Marc Nemenoff
PRICE Futures Group
Financials: June Bonds are currently 3 higher at 133’02 and the 10 Yr. Notes 2 higher at 123’23.5. We remain spread long 10 Yr. Notes/short Bonds which is currently trading at 9’11 premium the Bonds. We continue to hold short biased Eurodollar positions.
Grains: May Corn is currently 2’0 lower at 499’6 and Dec. 0’6 lower at 506’0. May Beans 2’4 higher at 1476’4 and Nov. 1’0 lower at 1208’0. May Wheat is currently 6’4 higher at 676’2. We remain spread long new crop/short old crop in Corn and Beans.
Cattle: June Cattle closed 257 lower at 134.80 and May FC 162 lower at 178.52 on Friday. If you remain short June LC either take profits or use a protective buy stop at 135.90. If you remain long the June Hog 116.00 put take profits above 240 points (the market settled at 252 on Friday).
Silver: May Silver is currently 9 cents lower at 19.87 and June Gold 3.00 lower at 1300.5. We remain long Silver.
S&P's: June S&P’s are currently 6.00 lower at 1854.00. We contiue to hold the combination of short futures and short the May 1840 put. Consider taking profits if you’re a short term trader. Longer term I believe this trade will continue to work, buy I must note that it will be at least 2 weeks until we start to see some accelerated premium decay on May options. Support is currently 1842.00 and resistance 1866.00.
Currencies: As of this writing the June Euro is currently 32 higher at 1.3732, the Swiss 41 higher at 1.1259, the Yen 13 higher at 0.9702 and the Pound 15 higher at 1.6586. We remain sellers in the Pound on rallies for short term trades. We continue to hold short biased positions in the Euro.
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