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Option Trades of the Day - British Pound and September Beans


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September British Pound is peaking out at the .764 Fibonacci Retracement area and should start to sell off.  We are looking for the market to possibly take out May's lows on the next leg down so we are buying the September 149/145 bear put spread and selling the 154 call as a naked leg which makes this a credit spread (initially) of +$90 before commissions.  The risk on the trade above 154 is unlimited while the profit potential is limited to 4 points or $2500.

British Pound Put spread

November Beans have rallied enough to satisfy their Fibonacci Retracement needs as we head into a seasonally weaker time of year.  At the moment they are using weather fears to fuel their rally, however we are sitting on a really huge crop both here and in South America (harvested for the most part) and we could see the market sell off to below $8.00 before the end of summer.  We are buying the November 940/840 bear put spread and collecting extra premium by selling the 1000 calls bring the premium down to a penny or $50 for the spread not including transaction costs.  This would be the risk with the market above 940 but below 10.00; above 10 dollars the risk is unlimited.  The profit potential is limited to $5,000 before premium and transaction cost considerations.

November Bean Put Spread Chart

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AN OPTION PURCHASER IS BUYING AN IN-THE-MONEY, AT-THE-MONEY,

OR OUT-OF-THE-MONEY OPTION. FURTHERMORE, THE PURCHASER

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FUTURES. IN SOME CASES, THE OPTION MAY NOT MOVE AT ALL OR

EVEN MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE UNDERLYING FUTURES CONTRACT.

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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