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Corn passes wheat – DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)Posed On April 15th, 2011

Agriculture Online

Corn passes wheat DesMoinesRegister.com (blog) Commodity traders and farmers accustomed to wheat prices $1-$1.50 per bushel higher than corn are no doubt intrigued by this week's spread, which in overnight trading saw corn at $7.51 per bushel and wheat at $7.45. A premium of corn prices over wheat … Afternoon Recap by Arlan SudermanFarm Futures CBOT corn tops wheat for first time in 15 yearsChicago Breaking Business – Tribune Evening markets: crops keep time to rhythm of fundamentalsAgrimoney.com BusinessWeek -Benzinga all 127 news articles »

Silver Options Bears Boost Bets on Decline for Second Day – BloombergPosed On April 13th, 2011

Moneycontrol.com

Silver Options Bears Boost Bets on Decline for Second Day Bloomberg More than a quarter of all volume for puts to sell the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) ETF was concentrated in 100000 contracts in a strategy known as a butterfly spread, according to OptionsHawk.com, a Boston-based provider of options-market analytics. … Road To Commodity Meltdown Paved In Silver Put OptionsForbes (blog) all 72 news articles »

Gold prices are a Buy, target 15506 – Economy NewsPosed On April 6th, 2011

Recent gold price gains have resulted in the formation of a MACD crossover. Delta Index, the spread betting company has this morning suggested that the technical indicator makes gold a Buy. They have called a stop loss at 14109 and a take profit target at 15506.

May Soybeans & May Corn Daily Numbers & Trade Ideas for 4/4/11 – Inside FuturesPosed On April 5th, 2011

May Soybeans & May Corn Daily Numbers & Trade Ideas for 4/4/11 Inside Futures May November soybean spread made a new low for the run, and with Brazil being 65% harvested this week, and Argentina 7% done, there is plenty of competition for our old crop supplies. Corn was headed in the same direction before Thursday when the USDA … and more »

It’s About to Happen – June Gold – Inside FuturesPosed On April 1st, 2011

It's About to Happen – June Gold Inside Futures So you may need to consider an alternative method to trading this market other than the outright purchase of call options. For example, you may wish to consider the purchase of a call option debit spread. To initiate a call debit spread, you'd purchase … and more »

Does Brent-U.S. crude spread narrow or widen? – ReutersPosed On March 31st, 2011

Does Brent-U.S. crude spread narrow or widen? Reuters … "unsustainable levels" toward the current $10 a barrel, the spread remains high. The current structure is a reversal of the historical relationship between the benchmarks, which typically saw US light crude trading at premiums of $1-$2 over Brent. … and more »

Apart from Oil ETFs, what are the options for tracking oil? – Citywire.co.ukPosed On March 29th, 2011

Our story got a number of comments suggesting that there may be other ways to artificially track the price of oil using spread betting or contracts for difference (CFDs) – if anyone has tried this it would be helpful to hear how it went.

Japan shares decline on radioactive pollution concerns – Monsters and Critics.comPosed On March 24th, 2011

AsiaOne

Japan shares decline on radioactive pollution concerns Monsters and Critics.com Tokyo – Japanese stocks fell in Thursday morning trading as fear of radioactive contamination spread while workers scrambled to stabilize a stricken nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 18.97 points, … Nikkei to fall on profit-taking, focus on nuclear plantReuters all 366 news articles »

Japan ETF Spreads Spike – IndexUniverse.comPosed On March 23rd, 2011

Japan ETF Spreads Spike IndexUniverse.com On the face of it, of the three funds surveyed, only the market makers in IJPN met the LSE's obligations during the week concerned, at least if spreads are averaged over each minute of the trading day: the highest bid-offer spread recorded for the fund … Before Buying Japan, Consider ThisSeeking Alpha all 4 news articles »

Option Trade of the Day – July Sugar – Inside FuturesPosed On March 19th, 2011

Option Trade of the Day – July Sugar Inside Futures 3-18 July Sugar appears to have established a head and shoulder top and today's retracement could offer the perfect opportunity to establish the following position; buy the July 24/21 bear put spread … and more »