Macro Ag Commentary

John WalshGrains

The Bean market may be due a bounce after the recent weakness. ? why ? the weather in Argentina is turning a bit dry in the forecast. That is correct the forecast. The market seems to want to dial bullish scenarios in much quicker. I don’t know for sure this will be the case. Just thinking out loud. Lets look …

South America and Australia Grain Weather Issues from WxRisk.com

walshtradingGeneral Commentary, Weather

For the complete report, CLICK HERE. For those interested in Grains and Livestock, every Thursday, Sean Lusk, Director Walsh Commercial Hedging Services and Ben DiCostanzo, Senior Livestock Analyst host a FREE Grain & Livestock Outlook webinar. Sean and Ben will hold their next Grain & Livestock Outlook webinar on Thursday, November 16th. REGISTER NOW. If you cannot attend live, a …

Tripwire: December Live Cattle

John LunneyGeneral Commentary

December Live Cattle          In today’s action the December live Cattle market floundered near the the lower end of the trading range of the last few sessions finishing at 120.575. The contract held up at the 119.450 speed-line support and managed to hold above the critical 119.175 level. I have been up until now calling for another …

Ag Commentary

John WalshGrains

The complex came under pressure today actually led by soy oil. However all three, the beans, meal and oil felt the selling. The weather in South America looks good for planting and for early production prospects. The argentine crop will need some moisture come December. There remains plenty of time at present. Given the talk of a productive start thoughts …

US Energy from WxRisk.com

walshtradingGeneral Commentary, Weather

For the complete report, CLICK HERE. For those interested in Grains and Livestock, every Thursday, Sean Lusk, Director Walsh Commercial Hedging Services and Ben DiCostanzo, Senior Livestock Analyst host a FREE Grain & Livestock Outlook webinar. Sean and Ben will hold their next Grain & Livestock Outlook webinar on Thursday, November 16th. REGISTER NOW. If you cannot attend live, a …

US, South America and Australia Grain Weather Issues from WxRisk.com

walshtradingGeneral Commentary, Weather

For the complete report, CLICK HERE. For those interested in Grains and Livestock, every Thursday, Sean Lusk, Director Walsh Commercial Hedging Services and Ben DiCostanzo, Senior Livestock Analyst host a FREE Grain & Livestock Outlook webinar. Sean and Ben will hold their next Grain & Livestock Outlook webinar on Thursday, November 16th. REGISTER NOW. If you cannot attend live, a …

Beans, Wheat

Alan PalmerGeneral Commentary

I wanted to drop a few more market charts along your way.  Some you may have no interest but my point is to display how I view price action a little differently than most, almost all other brokers.  This olive line shows up everywhere and as I have cautioned some crude-oil option Pro traders that over that thick OLS in …

A Contrarian Thought: CBOE Volatility Index

John LunneyGeneral Commentary

  Above is a weekly CBOE VIX (volatility) price chart. The vertical lines display time cycle studies. The index’s most recent low reading is on the extreme of the last three decades. Option premiums have been steadily depressed. Investor funds of Volatility sensitive ETF are at record levels of 2.3 billion. These instruments are designed to appreciate in a bearish …

Weekly Gold Report

Sean LuskGeneral Commentary

Thoughts of an upside breakout in gold this week with silver in tow where dashed mid morning today. For the week the yellow metal posted slight gains of just $5.00 to finish the week at 1274.2. Silver posted a minimal gain of .04 cents to close at 16.87. While both markets finished the week higher Friday, upward momentum was slashed …

Ag Outlook

John WalshGrains

The market posted moderate gains today. Typical perhaps for a Friday. The USDA report puts to rest question regarding yield. The next question is the south American crop size. The weather in Brazil is good but has some difficulty. The Argentinian weather looks good.  The prospects are in place, now volatility begins. There are a couple major possible moves in …