Fabio De Oliveira Vianna
Market Update | Energy, Metals & Equities Today’s session delivered sharp moves across commodities and selective equity names, creating both volatility and opportunity. Natural Gas: Natural gas experienced a significant sell-off today. In this move, we closed our BOIL positions with a +35% profit, locking in gains and reducing exposure amid elevated volatility. Risk management remains a priority in leveraged instruments, especially in commodities with extreme price swings. Silver: Silver also saw a notable drop, reinforcing the recent pressure across parts of the commodities complex. This move has important second-order effects for companies with high precious-metal input costs. Pandora: One clear beneficiary today was Pandora, which rose almost 10%. The decline in silver prices improves the cost outlook for jewelry manufacturers, and the market reacted positively. On this weakness, I bought Pandora on the dips, positioning for a potential margin tailwind and valuation normalization. Takeaway: Profits realized in NatGas through disciplined exits. Commodities volatility creating relative winners in equities. Selective dip-buying in fundamentally supported names. Staying tactical, managing risk, and letting the market pay us remains the core approach. $BOIL (ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas) $UNG (US Natural Gas) $NATGAS $SILVER $SLV (iShares Silver Trust) $PNDORA.CO (Pandora A/S)