Gold and Energy Options Trader -- Updates

The earnings date for Suncor (SU) which is an open position is next Tuesday after the close and Wednesday when the market opens is the conference call conference. Initially, we had the report date as next Monday. ~more~

#158: Mon 1/28/2013
Charts Updated

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#157: Wed 1/23/2013
Economic Data Points Reviewed

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#156: Fri 1/4/2013
What Is Up With The Trade In Norfolk Southern?

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#155: Thu 1/3/2013
Macro Charts Updated

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#154: Thu 12/20/2012
Winding It Down For The Holidays

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#153: Mon 12/17/2012
Daily And Weekly Charts Updated

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#152: Wed 12/12/2012
Violent Changes Taking Place In Oil Markets Says IEA

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#151: Tue 12/11/2012
Chart Book Updated

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#150: Tue 12/4/2012
Chart Book Updated

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#149: Wed 11/21/2012
Quick Comments

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#148: Mon 11/19/2012
Charts Updated

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#147: Mon 10/22/2012
Charts Updated

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#146: Tue 10/9/2012
Thoughts As We Approach Earnings Season

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#145: Tue 10/2/2012
Charts Updated

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#144: Tue 9/25/2012
Charts Updated

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#143: Wed 9/12/2012
Charts Updated

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#142: Wed 9/5/2012
Charts Update

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#141: Tue 9/4/2012
Thoughts For The Upcoming Week

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#140: Mon 8/27/2012
Game Plan For This Week

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#139: Mon 8/13/2012
Charts Update

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#138: Mon 7/23/2012
Chartbook Update

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#137: Thu 7/19/2012
Quick Update On Most Recent Trade

Our most recent recommendation will report earnings tomorrow morning. Therefore, this trade becomes eve more timely. ~more~

#136: Mon 7/2/2012
Update

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#135: Fri 6/15/2012
June Expiration

We have one position that will expire in June. We are long calls in Molycorp (MCP). Unfortunately, the stock has been unable to rally since we put on the trade in December. Year todate we now have 14 winners to 4 losers. Watch for more trades early next week. ~more~

#134: Thu 5/31/2012
Chartbook Update

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#133: Sat 5/19/2012
Updated Chart Review

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#132: Fri 5/18/2012
Update On Trades Impacted By May Expiration USO and XLE

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#131: Wed 5/2/2012
Weekly Charts Show A Button Hook Formation

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#130: Wed 4/25/2012
Charts Updated

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#129: Wed 3/21/2012
Chart Update With Comments

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#128: Fri 3/16/2012
March Options Expiration

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#127: Mon 2/27/2012
Charts Update With Comments

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#126: Thu 2/9/2012
Update On Open Positions and DVN Trade From Earlier This Week

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#125: Sun 2/5/2012
Charts Update & Current Positions

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#124: Fri 1/27/2012
Rumors Out On Molycorp This Morning

This morning there are rumors that Molycorp (MCP) could be taken over. We are not a fan of rumors as they rarely pan out. However, we need to be aware of such rumors. We own the ... ~more~

#123: Thu 1/19/2012
Updated Charts On Major ETFs

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#122: Mon 1/9/2012
Weekly Chartbook Updated

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#121: Thu 12/29/2011
Charts Updated And A Few Comment s On The Charts

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#120: Tue 12/20/2011
GLD Back To Its 200 Day Moving Average

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#119: Thu 12/15/2011
Comments On December Expiration

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#118: Wed 12/14/2011
The Year Of Living Dangerously

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#117: Wed 11/16/2011
Charts Updated And A Few Comments On November Expiration With GLD and RIG Positions

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#116: Tue 11/1/2011
Charts Of Our Favorite ETFS In The Gold, Materials And Energy Space

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#115: Fri 10/21/2011
Options Expiration

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#114: Fri 9/16/2011
September Expiration

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#113: Wed 9/7/2011
Latest Macro Chart Update For Major ETFs in Energy & Materials Space

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#112: Fri 8/19/2011
August Expiration & Comments

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#111: Mon 8/15/2011
Weekly Macro Charts of Energy & Materials Updated With Current Comments

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#110: Tue 7/26/2011
Debt Deal By Thursday. Put It In Your Calendar

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#109: Tue 7/12/2011
Latest Thoughts On Gold and Energy.Material Markets

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#108: Tue 6/7/2011
Update On The Market And Current Positions

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#107: Tue 5/3/2011
Dangerous Times For Energy and Commodities

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#106: Mon 4/25/2011
Why Subscribing to Gold and Energy Options Trader is so profitable...

Our buy and sell signals produced a 22% win in just 8 days and a whopping 42% win in just 3 days! ~more~

#105: Thu 3/31/2011
Update For The Quarter & Comments On Micro Stock Portfolio

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#104: Wed 3/16/2011
Update And Current Thinking

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#103: Thu 2/17/2011
Options Expiration Positions

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#102: Wed 1/26/2011
FOMC And How to Trade Today

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#101: Mon 1/24/2011
Update on Two Open Positions and Current Thinking For This Week

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#100: Tue 1/4/2011
Our Potential Trade Will Not Be Activated Today

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#099: Tue 1/4/2011
The Drop In The Price Of Gold Today

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#098: Mon 12/13/2010
December Expiration and Two Positions That Are Impacted WY and KEG

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#097: Wed 11/17/2010
Seabridge Energy CEO Interview on CNBC

A couple interesting comments from the CEO of Seabridge Energy were worth noting. ~more~

#096: Tue 11/16/2010
Down To One Half Position For Expiration Week

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#095: Fri 10/22/2010
Update On Positions

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#094: Thu 9/30/2010
Today's Closes

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#093: Mon 9/27/2010
Weekend Update

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#092: Mon 8/23/2010
Weekend Update

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#091: Wed 8/18/2010
The Big Wild Card That The Market Is Missing

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#090: Fri 8/6/2010
Thoughts Heading Into The Weekend

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#089: Mon 7/26/2010
Update For July 26th

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#088: Fri 7/2/2010
On To The Second Half Of 2010

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#087: Tue 6/22/2010
How Not To Trade Options

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#086: Thu 6/17/2010
The Worst Downgrade Of The 21st Century

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#085: Wed 6/2/2010
It Was The Best of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times

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#084: Fri 5/21/2010
Expiring May Call Spread Positions

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#083: Mon 5/10/2010
Update On Exxon Call Trade

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#082: Thu 4/22/2010
Questions From Our Readers

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#081: Mon 4/5/2010
Questions From Our Readers

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#080: Thu 3/18/2010
Current Thinking

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#079: Fri 2/19/2010
February Options Expiration

There are two open option positions with February expirations. Therefore, we either let them expire or do some repair damge. We will opt for the latter ~more~

#078: Mon 2/8/2010
Quick Update on Open Positions and The Euro

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#077: Wed 1/27/2010
Update On Current Thoughts

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#076: Thu 1/14/2010
First Update For The Year

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#075: Fri 12/18/2009
Option Expiration Trades

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#074: Fri 12/18/2009
New Feature Of The Website: Weekly Playbook

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#073: Tue 12/15/2009
Question About Ivanhoe Mines (IVN)

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#072: Tue 12/8/2009
Closing Out Last Half Put Spread In GLD For Overall gain of 9.4%

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#071: Tue 12/8/2009
Thought On Existing Postions And The Meltdown In Gold

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#070: Mon 11/30/2009
Excellent Piece on Natural Gas on Bloomberg

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#069: Fri 11/27/2009
Bond Holders Are Being $%&@ed Over

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#068: Fri 11/20/2009
November Expiration

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#067: Mon 10/26/2009
Update On Positions and The Dollar Rally

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#066: Wed 10/14/2009
Weekly Review

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#065: Mon 10/5/2009
Current Positions and Thought From A Week Ago

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#064: Mon 9/28/2009
As we head into the close

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#063: Mon 9/28/2009
New to Gold & Options Trader: Weekly Review

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#062: Wed 9/2/2009
Conversations With James: The Tiber Well

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#061: Thu 8/27/2009
Devon CEO Interview

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#060: Thu 8/27/2009
What is Going On With Natural Gas?

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#059: Thu 8/20/2009
We Are Back To Being Active

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#058: Fri 7/31/2009
Earnings Season Kick In

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#057: Wed 7/22/2009
Earnings Season Starts To Kick In

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#056: Fri 7/17/2009
First Solar (FSLR) Bear Call Spread Closed For A Gain

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#055: Fri 7/17/2009
First Solar traded to be acted on in the last 30 minutes

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#054: Tue 7/14/2009
Weekly Update

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#053: Thu 7/9/2009
Oil breaches $60

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#052: Wed 7/8/2009
Wild Times In Energy & Why We Need to Let The Dust Settle A Bit

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#051: Mon 7/6/2009
Review of The Past Week

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#050: Thu 7/2/2009
A Great Interview With Gulf Oil Executive This Morning

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#049: Wed 7/1/2009
New Of Note This Morning Affecting Our Universe

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#048: Fri 6/19/2009
June Expiration and Repair Damage on TLT and HOC

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#047: Fri 5/15/2009
Repair Control on Southern COmpany (CO)

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#046: Wed 5/13/2009
What is going on in the energy and materials space this morning?

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#045: Thu 5/7/2009
New natural gas numbers and other comments

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#044: Fri 4/17/2009
APril Expiration Summary and Repair Damage on UNG

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#043: Mon 4/6/2009
Weekly Review

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#042: Thu 4/2/2009
Thanks to those who joined our first conference call

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#041: Mon 3/30/2009
Webinar Call on Wednesday, April 1 at 5:30 EDT To Review Current Ideas and Our Process

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#040: Sun 3/29/2009
Update to State of The Markets

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#039: Sun 2/22/2009
Gold to stick above $1000?

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#038: Mon 1/5/2009
State of The Energy & Materials Market As We Enter 2009

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#037: Tue 12/16/2008
As the dollar goes, so goes the price of energy and commodity ETFs!

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#036: Tue 12/16/2008
Update on December Expirations and Recommendations

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#035: Mon 12/1/2008
Weekly Review: Is the dollar ready to roll over soon?

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#034: Fri 11/21/2008
Update & Changes to Positions as Options Expiration Approaches

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#033: Tue 11/4/2008
Implied Volatilties Are Impacting Price Moves in Options aka Why We Like Spreads

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#032: Mon 11/3/2008
Weekly Update

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#031: Tue 10/28/2008
What is happening to the market?

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#030: Fri 10/17/2008
Update on Open Positions into Expiration

There are several open positons that we will continue to do repair damage on. They are as follows: ~more~

#029: Wed 10/8/2008
What lies ahead ...

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#028: Fri 9/19/2008
Update on GLD Calls

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#027: Fri 9/12/2008
Hurricane Alert

Hurricane Ike is going to have an impact on the refiners and drilling companies make no doubt about it. Companies have fled their rigs in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the hurricane making land early Saturday. ~more~

#026: Wed 9/10/2008
Weekly Update: Have the energy markets sold off enough to start a rally?

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#025: Tue 8/26/2008
Clarification on yesterday's trade

There is an update out yesterday's buy as we posted the incorrect symbol. Please read our comments to understand what is going on. ~more~

#024: Sun 8/17/2008
Energy and material prices continue to slump. Is the end near?

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#023: Wed 7/23/2008
Update on USO put spread

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#022: Tue 7/22/2008
Hurricane Dolly starting to weaken

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#021: Thu 7/17/2008
What is going on in the energy and materials patch?

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#020: Tue 7/15/2008
Taking profits, watching the action and getting ready to pounce

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#019: Tue 6/24/2008
Weekly Update

With a new expiration month before us expect to see dome trading in short order besides our open put spread on GLD. Attached is our weekly review for your review. ~more~

#018: Wed 6/18/2008
Quick Update

We will pick up our trading as market volatility increases. ~more~

#017: Tue 5/6/2008
Why have we been quiet the past week?

Read on and find out what is causing us to stay on the sidelines so far this week. ~more~

#016: Sun 5/4/2008
Weekly Macro Update

Macro themes related to the dollar are important in today's environment. If the dollar rallies, then the commodity trade will be toast as much of the ascent in price has been due to the weakness of the dollar. Oil has risen in the past week while gold fell ~more~

#015: Mon 4/21/2008
Weekly Update

Each week we update the big macro trends within our space and review open and recently closed positions. ~more~

#014: Sun 4/13/2008
Weekly Update

We remain with two bullish positions up from one at the end of last week. Each week we review the major trend within the energy, commodities and metals market. This week we note... ~more~

#013: Mon 4/7/2008
Weekly Update

Last week we took profits on bullish call spreads in Ensco (ESV) and Valero (VLO) for gains of 25% and 46%. We remain with a long position in ~more~

#012: Mon 3/31/2008
Weekly Update

The dollar is trading at 99.24 from 99.88 against the yen, the Euro moves from .65 to .63 while the pound remains at .50. The CRB index finished the week at $394.54 up from $381.74. Brent Crude Oil Futures rose to $103.77 from $99.20. Gold moves to .... ~more~

#011: Mon 3/17/2008
Weekly Update

The dollar continues to weaken. Macro themes related to the dollar are important in today's environment. If so, then the commodity trade will be toast as much of the ascent in price has been due to the weakness of the dollar. Oil has rebounded nicely while gold remains a champion. ~more~

#010: Tue 3/4/2008
Addition to the website

Each day we will now alert you to the stocks with the most unusual options volume compared to their option volume twenty day average and where price in most cases has not moved excessively. This will help us to garner more ideas and hopefully be of use to you our reader. This is brought to you courtesy of www.orats.com. ~more~

#009: Sun 3/2/2008
Weekly Update

#008: Sun 2/17/2008
Weekly Update

Each week going forward we will summarize changes to the currency, commodity and U.S. Treasury market as they impace the movement of the energy and commodity markets.The dollar is trading at ~more~

#007: Mon 2/11/2008
Quick update on open position

One of our open ideas saw a HUGE insider purchase worth noting. ~more~

#006: Sun 1/6/2008
Thoughts on the move to $100 oil and $850 gold

Recently we wrote an article which we wanted to share with you. It is more macro in nature but highlights themes for the first quarter. $100 crude oil and gold over $850? Now the talk begins of $150 oil and $1000 gold! This is rather crazy and we are licking our chops for an opportunity to go short both of these commodities as well as many of the underlying companies in the energy and materials sector but will wait until the top is very evident. Why? ~more~

#005: Wed 1/2/2008

Welcome to 2008! We have closed 14 trades with 11 winners and 3 losers. The CRB index has moved from $348.60 to $366.86 since our last update. Brent Crude Oil Futures have moved from $91.69 to $97.84. Gold has moved from $798 to $860.00. The dollar is trading at 109.75 from 113.28 against the yen while .68 from .69 against the Euro and .51 from .49 against the pound. ~more~

#004: Mon 12/17/2007
Update on Positions

As we complete trading for December, there are four open positions. ~more~

#003: Fri 11/16/2007

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#002: Thu 11/8/2007
Update on Positions

We have closed 9 trades with 7 winners and 2 losers. ~more~

#001: Mon 10/15/2007
Update on Positions

We have open positions that are bearish on SPY, PGN and XOM with a bullish position on EXP. Earnings are due next week for EXP and we may take profits in front of this release on Monday, October 22. ~more~