? There is a huge spread between the August, which expires here shortly, at $77 and the December at $59. I have read there is some bearish news w/ Russia banning imports.

I track the VIX, but not the other volatility indicators you mentioned. That is a good idea to compared the derived curve of those indicators versus the actual curve. One drawback to this strategy in general, especially with selling credit spreads, is the ultra-low VIX. I understand how mean...

Very interesting. Putting aside the bull market, does the volatility skew have something to do w/ calls not being as profitable as puts? Here is the interview I have read with Rao, starts on page 19 or so: http://www.premiacap.com/news/OFI25Jul2013.pdf He is modeling the volatility, more or...