The Complete Trading Guide to Commodities Options Selling

Explore essential options trading concepts with a free, beginner-friendly intro covering call and put options, one standard deviation pricing, and disciplined buy vs sell strategies for commodities options selling.

Explore the basics of the commodities market, learn why traders sell options, compare commodity, stock, and etf options, and focus on high liquidity sectors like crude oil, metals, and grains.

Examine commodity futures and options contract specifications, including a $50 point value, quarterly expiries on friday, and how options align with futures and market symbols.

Decode futures and option markets on thinkorswim by following the nearest expiring futures (60 days to expiry), selling options, and analyzing premiums, margins, and simulations across major contracts.

Explore the ZB futures and options contract specifications, focusing on bond market pricing increments of 1/32 and 1/64, points worth $1000, and liquidity nuances.

Learn to analyze the ZB bond futures market on Thinkorswim, sell a futures option, and estimate the credit received after commissions.

Commodity options offer higher premiums and use spend margin that varies with volatility and time to expiry, unlike stock options that rely on a fixed margin.

Explore how commodities options differ from stock options on thinkorswim, highlighting expiry-aware margins, buying power, and the higher risk and credit potential when selling options.

Explore the power of commodity options selling versus stock options. Compare margins, credits, and returns across futures like GC and soybeans to see higher returns with lower margins.

Create and save a commodity watchlist in the Thinkorswim platform, assigning symbols with a slash format, and learn to track futures like CL, NGC, and NGF.

Set up the Thinkorswim workspace for commodity trading by clearing charts, adding two default indicators, removing the volume subgraph, and saving the study for reuse.

Set up a signaling workspace to monitor commodity trade signals at a glance, configure a four-period stochastic indicator, prune subgraphs, and save the workspace for crude oil and soybean signals.

Learn to link charts on Thinkorswim to your commodity watch list, synchronize rate changes with the chart and workspace, and choose colors for clarity.

Learn to remove the open interest indicator from futures charts by unchecking the open interest and the volume subgraph, saving the workspace, and applying changes to keep the chart clean.

Sell commodity options when the market trends, using stochastic signals beyond 80 or below 20 and ATR 14, with 30-40 day expiries and delta targets.

Learn to set price alerts on Thinkorswim for commodity options, including email or text notifications and multi-level alerts for put options.

Learn a step-by-step screening process for commodity options, using overbought/oversold signals to pick strikes and expiries, aiming for 30–40 day options with at least $100 premium.

Apply a 70 percent profit rule to commodity options, using a crude oil example to decide when to close or let expire based on days to expiration and price moves.

Demonstrate an exit rule for crude oil options selling: buy back when premium doubles, then roll to the next month at a higher strike to manage risk.

Compare es futures options with spx and spy stock options to show why futures and commodity options are more margin efficient under span margin.

Learn capital allocation and margin management while selling commodity options, sizing contracts, and monitoring premiums and margin requirements to grow a trading account.

This video highlights key books on commodities options selling by David Kaplan and Assaye Johnson, plus a complete guide to auction selling, with newsletters and webinars.

Learn how commodity and futures trading hours differ from stocks, with near 24-hour access and peak liquidity after the NYSE opens; prioritize stop losses and avoid off-market trades.

Explores commodity seasonal patterns and counter-trend option strategies, with examples from energy and natural gas, cotton, soybean, corn, and wheat markets.

Track an ES trade position with a naked futures setup and spreads across weekly contracts, showing open profits, expirations, and a plan to exit or roll down if signals arise.

Demonstrates selling a gold futures option on GC in an overbought market, using a 21-day October expiry, and applying risk alerts and a 70% profit-taking rule for about 4% return.

conduct live trades in crude oil and bond markets, selling call options to capture premium, monitor margins, set price alerts, and manage exits to realize profits.

Watch how a gold futures trade hits a profit target using a GTC order, with chart analysis, goal updates, and market-watch planning.

Sell the 1 6 3 call on ZB bond contract and buy back to take profit across two contracts, exiting with no open position and monitoring updates after 11 days.

Learn how to profit from crude oil options selling, using a 60 call strategy to capture about $70 on one contract as prices move toward expiry.

Watch a live futures options selling trade on GC, ZB, and CL, including premium collection, margin use, and rapid profit targets. Learn risk management and early exit decisions.