TraDaToR Feb 11, 2014 #11 1 Feeder Cattle and 1 corn to obtain 2 live cattle. Approximative but close.
stoic Feb 13, 2014 #12 TraDaToR said: 1 Feeder Cattle and 1 corn to obtain 2 live cattle. Approximative but close. More... Could that be called the poor mans cattle crush ? The attached shows a comparison for the Jan. 2013 spreads in 5- 4-10 & 1-1-2 One could ponder which is a better representation of the real world, and/or better trading ratios. Attachments Feedlot 5 4 10 vs 1 1 2.pdf Feedlot 5 4 10 vs 1 1 2.pdf 288.6 KB · Views: 58
TraDaToR said: 1 Feeder Cattle and 1 corn to obtain 2 live cattle. Approximative but close. More... Could that be called the poor mans cattle crush ? The attached shows a comparison for the Jan. 2013 spreads in 5- 4-10 & 1-1-2 One could ponder which is a better representation of the real world, and/or better trading ratios.
stoic May 9, 2014 #13 stoic said: Could that be called the poor mans cattle crush ? One could ponder which is a better representation of the real world, and/or better trading ratios. More... After further review, an evaluation of the 5-4-10 ratio vs. the 1-1-2, I find that the 1-1-2 doesn't work and will show losses while the 5-4-10 shows profits for the same time frame.
stoic said: Could that be called the poor mans cattle crush ? One could ponder which is a better representation of the real world, and/or better trading ratios. More... After further review, an evaluation of the 5-4-10 ratio vs. the 1-1-2, I find that the 1-1-2 doesn't work and will show losses while the 5-4-10 shows profits for the same time frame.