Energy Spreads of Interest

[oldtime]

Quote from bone:

I consider WTI vs. Brent more of a pure divergence/convergence type of trade personally. Much like US Tens vs. Eurex Bunds. I'm not saying that it's bad per se, I'm just expressing my viewpoint that it behaves more like a pure directional bet than the way a "spread" is traditionally thought to perform.

yeah, I really don't know that much about it. I keep hearing from all those that know something about Nat gas that all the money is made in the calendars.

 

[bone]

Quote from oldtime:

yeah, I really don't know that much about it. I keep hearing from all those that know something about Nat gas that all the money is made in the calendars.

Energy is a spreader's market - Natty in particular. Always has been. Huge spread market. Big time commercial interest. It's the easiest way for a commercial with strips on ( Cal 13, Cal 14, etc. etc. ) to roll his position.

 

[Maverick74]

Bone, do you do any spreading with the DME's Oman crude contract? I'm hearing in the next 10 years it will surpass both Brent and WTI. I'm curious what the correlation is between Oman and the other two.

 

[bone]

With respect to the DME's Oman Crude contract, I have not gone near that thing. They wanted me to enroll in market makers program and I said no way no how not ever.

Not without access to the physical market or the swaps.

ICAP told me that the Singapore OTC markets are where most of the true Oman playas are laying it off. And they all spread it. No one would take a chance on it otherwise.