Quote from fromthree:
I think the ship may have sailed on this one.
The UNG front-runners will take their profits by unwinding into the UNG roll. Depending on the volume in this trade compared to the volume of the roll, the spread may not move much more. I think it has run up from .1 to the .2 range in the last several days.
I think its telling that the smart money (Papa) has moved on to the next hunt.
The bigger question will be the UNG (& BetaPro) position going forward. Investors face a steep contango in the coming months. That $6 range looks pretty rich to me. EIA is forecasting only a slight drop in production in '09 and '10 compared to the 7.5% increase in the US in '08. That might not be enough to catch up (down) with demand.
I agree, but Papa was long this spread, not short it.