I was a bit sceptical at your RJO mate's speculation that mom-n-pops were left holding the bag on some of the long May CL trades that imploded yesterday. As you suggested above, I assumed these were mostly physical market participants that had to deal with the realities of May contracts converging to spot as we approached expiry with storage full. I thought this because surely no brokerage firm would be stupid enough to let retail speculator hold position going into expiration week - regardless of the Exchange's decision. Mine for example forces the contract role the week prior or liquidates the position as it does not allow physical settlement. Alas, turns out Interactive Brokers was left holding the bag to tune of $90MM. Estimate is that other retail brokers may be stuck with 500MM losses. What were they thinking?!
Great story, thanks. Any thought on Lean hogs futures? Looks like supply is becoming tight, US factory are shutting down due to covid19 outbreaks, China is squeezed by the African swine fever. Some headwinds with trade tariff but Trump might give it a temporary break. Also, as school reopen, this might ramp up demand. Cheers - FS
"The CME might have just killed all physical commodity ETFs." You think that was designed on purpose? Go back to more participants trading more futures instead of being at the mercy of a few large ETFs?
Sorry, I need clarification. I read it saying the installment receipts were an obligation?
So, was the LLC buying the obligation for a dollar credit? Lowering his obligation to $6.50?
If it was an obligation and the firm went bankrupt didn't he have $6.50 of downside? Was this an arb between legal jurisdictions? The LLC just refused to honor the contractual obligation?
If the firm wanted the LLC pay, didn't the the LLC's right to collect the stock disappear? i.e. The contract expired worthless?
great story. Kevin this is something you know I have always thought of as a possibility the Saudi’s depegging. What happens if DT turns away their oil tankers headed our way and/ or bails out the frackers. Read a couple of ME papers and like the general press the current oil situation is temporary. I would agree but like the clowns in Washington how long will it take to resolve the issue. I don’t have any expertise in oil/gas but from what I have read low oil prices are here too stay. So I am MBS and feeling the heat, what options do I have. Issue more debt or depegging and blame the western infidels . Long shot but SA is going to have to eventually have depeg if the $ maintains its strength and you continued depressed oil prices. Read an article SA debt/ GDP is expected to rise from 30 to 50% this year
I was a bit sceptical at your RJO mate's speculation that mom-n-pops were left holding the bag on some of the long May CL trades that imploded yesterday. As you suggested above, I assumed these were mostly physical market participants that had to deal with the realities of May contracts converging to spot as we approached expiry with storage full. I thought this because surely no brokerage firm would be stupid enough to let retail speculator hold position going into expiration week - regardless of the Exchange's decision. Mine for example forces the contract role the week prior or liquidates the position as it does not allow physical settlement. Alas, turns out Interactive Brokers was left holding the bag to tune of $90MM. Estimate is that other retail brokers may be stuck with 500MM losses. What were they thinking?!
Man I so jealous of you older guys. The chaos and the rush of being on the pit floor I can only imagine and watch it on movies.
Great story Kev!
Great story Kevin. Even the DruckMeister would be proud of that trade.
Tellingly, this lyric just popped into my head (h/t Mick n’ Keef):
‘Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
'Cause what's confusing you is just the
Nature of my game...’
Hi Kevin,
Great story, thanks. Any thought on Lean hogs futures? Looks like supply is becoming tight, US factory are shutting down due to covid19 outbreaks, China is squeezed by the African swine fever. Some headwinds with trade tariff but Trump might give it a temporary break. Also, as school reopen, this might ramp up demand. Cheers - FS
https://www.meed.com/rethinking-dollar-peg/ Old article but the logic for depegging. I am counting on MBS’s ego.
counting on MBS’s ego
"The CME might have just killed all physical commodity ETFs." You think that was designed on purpose? Go back to more participants trading more futures instead of being at the mercy of a few large ETFs?
Fantastic story, thank you for sharing. Without getting into the details, do you know/can you share what he is doing now?
Did you Work at the Merc? Eurodollar Pit?
Sorry, I need clarification. I read it saying the installment receipts were an obligation?
So, was the LLC buying the obligation for a dollar credit? Lowering his obligation to $6.50?
If it was an obligation and the firm went bankrupt didn't he have $6.50 of downside? Was this an arb between legal jurisdictions? The LLC just refused to honor the contractual obligation?
If the firm wanted the LLC pay, didn't the the LLC's right to collect the stock disappear? i.e. The contract expired worthless?
great story. Kevin this is something you know I have always thought of as a possibility the Saudi’s depegging. What happens if DT turns away their oil tankers headed our way and/ or bails out the frackers. Read a couple of ME papers and like the general press the current oil situation is temporary. I would agree but like the clowns in Washington how long will it take to resolve the issue. I don’t have any expertise in oil/gas but from what I have read low oil prices are here too stay. So I am MBS and feeling the heat, what options do I have. Issue more debt or depegging and blame the western infidels . Long shot but SA is going to have to eventually have depeg if the $ maintains its strength and you continued depressed oil prices. Read an article SA debt/ GDP is expected to rise from 30 to 50% this year