Live Cattle The August Live Cattle made an early attempt to rally and recover some of Tuesday’s late day losses on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. It made its high for the day at 124.925 right around the time the fedcattleexchange auction was to take place. The auction was postponed however, to Thursday as technical glitches with their website occurred. They …
Daily Gold Report
Gold and Silver futures took a respite from their post unemployment rally as equities again held their ground while the U.S. Dollar finished slightly higher. A big drop in crude oil and gasoline prices potentially spilled into the precious metals sector as there was a reluctance by buyers to push front month gold futures above 1300.0 and ounce and deferred contracts in silver …
Buy Grains sell meats ? long term.
Game on volatility picks up everything. What is your game plan? Need one? Disclaimer- While I have traded meats I am no expert and do not pay attention to fundamentals because they carry those people out now for years (inquire) but if cattle and feeders can top here they probably did yesterday I posted the 1150-am-ish voice comment citing olive …
Soybean Complex: A Close Up Technical view
Soybeans July soybeans come out of a minor iv wave triangle to complete what appears to be a completion of a non-impulsive a-b-c subset iv wave rebound off previous mentioned cross support zone at 910-900. A failure to press above todays highs should give way to another impulsive wave lower to complete a subset 5 wave decline stemming from the highs …
Ag Commentary
The Soy Complex was pulled up early be the strength in feed grains. The settlement indicates an uncertainty in the market. The weather looks pretty good in many areas. Concerns over dryness in the Dakotas has the market wondering what could force the funds from their positions. Combined the beans,meal and oil is a large short position. The market will …
Grains up, Meats, Coffee beware
Several markets live today and this past week. Soybeans after very near miss of 9.07 buy support we hit 932 resist of last few bull markets hidden trendline. If you bought break new low stop under 9.05 is my take. Meal and bean oil have both hit support by ticks. This very well could be the momentum driven oilshare which …
Soybean Complex: Nothing to See Hear
Soybeans Tight 9 cent range in the July soybeans to kick off the week. High of the day just misses resistance level previously mentioned in last weeks post at 928.2 to 929. Because of time element price action puts current close right on down sloping channel line. Structure still appears corrective in nature and should be followed by an …
Currency comment 6/5
Over the last two weeks the U.S. dollar has weakened marginally. Foreign currencies have strengthened moderately. Gold has firmed on the softer dollar. U.S. stock indices remain in record high territory. The U.S. monthly employment report last Friday showed weaker than expected growth. This weak report has many traders confused as to what the Federal Reserve will do with interest rates …
Livestock Report
Live Cattle The August Live Cattle continued its trek higher on Monday, June 5, 2017, making a new high (127.15) for the move and testing resistance at the 127.45 level. Anticipation of higher cash prices this week is the driving force of the futures trade. Last week’s unexpected bidding war for fed cattle (prices traded from $131.00 up to $137.50 …
Soybean Complex: End of Week Summary
Soybeans July soybeans are putting up a fight at previously defined cross zone support. A noble attempt indeed. However, the structure of this redound appears non-impulsive and corrective in nature. This would lead me to believe that it is unsustainable. First line of contention comes in at 928.2 to 929.0. A convergence of a channel line, fib retracement and 4th …