Puts are one of Rodney’s favorite selling strategies – why? Because the farmer’s covered if the price goes up or if the price goes down. But there’s a reason most farmers the guys work with don’t like using puts, which has a lot to do with skew. Rodney and Gabe dig into the psychology behind selling with a cash contract rather than trading options, what bad originating looks like, and the benefits for using a floor product.

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