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DIEM Strategy Talk: Implied Volatility and New-Trade Selection by The DIEM Team

Started by Josh Reitz Jan 28, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

DIEM Strategy seeks to profit from the passage of time – and less by picking direction. IV can provide "an edge."…Continue

Corn Prices Touch New 29-Month Highs, As Latest Data Shows Waning Supplies by The DIEM Team

Started by Josh Reitz Jan 13, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

USDA cuts harvest estimates for the fourth time. World demand remains strong. Poor weather plays a role globally. …Continue

HOLIDAY SQUEEZE…….. by Tim Hannagan

Started by Josh Reitz Dec 22, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

HOLIDAY SQUEEZE…….. Monday's weekly export inspection report gave us something to look at other than South American weather. Wheat inspected for near term shipment was 23m.b. versus 18.8 the week…Continue

'Twas The Last Energy Report Before Christmas by Phil Flynn

Started by Josh Reitz Dec 22, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

'Twas the Last Energy Report Before Christmas, and many commodities broke out!They were driven by demand and by frost and by drought. The traders put on their positions with care and hoped that their…Continue

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Comment by Josh Reitz on August 19, 2010 at 10:28am: I would like to introduce The DIEM Team to The Bull Bear.The DIEM team is a group of industry veterans with a focus in such markets as financials, agricultural products and options.

The DIEM strategy is to hold and manage a diversified position of short options, with the goal of time decay in our favor. The DIEM Team uses a number of stringent criteria for trade selection, the most important being that options are relatively “expensive”. The DIEM team has developed three types of DIEM recommendations: Aggressive I and II and Capped-Risk.

• Aggressive I trades typically have little or no initial bias on direction. Because of this, they are more “balanced” and tend to be smaller positions that tie up less funds.

• Aggressive II has more of a modest initial bias on direction. They will require more adjustments over time. Offsetting this need for greater oversight is that more premium is collected and positions tend to be larger.

• Capped-Risk trades are the “traditional” DIEM recommendations that have an absolute limit on the risk. The positions are options spreads –what the DIEM Strategy refers to as “combos”. These combos collect option premium by selling calls and puts, similar to DIEM Aggressive trade recommendations, but they also buy farther away options – the “wings” of the spread – which cap the risk.

The DIEM team sends out a weekly newsletter to update the customers of new trade recommendations, updates on current positions and a look into current market conditions.

So feel free to post comments on their news letter posting, that I intend to post a portion of each week. And thank you Steven for giving us a platform to share all of the ideas out there.

BEST Regards,
Josh Reitz