I first discovered this trade in the early 1990's.  The first official time I traded it was in 1995 (brokerage statement included below).  Last year (2003) was a record year for this trade as it coincided with an IMPA buy setup (first time that has happened in soybeans since the 1997 trade (brokerage statements included for both 1997 and 1995 the first year I traded it below).

August 2003 
Fall Soybean Option trade coincides with an IMPA buy setup in soybeans.  
The results are explosive! 

  1. This is the graph of the IMPA Buy (Trigger) Selection - This is the core Fundamental signal.

  2. This is our actual price graph during the fall of 2003 when this IMPA buy occurred. 

  3. This is a subsequent daily price graph in the weeks that followed this official IMPA Buy. 

  4. One more subsequent daily price graph with my remarks to our members at the time.

  5. This is our weekly price graph showing a Blue-Diamond "BUY" coinciding with the IMPA buy 

  6. This is a subsequent weekly price graph after the new trend began.

  7. This is the weekly price graph showing the magnitude of the fall 2003 IMPA buy setup & fall bean option trade!

  8. This is my brokerage statement showing my exit out of one of the options, for better than 900% profit!
    (I entered several option positions at 10.5 ($525ea) and sold the one in this statement at 97 ($4850)!

    This is NOT merely back-tested data. This in fact is a REAL TRADE that REALLY happened and I am providing my brokerage statement above as proof. And its not a one time deal either.  Here's the brokerage statement showing the first time I actually took the seasonal fall option in soybeans (in 1995).   That's close to the time when I first isolated this particular pattern (which I isolated in the early 90's).  In addition, the graphs provided here were not generated with the benefit of hind-sight. These are real snap-shots of the graphs as this trade unfolded in real time (day by day updates).  These are the same graphs members have accessed to (updated on the site) and discussed in my reports. 

  9. As promised, here is my 1997 Brokerage statement for the same trade (same trade, different year) again as well.  

    The key to our soybean option trades (spring and fall trades as well as the option spread trades) is in identifying the appropriate strike price based on the futures (this information is proprietary and provided to members only).  Again,  of key importance is the spread between the price of the futures and the strike.  This, and the timing (during specific seasonal influences) is crucial for determining optimum entry points to maximize returns.  Furthermore, the returns for this trade shown in the brokerage statements for 1997 and 2003 were larger than for example the 1995 trade because in both 1997 and 2003 we had official bullish IMPA conditions coinciding with this seasonal options trade. And as mentioned, the 2003 trade represented a new record size profit for this particular trade (statement provided above).


Risk Disclosure:  Past performance is not indicative of future results.  There is no guarantee that any account (including my own) will be able to duplicate these trading results (profits) in the future.  No trading system or method can guarantee profits.  All trading is risky and may not be appropriate for all types of investors and/or traders.  You should never trade with money you can not afford to lose.  Trading is not my only means of income. 
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