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Option Trades of the Day - Crude Oil and Japanese Yen


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October Crude Oil seems to be putting in a short term bottom after its original sell off from above 90 dollars as we head into a seasonally stronger time of year as well as hurricane season in an already problem plagued Gulf.  We are taking off our profitable bear put spread in September Crude and buying the October 76/80 Bull Call spread and selling the October 68 put as a naked leg.  The trade is being filled at a $500 credit which means that as long as the market stays above 68 the credit minus commissions would show a profit, below 68 the trade has unlimited risk.  At 80 or above the trade would be worth an intrinsic value of $4,000

October Crude Oil Chart

September Yen has risen wildly in the past few weeks and should be running out of steam at this level, we are selling the September 118 calls and using the premium collected to buy the September 112 puts.  We are looking for the market to sell off to the 110 area in the next few weeks.  The trade is being filled at a $150 credit.

September Yen chart

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Paul Brittain

Whitehall Investment Management

Commodity Trading School

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Paul Brittain began his professional trading career as an option specialist in 1983 trading options on precious metals, and was on the front lines as options made their initial debut on the US Exchanges in the mid 1980’s. He honed his unique trading approach by working alongside many professional Wall Street traders on the NY exchanges.In addition to working hand-in-hand with customers, he has been managing brokerage firms and training brokers since early on in his career. Considered an expert in the field of commodity options, Paul has either been quoted in or contributed content to just about every major industry publication, both on paper and in the electronic media, as well as working alongside many of today’s most respected analysts in the industry on various trading panels and seminars.Realizing that a better trader made a better customer, he started publishing informative newsletters in the early 1990’s in an effort to better communicate as well as educate his clients. Over the years he started and still publishes the following trading recommendation newsletters: The Beast, The BMD and the Optionologist. In 2004 he started the online trading school, which is recognized and attended by students around the world.

Paul is currently managing WhiteHall Investment Management in Las Vegas.

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