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Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Tuesday April 24, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract gap opened (105.50) higher from the Monday high (105.475) closed the gap and traded up to the high of the day at 106.675. This is above the April 17th high (106.175) and is a new high for the up-move. It couldn’t hold onto the gain however and broke …

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Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Monday April 23, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract gap opened (104.55) higher from the Friday high (104.00) and traded up to the high of the day at 105.475. It faded from here and closed some of the gap, trading to the session low at 104.30. It consolidated the remainder of the day and settled at 104.875. …

Live Cattle

Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Friday April 20, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract broke down early in the trading session. It traded all the way down to the 101.625 support level where it stopped going down. An impressive short covering rally followed with price rallying all the way up past resistance at 103.00 to the high of the day at 104.00. …

Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract consolidated between support at 104.85 and resistance at106.025, with the range at 104.95 low to 105.975 high.  Trade was also within the prior 2 trading days ranges, forming an inside candlestick and also a narrow range day. It had the smallest range of the prior 7 sessions. This …

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Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract opened (104.25) at the session low and raced to the high (106.175) of the day. This is higher than Monday’s high (105.95) and in a near repeat of yesterday’s trade broke down towards the low. It stopped just short of the low and then recovered, settling at 104.90. …

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Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Monday, April 16, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract opened strong as it gap opened higher and rallied to the session high at 105.95.  It stopped just short of resistance at 106.025. It consolidated and then broke down hard, closing the gap (Friday high 104.375 – Monday open 104.825), on its way to the low at 103.925. …

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Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract failed to hold onto another early morning rally. The high was reached at 103.375. it continues to follow the 13 DMA (103.18) on its path down. It made the low at 101.20, below the 8 DMA (102.05) and settled below it at 101.575. A breakdown on Thursday below …

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Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract tested the 104.20 – 104.85 resistance range, reaching 104.20 for the high of the day. Once again resistance held and Live Cattle plummeted to the low, trading down to 101.675’ just above support at 101.55. It settled near the low at 102.10. A breakdown on Wednesday below the …

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Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle On Monday, April 9, 2018, the June Live Cattle contract tested the 104.20 – 104.85 resistance range, reaching 104.60 for the high of the day. Once again resistance held and Live Cattle plummeted to the low, trading down to 102.10. It settled near the low at 102.50. A breakdown on Tuesday below the Monday low could see price …