5/22/25 . . If you don’t like the customer service or lack of personal attention you are receiving at your new and very large brokerage house, you have options, and you don’t have to stay there. Account transfers are easy and so is opening a new account. . . If you would like to receive more information on the commodity …
Profit-Taking in Chicago Wheat Ahead of the Long Weekend
SOYBEANS – Soybeans moved higher again today. Yesterday’s trading showed soybean open interest decline by nearly 5000 contracts, which signals short covering rather than new buying. Soybean CVOL, an implied volatility metric derived from option pricing, is right around last year’s weekly average. Last year soybean CVOL saw large increases in volatility heading into June. Soybean CVOL usually peaks during …
Grain Spreads: Short Covering Supports Wheat
Please join me for a free grain webinar every Thursday at 3pm Central. We discuss supply, demand, weather, and the charts. Sign Up Now Commentary Wheat closed slightly higher, after giving up a portion of the early session gains. Funds continue to lighten up their short position with follow thru buying showing up early this morning going into the morning …
Chicago Wheat Closes Above the 50-day MA
SOYBEANS – Planting pace is at a rapid 66% compared to 48% a week ago and 50% a year ago. The average planting pace for this time of year is 53%. The states furthest behind in planting, the southeastern and eastern corn belts, are expected to see some rain. Rain is causing flooding in South America which large production losses …
Chart of the Day – July Wheat
The information and opinions expressed below are based on my analysis of price behavior and chart activity Tuesday, May 20, 2025 July Wheat (Daily) Today, July Wheat closed at 5.46, up 17 cents on the day. The 5- and 10-day moving averages also crossed into bullish territory, adding some fuel to the bulls. This marked the highest close since April …
Pure Hedge – Livestock and Grain
5/20/25 . . If you don’t like the customer service or lack of personal attention you are receiving at your new and very large brokerage house, you have options, and you don’t have to stay there. Account transfers are easy and so is opening a new account. . . If you would like to receive more information on the commodity …
Grain Spreads: Dec 25/Dec 26 Corn
Please join for me for a grain webinar every Thursday at 3pm Central. We discuss supply, demand, weather, and the charts. Sign Up Now Commentary It is my opinion that the recovery in corn so far this week might be attributed to the surprise from the CFTC managed money position report that showed trend and index following funds were more …
Chicago Wheat Leading the Grains Higher
SOYBEANS – US and China trade negotiations are still ongoing. April arrivals of US soybeans into China are up 35% year-over-year. Brazil’s soybean exports into China are down 43% on the year. Last year the number of US shipments into China were unusually small, while Brazil exports into China were unusually large. Soybeans are estimated to be 66% planted compared …
5 Minutes on the Markets – 5/20/25
I post these videos every trading day, shortly after 8 AM CT. Check back here tomorrow for another update! Both Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle have rolled over to the “sell side” on my charts. The uptrends are still intact, but short-term indicators are weakening. Seasonally, Cattle prices tend to rally this time of year so if the markets do …
Hogs Trade Lower
For those interested I hold a weekly livestock webinar on Tuesdays, and my next webinar will be Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 3:15 pm. It is free for anyone who wants to sign up and the link for sign up is below. If you cannot attend live a recording will be sent to your email upon completion of the webinar. …