Paul Cretien

• How to value equities using commodity futures options

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  February 1, 2012

  Finding price points for profit, forecasting option breakeven prices and energy market commodities

• The Market Taker’s Edge

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  February 1, 2012

  Review of Dan Passarelli's "The Market Taker's Edge"

• Eurodollar options: Interest rate forecasts and calendar spreads

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  January 1, 2012

  Examining the connection between interest rate futures and Fed policies

• Grain & cattle spreads: Finding an edge

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  November 1, 2011

  Discovering profits in live cattle, lean hogs and corn futures spreads

• Exploiting market maker tools to profit

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  October 1, 2011

  Using market maker pricing mechanisms to improve options trades

• Profiting with Iron Condor Options

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  October 1, 2011

  A guided tour through and around complex trading strategies centering on iron condor options

• Trading option break-even prices

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  September 1, 2011

  Using logarithmic calculations, we can understand options and the importance of upper and lower break-even

• Government bond yields and forward rates

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  June 24, 2011

  Finding opportunity in interest rate-to-yield transitions.

• Gold & silver: Always good options

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  May 1, 2011

  This pair’s colorful relationship make them a ripe target for options on futures trades

• Opportunities along the yield curve

  By Paul D. Cretien  |  January 1, 2011

  With the Federal Reserve maintaining a zero interest rate policy “for an extended period of time,” Treasuries may seem boring. Not true, and here’s why.