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By Paul D. Cretien |
May 13, 2010
Knowing hidden rate, yield and price structures of eurodollar futures can help traders enhance their market analysis.
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By Paul D. Cretien |
March 1, 2010
How to use options-based strategies on softs futures markets.
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By Paul D. Cretien |
January 1, 2010
Copper futures and options traded at Nymex and the London Metal Exchange, mimic each other’s price movements, but the time difference presents some opportunities.
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By Paul D. Cretien |
November 1, 2009
While the options market can’t necessarily predict the future of grain prices outright, it can be used to predict the spread in futures prices over time.
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By Paul D. Cretien |
September 1, 2009
The partnership of gold and silver has added a few members, the eurodollar quarterly rates and the U.S. dollar index. We’ll analyze the current state of this relationship and how we can exploit it with moving average ratios.
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By Paul D. Cretien |
May 13, 2009
The costs and potential profits from feeding livestock and processing soybeans can be approximated on paper by using price data on cattle, hog and soybean futures. Implied profits and losses on
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By Paul D. Cretien |
May 13, 2009
Futures contracts that are relatively trendless invite trades that generate profits from movement in volatility instead of price. Delta-neutral spreads fit this need because typically, at least
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By Paul D. Cretien |
April 20, 2009
Market prices for options are rigidly structured by computer models. An option trader may have opinions on the proper buying or selling price, but ultimately the price will be placed close to an
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By Paul D. Cretien |
March 19, 2009
The eurodollar futures market is impressive in its ability to perform several tasks simultaneously. Eurodollar futures quarterly interest rates must create a separate yield curve that matches the
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By Paul D. Cretien |
February 23, 2009
Downloads for “Building a better strangle,” March 2009These spreadsheets include the models referenced in the March 2009 Trading Techniques story by Paul Cretien. They should also be used in place of
