Last week we ran down some of the most common spreads traded in the futures industry. Talking about the nicknames assigned to certain spreads (crack, crush, etc) put us in a creative mood, so we wondered what other spreads might be nicknamed if they were commonly traded on the exchange. Here are some of the best ones we came up with:

Orange Juice/Pork Bellies = The Denny’s Spread

Platinum/Palladium = The Catalytic Spread

Wheat/Corn = The Keebler Elf Spread

Cocoa/Sugar = The Swiss Miss Spread

Live Cattle/Lean Hogs = The Fogo De Chao Spread

Gold/Silver = The Jewelry Spread

USD/GBP = The Revolutionary Spread

Feeder Cattle/Live Cattle = The “Where’s the Beef?” Spread

Lean Hogs/Pork Bellies = Yummm, Bacon Spread

Nasdaq/Nikkei = The “Whose Drawdown is Bigger?” Spread

Coffee/Milk = The Starbucks Spread

Have any clever spread name ideas of your own?  Be sure to send them our way.