Commodity Options Trading
Commodity Options Trading from CTCR
Commodity option trading advice is available through the Commodity Traders Consumer Report, CTCR. CTCR is headed by the renowned expert on options trading, Courtney Smith who is the company's editor-in-chief. Courtney Smith is somewhat of a guru when it comes to commodity trading and so you can be sure that the information we provide will help you locate the wheat in all the chaff of futures trading information.
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Commodity options trading by CTCR provides in-depth reviews of trading systems, options software, options trading books, and many more products for trading. On top of this information, you will find the most detailed interviews with options experts.
The Commodity Traders Consumer Report has been providing options trading advice that has guided traders through the minefield of trading misinformation since 1983.
Visit the Commodity Options Trading Q&A Forum at CTCR
You can post questions on our site to learn everything you need to on commodity options trading. Below you can read 2 examples of questions people have asked in the past. Both have been answered by our options trading expert and Editor-in-Chief, Courtney Smith:
READER QUESTION - Application to Options
"All your reviews of systems seem to be of futures trading. Are these outcomes also applicable to the options on these underlying futures, or does trading commodities options require different systems altogether?"Editor-in-Chief Courtney Smith -
The reason that we only test futures systems is that it is impossible to test systems for options trading. We cannot get intraday data on every strike and so on. You can obviously use options in conjunction with futures trading systems. However, the results will be different because you have added an additional instrument to the mix. Over the long run, I would imagine that the results would be similar but the attributes of the options and the futures systems could be quite different. For example, it may be that using a long term trend following system to buy long dated options may work fine but using a two to three day system to buy the same options will not work well at all.---------- || ----------
READER QUESTION - Options on Futures
"Is there a letter that specializes in options on futures? If so, how's their performance?Editor-in-Chief Courtney Smith -
Yes, there are letters that specialize in options. The Opportunities in Options letter is the most famous. I highly recommend MacMillan's Option Strategy Letter though it also covers stock and stock index options. Unfortunately, there is really no one who tracks options letters. We are the only people who track futures letters and we don't track options letters because of the difficulty in tracking options. The data is poor. I'd like to ask our readers if they have any experience with any letters and which ones they liked.---------- || ----------
READER QUESTION - Examples / Info on Short Selling Futures Options
Editor-in-Chief Courtney Smith -
"Where could I get examples/info on short selling futures options both calls and puts? I need to understand how profits/losses happen if the buyer executes or not. Does this make sense? Thanks for your time. I enjoy the site."
Good question. This is a complex question to answer. As a result, the true answer is: depends. First, are these naked call/put writes or covered? Do you have access to option evaluation software to determine if the options are fairly valued? Let me ponder the subject some more and write an article for this site. I will likely base it on the chapter in my Options Strategies book.
The Commodity Traders Consumer Report Newsletter
CTCR releases a newsletter to its subscribers every month that is designed to going to a great deal more detail than our free website. You will find commodity option trading experts with advice, reviews, etc. Below is a summary of a past CTCR newsletter, 'Special Options Trading Issue' that was devoted to options trading:
Special Options Trading Issue
Options are a powerful yet often misunderstood tool for trading profits. What are the keys to successful options trading?
Our unique and exclusive roundtable discussion brought together four of the world's top experts on options trading:
Larry McMillan, author of the best selling Options as a Strategic Investment and publisher of two newsletters on options trading.
Len Yates, creator of the comprehensive options trading program, OptionVue IV.
Don Fishback, Director of Research for the investment Research Institute, the publisher of Options Advisor, the world's most popular options newsletter.
Dave Caplan, author of four books on options, publisher of two publications for option traders, and owner of an options brokerage firm.
Find out more...
Commodity Options Trading Services
CTCR offers our members and nonmembers alike unequaled services in the options trading community. For our nonmembers, we offer the services of CTCR Online - and we here at CTCR online hope you find this site useful and enjoyable. Members, get subscription to the Commodity Traders Consumer Report newsletter, Major Moves, discounts, the full Tracked Advisor information (see sample) and so much more! Visit these links to find out how we can help you in your commodity options trading quests...
The bottom line is this: CTCR is the unique membership that helps you make and save money. Nobody else can give you so much to help you with options trading.
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