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And what about CFTC? o_O

950000 deep out of the money options...LOL

Exited half of it around 9.5 on the spike. Holding the rest for possible (NAFTA ?)exponential market:cool:

My profits are alright since I started back long term trades in 2017. If you dig around March 2016 in this thread, there was an equity curve of my profits since its start. Those are long term liquid trades, real bets, so the sharpe ratio is a lot lower than my bread and butter scalping. It...

Short SB Jul18 @ 13.51.:sneaky: - Possible end of the ethanol import tariff + Larger surplus expected this year. - Spreads are trending lower since new year. -Major support has been broken in the front month.

Out @ 32.42. Loser.

You both choose to go long the spread I exited last week...LOL

I am out here @-0.12. Mar/May is plunging and there is too much news about plentiful sugar lately.

https://www.agrimoney.com/news/morning-markets-corn-stays-calm-amid-technical-battle-but-palm-wheat-retreat-48654 "For soyoil, prices have been supported by factors including a lower extraction rate from soybeans unveiled by US crush data for November. At 11.40 pounds per bushel of soybeans...

Wasn't such a bad trade finally. I should have waited more to enter. Exit today on post COT short covering @ 129.85.:)

These guys had a POSITIVE end of month balance with CME Group and thought it would fly...LOL...We are not talking BATS here.

I was too soon on ZL and it is possible the biodiesel tax credit will have less consequences on the soyoil market than RINs. I had in mind a really nice news play on ZL in spring 2015 when they increased biodiesel RFS mandates, but tax cuts and mandatory mandates are too different animals...

Just went long ZL May 18 @ 33.42. -Rumors of congress reinstating biodiesel tax credit. -ZL undervalued compared to ZM. -ZL spreads trending higher.

2017 was my 11th year trading as my sole income. I have never had a year when I spent more than I earned, so I guess I must qualify...LOL

I just liquidated part of my CZKs ( nice gain ) and rubles( small gain ) and bought South African Rands with the proceeds. The size isn't big though. - Positive response on the rand market to the new president. - He is pro-business. - Rand pays a high interest.

The problem with DTN is you have to subscribe to prophet X to get their news. There is no other way to get it. Has some of you tried Platts products? I guess they mustn't be cheap but they have tailored products depending on what you need. Seriously, I just need a commodity news feed with...

You are perhaps right. I was looking to go long coffee for too long. The intraday news play was really valid though...

Long KC Mar 18 @ 122.8 -USDA lowered production estimates on friday. -Funds are heavily short -spreads are moderately bullish Me bieng a dumbo, I missed the news and the initial market reation this morning. I believe it will continue medium term though.

Non-systematic scalpers can have sharpe ratios a lot higher than 1.5 in the long run, but their problem is capacity. At your institutional level, it is not worth the effort because the amounts generated are too low.

Hello, Can you please tell me what are the news sources you are receiving for commodities as part of the "classic" package? Is it possible to configure alerts when certain words pop up? Thanks a lot.