Monday, November 16, 2009

Baltic dry Index

Very close to testing the June 3rd high of 4,291.

4 comments:

  1. Also keeping my eye on Silver as Gold continues to make new highs. I think that gold might be a crowded trade and I have seen it take the stairs up nice and steady, but when it is ready to fall it just jumps off a cliff.

    Silver still has plenty of room to play catch. I will be looking to sell some puts somewhere in the 18-20 range.

    Will keep you posted.

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  2. Baltic dry bulk index rises 3.8% to 4,381, for 14th straight gain.

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  3. I am able to capture about 20% of my DRYS put spread at the 2.5/5 strikes. If there is a big enough pop in the next few days that will allow me to take 50% or more of the total max profit I will look to close out the position to book profits and look for the next trade.

    I have seen DRYS up here between $7-$8 way to many times just to see it drop again. If this is the case I will look for another opportunity to sell some more puts at the $5 strike if it is attractive enough.

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  4. This morning I nibbled on a few naked put contracts collecting $2.50 per contract.

    I only sold two puts on SLV at the $16 strike for a total maximum gain of $500 with Jan'11 expiry. If I am exercised my purchase price would be $13.5.

    Jason and I have discussed this before. Silver is always going to have some kind of intrinsic value, in other words it is not going to go to zero. So if need be I will sell covered calls against it if I am ever exercised. If we see a pull back I will look to add to my position. I just wanted to have some exposure.

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