We are currently seeing many commodity markets trading at or near historic highs. Knowing that actually picking market tops is nearly impossible, we are starting to build short positions with either limited or at least ”cushioned” risk in several markets.
December Corn recently gapped higher based upon an unexpected short fall in harvest expectations. We don’t really buy that but feel that the recent run higher is more due to the weakness in the dollar. We feel that there may be a surge in producer selling as soon as prices stumble. Recognizing that this may not be the “top” we are buying limited risk puts like the December 500 put for $250. We feel that the market could revisit the mid to low four dollar range as harvest progresses.
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