Sit back. Take a deep breath. Breathe.  If you are an investor who is long assets, a business person, or a citizen of the free world, it has been a long, traumatic week. We don't need to rehash what happened. We don't need to go into long winded explanations of what is causing it and/or ... Read more

If the August surge in the US dollar caught many traders off guard, it was not because of a lack of focus on the US economy.  If anything, the reason the surge surprised so many was possibly because of too much focus on the US economy.  The continuing downward spiral of  "Fannie a ... Read more

The month of July has witnessed a precipitous decline in the price of natural gas that has many wondering if prices ever move anywhere other than down.  But the pace and scope of the selloff has had the same effect on the market as a natural forest fire can have on the long term health of the ... Read more

On May 2nd, our client newsletter advised selling put options in corn based on the outlook for investor jitters over a delayed spring planting (See: Delayed Spring Planting is Opportunity for Corn Bulls 5 2 08 - available free under the newsletter archive section of our website.) In it ... Read more

When we first recommended selling puts in the natural gas market this Spring (See Commodities Correction should be opportunity for Natural Gas Bulls, May 24, 2008 at www.OptionSellers.com - Newsletter Archive) natural gas was in a bearish corrective mode and many were questioning the resolve ... Read more

With commodities continuing to take the spotlight in the investment media, it is easy for fundamentally based investors to hone their focus on some of the headline markets such as crude oil, corn or gold. With all the talk of $200 oil, bubbles bursting, or a new use for ethanol, some of the "back ... Read more

Along with the falling dollar, it bears the single most responsibility for the bull market in commodities. It possesses formidable fundamentals as demand for it is at an all time high while production capability is or already has reached its peak.  Traders use it as currency. Terrorists use i ... Read more

It is no secret that energies are in a bull market. Crude oil grabs headlines daily and the price of gasoline at the pump is a favorite subject of local news media around the country (and the globe).  And while the mainstream media loves to blame speculators for high prices (and they could be ... Read more

It has been awhile since we have recommended selling soybean put options in this newsletter. In fact, the last time we made such a suggestion was back in December (See Steady Soybeans could be fertile ground for fundamentally focused Option Sellers under the OptionSeller Newsletter section ... Read more

A wave of selling washed over commodities markets this week as long speculators took notice of the Fed's recognition of inflation. With a rate cut of only ... Read more