6-21-10 September Bonds are in the process of what we see as “topping out” at the current level and we are adding on an additional bear put spread with a naked leg. Buy the September 123 / 120 bear put spread and sell the September 128 call as the naked leg; the trade is being filled at a debit of $93 which is your risk not including commission with the market under 128, above 128 the risk is unlimited. The profit potential is limited to $3,000 based upon intrinsic value, before deducting the previously mentions costs.
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FOR CUSTOMERS TRADING OPTIONS, THESE FUTURES CHARTS ARE
PRESENTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THEY ARE
INTENDED TO SHOW HOW INVESTING IN OPTIONS CAN DEPEND ON
THE UNDERLYING FUTURES PRICES; SPECIFICALLY, WHETHER OR NOT
AN OPTION PURCHASER IS BUYING AN IN-THE-MONEY, AT-THE-MONEY,
OR OUT-OF-THE-MONEY OPTION. FURTHERMORE, THE PURCHASER
WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO EXERCISE HIS
RIGHT ON AN OPTION DEPENDING ON HOW THE OPTION’S STRIKE
PRICE COMPARES TO THE UNDERLYING FUTURE’S PRICE. THE FUTURES CHARTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO IMPLY THAT OPTION PRICES
MOVE IN TANDEM WITH FUTURES PRICES. IN FACT, OPTION PRICES MAY ONLY MOVE A FRACTION OF THE PRICE MOVE IN THE UNDERLYING
FUTURES. IN SOME CASES, THE OPTION MAY NOT MOVE AT ALL OR
EVEN MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE UNDERLYING FUTURES CONTRACT.
Paul Brittain
Whitehall Investment Management
Commodity Trading School
877-270-8403
