2009′ is 3/4 over how is your performance? You’ve had to pick your points in commodities but for the most part being long currencies against the US dollar and long metals have been the plays. We’ve had success as well in the softs, i.e sugar, coffee, OJ, and coffee. We feel the big swings today is window dressing with fund managers picking winners so they show exposure in the 3rd quarter… maybe were wrong and it is just the fundamentals finally kicking in??
Oil was higher by 5% today on good volumes. We are positioned long with clients looking for $74 and perhaps $76 on this leg. Call spreads in March coffee and January OJ we feel are buys; contact us for pricing. Sugar is very impressive, we will look to get re-positioned long with clients again on intra-day setbacks. The stock market action was peculiar, we still like being short as long as 1075 in the S&P and 9800 are not penetrated on rallies.
Impressive close in the grains, buying wheat, corn, or soybeans on setbacks is ok with me. There is no need to be in all as they tend to move together. Gold and silver were higher and we are short silver with clients and on the sidelines in gold. We maintain that prices should move lower and will refrain from being sucked long with clients for now. If we change our minds we will tell you and cut losses on silver shorts. We advised clients to take a smaller profit on their long in 30-yr bonds. A complete reversal in live cattle formed a bullish engulfing candle. Mcvean was a big buyer of calls as well as JP Morgan, we hear. Trust me cattle traders want to be on the same side as MCVean (google him/ Charlie McVean). We are advising out right calls in December and February.
The US dollar leaked today, lets wait til’ tomorrow before taking any action. We remain short Euro-currency and long yen for clients, though on a trade near 113 in the yen we would advise booking profits.
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