corn options weekly review

big number on Wednesday 

jan options start trading...they trade off of 5 cent strikes vs march futures....ltd is 12/24

weekly changes

nov

18 3/4% down 4 3/4%

call oi 66111 uno 24024

put oi 64544 up 16465

dec

365 1/4 down 13 1/4

oi 795609 down 24239

call oi 312070 up 1729

put oi 258558 down 4736

march

373 1/4 down 14 1/4

oi 254135 down 99

vol 18% down 2%

call oi 128048 up 10935

put oi 82801 up 1444

may 

378 3/4 down 14

121948 up 14576 

vol 18% down 1 1/4%

call oi 16086 up 385

put oi 12043 up 261

July 

382 1/2 down 13

oi 124072 up 10175 

vol 18% down 1/2%

call oi 29065 up 1991

put oi 36168 up 10597

sept 

378 3/4 down 9 1/2

oi 45341 up 1482 

vol 16 1/2% down 1/2%

call oi 12143 up 2096

put 8455 up 259

dec21 

384 down 9 1/4

oi 149022 up 6304 

vol 16 1/4% up 1/4%

call oi 59810 up 835

put oi 30077 up 888

9/21

robot 

sold 2000 dec 380/390 call spreads a 2000 dec 420 calls collecting 6 covered vs 375

bought 1000 nov 350 puts paying 1 7/8

sold 500 oct 375 puts @ 4 covered vs 376

bought 100 may 400 calls vs selling 200 july 450 calls collecting 1

bought 500 red dec 450 calls paying 10 1/4

bought 1000 nov 365 puts paying 6 1/8

bought 1500 nov 345 puts paying 1 5/8

sold 1000 nov 370 puts @ 8 5/8

sold 500 dec 400 calls @ 4 3/4

sold 300 oct 370 calls @ 6 3/4

sold 500 dec 345p/405c strangles @ 7 1/4

bought 200 july 390 puts paying 24 5/8

sold 2000 oct 375/370 put spreads @ 3 1/8 covered vs 370

bought 400 march 380 puts paying 19 3/8

sold 500 oct 370 puts @ 4 5/8

bought 250 dec 380 calls paying 8 covered vs 368 1/2

bought 200 dec 370 straddles paying 24 7/8

bought 500 oct 370/380 call spreads paying 2 5/8

bought 2000 nov 350 puts paying 1 7/8 to 2 1/2

sold 800 dec 380/400 call spreads @ 4 3/8

sold 1000 nov 375 calls sold from 7 1/8 down to 7

bought 500 nov 360 puts vs selling 1000 nov 350 puts paying even

settles

dec 369 3/4

march 379 1/4

may 384 3/4

july 388 3/4

sept 383

dec21 388 1/4

vols

 v370^ 8-3/8  24%

x370^ 18 3/8-5/8  21%

z370^ 24 3/4-25 1/8  20.75%

h380^ 37 1/8-1/2  19.25%

k380^ 42 3/4-43 1/2  18.5%

n390^ 49-3/4  18.25%

z390^ 53 1/2-54 1/2  16%

9/22

robot

sold 1000 dec 355 puts @ 6 1/4

sold 1000 week 1 375 calls @ 4 3/4

bought 1000 dec 370 calls paying 12 3/8 to 12 1/2

bought 500 dec 340 puts paying 2 3/8

bought 500 march 350 puts paying 6 1/4

bought 1000 march 360 puts paying 9 1/4 to 10

bought 1000 oct 370/365 put spread paying 1 7/8 covered vs 371

bought 700 dec 355 puts vs selling the 370 call collecting 7 1/2

bought 1000 nov 370 puts paying 8 1/4 to 8 7/8

bought 1000 dec 350 puts vs selling the 390 calls collecting 1 3/8 covered vs 369 3/4

bought 1000 march 360 puts paying 9 1/4

bought 500 nov 370 puts vs selling the week 3 370 puts paying 3/8

bought 150 march 370 puts paying 14 1/8 

 bought 250 nov 370/350 put spreads paying 6 3/4 

bought 100 july 390 calls paying 24

sold 500 nov 360/380c strangles @ 10 1/2 covered with a 3 delta vs 370

settles

dec 369 1/4 on 145k

march 378 3/4 on 44k

may 384 1/2 on 18k

july 388 1/4 on 20k

sept 383 on 3100

dec21 387 3/4 on 12k

vols

vols

oct 27%

nov 21 1/4%

dec 21 1/4%

march 19 3/8%

may 18 1/2%

july 18 1/2%

sept 17 3/4%

9/23

robot

bought 250 march22 4.00 straddles paying 53 1/2

bought 1000 dec 390/400/410/420 call condors paying 1 covered vs 369

sold 1000 dec 390 calls @ 5 1/8

bought 1000 dec 370/410 call spreads paying 9 covered vs 368 3/4

bought 1000 march 400/450 call spreads paying 7 covered vs 377 1/4

bought 3000 nov 380 calls paying 5 3/4 covered vs 371 3/4

sold 1000 dec 360 calls from 15 3/4 to 15 5/8

sold 200 dec 365 straddles @ 23 1/8

bought 500 nov 355 puts paying 3 5/8

bought 200 march 360 puts paying 9 7/8

bought 150 july/dec 300 put spreads paying 3/4

bought 500 nov 375 calls vs selling 1000 nov 390 calls paying 3/4 to 7/8

settles

dec 368 1/2 on 109k

march 377 1/2 on 31k

may 383 on 16k

july 386 1/2 on 17k

sept 382 1/4 on 2000

dec21 387 1/4 on 9k

vols

Oct 19%

Nov 20 .5%

Dec20 20.25%

Mar21 18.75%

May21 18.5%

Jul21 18.25%

Sep21 18%

Dec21 16.25%

9/24

robot 

bought 2500 oct 370 calls paying 3/4 to 7/8

bought 1200 oct 365 calls paying 2

sold 2000 oct 370/365 put spreads @ 3 3/8 covered vs 365

sold 3000 nov 370 calls from 6 1/2 down to 5 7/8

bought 500 dec 350 puts paying 5 1/2

bought 500 red dec 380 straddles paying 53 1/2

bought 1000 dec 385/400/415 call trees paying 5/8

bought 1000 nov 380 calls paying 3 1/4

bought 900 dec 375 calls vs selling the dec 350 puts paying 1 1/2

sold 2000 nov 365 calls from 7 5/8 to 8

bought 3100 nov 370 calls paying 6 1/8 covered vs 365

sold 1250 week 2 355 puts @ 3 1/4

bought 500 march 360/330 put spreads vs selling the july 420 calls collecting 4 1/4

on the block 

sold 578 of the following 

nov 345 puts @ 2

nov 350 puts @ 2 3/4

nov 355 puts @ 4 1/8

nov 360 puts @ 6

nov 370 calls @ 5 3/4

nov 380 calls @ 3 1/4

nov 390 calls @ 1 7/8

settles

dec 363 1/2 on 140k

march 372 1/4 on 40k

may 377 3/4 on 22k

july 381 1/2 on 14k

sept 377 3/4 on 1800

dec21 383 1/4 on 12k

vols

 v365^ 4 1/4-5/8  21%

x365^ 16 1/2-7/8  20%

z365^ 22 3/4-23 1/8  19.75%

h370^ 34 1/2-35  18.5%

k380^ 41 1/2-42 1/4  18.25%

n380^ 47-3/4  18%

z21 380^  53-3/4  16.5%

9/25

robot

bought 500 march 350 puts paying 6 7/8

bought 250 dec 395 calls paying 3 1/8

sold 1000 nov 375 calls @ 4 1/2 covered vs 366 1/4

bought 500 march 350 puts paying 7 3/8 covered vs 372 1/4

bought 200 march 280 puts paying 5/8

bought 250 nov 370 calls vs selling 500 nov 400 calls paying 4

bought 500 march 370 puts covered vs 374 1/4 vs selling the july 380 puts covered vs 383 collecting 7 3/8

bought 250 march 320 puts covered vs 373 1/2 against selling the sept 320 puts covered vs 379 collecting 2 1/2

bought 1000 march 390 calls paying 11 5/8 covered vs 375

bought 1000 march 390/440 call spreads paying 7 5/8 covered vs 372 1/4

bought 2200 week 1 370 calls paying 3 3/4 to 3 7/8 covered vs 367

bought 2000 march 400 calls vs selling 5000 dec 400 calls paying 2 3/8

bought 500 march 450/480 call spreads paying 1 1/8

bought 1500 dec 400 calls paying 2 3/8 

settles

dec 365 1/4 on 115k

march 373 1/4 on 36k

may 378 3/4 on 15k

july 382 1/2 on 12k

sept 378 3/4 on 1100

dec21 384 on 8k

vols

 x365^ 14 7/8-15 1/4  18.75%

z365^ 21 14/-5/8  19%

h370^ 33 1/8-1/2  18%

k380^ 40 3/4-41 1/2  18%

n380^ 46 3/4-47 1/2  18%

z21 380^ 53-54  16.5%

commitment of traders

ag_lof.htm

CFTC Commitments of Traders Long Report - AG (Combined)

This is the viewable version of the most recent release of the AG disaggregated long form combined commitments r...

oct exercise and abandonment

https://www.cmegroup.com/delivery_reports/OptionExceptionSummaryReport_OPINS_CME_7.pdf

hogs and pigs report

https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/rj430453j/gt54mb17j/1j92gz287/hgpg0920.pdf

crop progress

https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/8336h188j/2227nd802/h415q0669/prog3920.pdf

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