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• Trading Spreads by Thomas Cronin

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Trading Spreads by Thomas Cronin The price relationship between delivery months of a futures contract or between different futures contracts often change. And of course, where there is change opportunity arises for traders. Here, STOCKS & COMMODITIES author and commodity trading advisor Thomas Cronin explains how to trade spreads. Spreads, because of their lower margin requirements and in many cases lower risk, have always been popular and especially among grain and livestock traders. Although spreads are commonly used, few traders have even a basic understanding of the mechanics of spread t...

AUTHOR: Thomas CroninDATE: MAR 1993

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• The SOQ And The S&P 500 Settlement by Thomas Cronin

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The SOQ And The S&P 500 Settlement by Thomas Cronin R J. O'Brien research director and market letter writer Thomas Cronin marks his first appearance in STOCKS & COMMODITIES with some trade possibilities in options based on the difference between the closing price of the last trading day for the S&P futures and the opening price the next day of the S&P index. One of my favorite oddities in commodity trading is the unique situation that occurs quarterly in the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index futures and options, known as the special opening quotation (SOQ). The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (C...

AUTHOR: Thomas CroninDATE: FEB 1993