Dec 13, 2023
METALS #16(b) – Taking Stock of the Pt-Pd-Au relationship (contd.) 14th December 2023 OBSEVATIONS ON VOLATILITY A. Historical Volatility I use 3 methods (for comparison) for calculating historical volatility: (1) taking the whole series of close-to-close of log...
Dec 12, 2023
METALS #16(a) – Taking Stock of the Pt-Pd-Au relationship move since my first post on this back in 2020 (8th June – Metals Post #1 (https://mantaoilco.com/metals-post-no-1/)) 11th December 2023 SUMMARY It has been a while since my last post (nearly two...
Dec 7, 2023
Why I like Platinum 8 June 2020 Check out the spread charts below (Pt versus Pd and Pt versus Au). I cannot figure out why platinum is so out of favour versus palladium and gold. But what is even more interesting is that luxury watches are still priced with the...
Jan 16, 2022
PROFIT TARGET SURPASSED! 16 January 2022 Time to take profit on our open options positions (3 legs) Our open positions are the following: 1. Short a March 2022 WTI 60 Put (shorted at a price of 5.86). Current price to buy back = 0.19. 2. Long a November 2022...
Dec 1, 2021
FINALLY IT HAS LANDED! 1 December 2021 Palladium is no longer the darling of the precious metals complex. Always found PD to be overvalued versus both Gold and Platinum. Check out the spread charts below (Pd-Au and Pd-Pt). Perhaps the allure of Tesla is... 
