#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

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~

#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~