market is panicked about further downside and everyone is short. So until we stop dropping for a while, it's hard to see vols going down much in cal15. For those not seeing much of a chance of oil going below 455, but don't see much of a rally ahead either, something like a clz5 45/75 DNT at 31% would make sense G15 48.20% +6.10% 45.20% +4.85% H15 45.20% +4.30 % 42.80% +3.90% M15 38.90% +2.40% 36.55% +1.85% 215 31.80% +1.30% 30.55% +0.65% Base Metals 3m lvls resistance dod change support Al 51927.75 -S7.5 51925 $1945 Cu 56396 -$94 56300 $6530 Zn 52178 -$13 $2150 $2200 Ni 516,450 -$225 $16,300 $17,100 Pb $1966.25 +$28.75 51975 $2010 The base complex was looking relatively strong in the morning on expected Chinese stimulus but traded down in the afternoon, reversing gains from the morning on a weaker dollar and lower oil. Copper prices saw modest gains in the morning reversing the gains at around 13:00 before coming off heavily in the afternoon, crashing through 56300. Australia's Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics is forecasting a 300 kMT copper surplus in 2015. China's Gansu province, the 4th largest copper producing region in the country increased it's output by 20% to around 93 KMT in October, however shandong, the 3rd biggest copper producing region saw a drop in output from —101kMT to 96kMT. Rio Tinto sees the copper market entering deficit in 2018 on increased demand in electricity networks as they build and incorporate more renewable energy sources. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are amassing copper holdings in order to repeat it's iron ore strategy of squeezing out high cost producers. Their jointly owned Resolution project in Arizona could meet 25% of US copper demand on it's own, Escondida in chile could produce lmnmT/year —5% of world output. Nickel prices reached highs of $16860 this morning on news that First Quantum shut it's 38 kmT Ravensthorpe plant in Australia after a sulphuric acid spil