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re: BOIL has become predictable

Posted on 2/26/14 at 7:39 am to
Posted by Iowa Golfer
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Posted on 2/26/14 at 7:39 am to
Shorts gained and longs lost so far this morning.

Backwardation and contango. I get the two terms mixed up, but they are at play when contracts are rolled.
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 2/27/14 at 11:43 am to
So March settles below $5, with April trading at $4.50... after five-year highs seen just a week ago at $6+. All of that, yet UNG only drops $2.50 off its high a week ago. What am I missing? Is this people trading the fund around an expectation, not its actual holdings?
This post was edited on 2/27/14 at 11:44 am
Posted by jlu03
San Diego
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 2/27/14 at 1:56 pm to
Just picked up DGAZ @ $3.70. This stock should be at $10 within a couple months.
Posted by Iowa Golfer
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Posted on 2/27/14 at 9:53 pm to
They bought high, and sold low to oversimplify. Maybe look at USL, or another 12 mos fund.
This post was edited on 2/27/14 at 10:11 pm
Posted by NOTORlOUSD
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 2/28/14 at 9:28 am to
I reversed this morning and bought UGAZ due to the ice storm predictions in the Midwest. I wish I had done it yesterday afternoon. I'll probably switch back on Monday.
Posted by sneakytiger
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Posted on 2/28/14 at 9:41 am to
To answer my own question:

Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 2/28/14 at 5:23 pm to
UNG isn't done rolling yet, and one purpose of the swaps they own is to even things out a bit. There are usually a couple days every month the price of UNG is counter to the price of spot and the contracts. Spot is trading below April contracts currently.

Anyway, I took the opportunity presented today, and averaged down further on July 20/23 puts. I bought back the other side of the spread at a small profit some time ago. My reasoning is I don't want the spread limiting profit when and if things go south on natty gas.
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 3/1/14 at 10:29 am to
quote:

UNG isn't done rolling yet


What do you mean, they will continue to purchase Apr contracts? I see they have a lot of cash on hand... it'd be really interesting to see a historical day-by-day record of the their holdings and compare with their current portfolio.
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 3/1/14 at 6:56 pm to
They have a pending NYMEX trade. The price keeps going up every day. The same place you got their projected roll dates, you can see their daily holdings. It's not at 4.51 anymore.

Pending Trades

as of 02/28/2014, subject to change
Shares Created/Redeemed 700,000
Security Action Quantity Price
NYMEX Natural Gas NG APR14 Buy 387 4.609
This post was edited on 3/1/14 at 6:58 pm
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 3/4/14 at 7:55 pm to
UNG is selling 1605 NYMEX April contracts.

Anyway, I tried to load up more on the short side.

I'm short July UNG 20 & 23. Anyone else have a target price for UNG? It's really insane, July 20 puts are selling for under .25.

I read today an argument for ongoing higher natural gas prices, but I just cannot imagine that given the supply fundamentals coming online this spring.
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
2471 posts
Posted on 3/4/14 at 8:58 pm to
Into some $25 July puts for about $1.60. I'm no options modeler, but that seemed like a great price.
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:17 pm to
I think we're winners on July puts. I'm going to start buying deeper out of the money puts. Probably no lower than 19.
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
2471 posts
Posted on 3/4/14 at 11:24 pm to
I was looking at the 20's last week because they're so damn cheap.
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 3/5/14 at 6:12 am to
I think $20 is fine based on where the historical price of UNG settles are certain natty gas price points.

I think natty gas heads down your puts are fine, but maybe I'm cheap. It's hard for me to pass by $20/$23 at .23 & .82. That's a lot of leverage for not much premium.
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
2471 posts
Posted on 3/5/14 at 11:26 am to
Injection season can't get here soon enough. I think once we see the first monster storage build the market will snap out of it and we'll see capitulation.
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
10229 posts
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:10 pm to
quote:

Injection season can't get here soon enough. I think once we see the first monster storage build the market will snap out of it and we'll see capitulation.


When it goes down, UNG will go down even quicker. I'll make a friendly wager on that. BOIL, which is predictable I guess, will drop so quickly it should really be entertaining. Especialy entertaining to you and I.
Posted by jlu03
San Diego
Member since Jul 2012
3320 posts
Posted on 3/6/14 at 4:59 pm to
With the so called bottom forming on Natty Gas, is this a good time to pick up DGAZ??
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
10229 posts
Posted on 3/6/14 at 5:11 pm to
quote:

With the so called bottom forming on Natty Gas, is this a good time to pick up DGAZ??


Some on here are high on DGAZ. Not the way I short things, I'm a buyer of puts instead.
Posted by L S Usetheforce
Member since Jun 2004
22742 posts
Posted on 3/6/14 at 8:06 pm to
Boil is gonna have some 10 dollar day swings for sure. Which means kold gonna have the same.
This post was edited on 3/6/14 at 8:07 pm
Posted by Iowa Golfer
Heaven
Member since Dec 2013
10229 posts
Posted on 3/10/14 at 5:12 pm to
LINK

COT report is interesting. I cost averaged down my UNG July puts today. July 24 UNG Put were going for about a buck today.

This seems so simple I keep thinking I have to be missing something obvious.
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