Windy City Jim

Windy City Jim – Daily Trades (3.16.17)

Jim WaltersGeneral Commentary, Grains, Livestock, Precious Metals

Futures Day Trading Signals (Thursday March 16th, 2017) Author: Windy City Jim  312-948-9456 NEVER RISK MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE. CALL FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROTECTIVE STOPS. SEE FULL DISCLAIM ON FUTURES TRADING AT THE BOTTOM. WE ONLY ENTER THE MARKET IF THE PRICE HITS THE BUY OR SELL POINT BUY SIGNAL Commodity : May Wheat Previous Closing Price : …

Live Cattle

Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

April Live Cattle shook off Tuesday’s weak close with a rally right from the opening of Wednesday’s trading session. Anticipating a strong fedcattleexchange auction, traders followed last Wednesday’s script and rallied price into the 10 AM CT auction. This week, however, the auction didn’t disappoint as buyers were aggressive in their pursuit of cattle. Cattle auctioned from Texas traded from …

South America Grain Weather Update

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For the latest South American Grain Weather Update, CLICK HERE. For those interested, Walsh Trading hosts a FREE Grain Outlook Webinar each Thursday at 3PM CST. We will hold our next webinar on Thursday, March 16th. REGISTER NOW. If you missed last week’s webinar, you may VIEW A RECORDING.

Walsh Daily Grain Report

Sean LuskGeneral Commentary

Despite a dead cat bounce in beans overnight that took the May futures up to 1007.6, the rally was short lived as funds remain in liquidation mode on rallies. Beans settles slightly lower with the second consecutive daily close below the 10.00 threshold but above key support at 9.92. In the last eleven trading sessions spot beans have fallen over …

Currency comment 3/15

Steve CaldwellGeneral Commentary

The Fedral Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percent on Wednesday.  This move has been expected for weeks and the Fed did not disappoint.  On the news the dollar fell; foreign currencies and gold rallied strongly. Traders are now of the opinion that there will be one or at most two additional interest rate increases for the remainder of …

Livestock Levels

Ben DiCostanzoGeneral Commentary, Livestock

Live Cattle April Live Cattle broke down from Monday’s low (117.575) on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Live Cattle attempted to rally at the open reaching the high of the day at 118.00 before breaking down and testing support down at the 8 DMA (116.25). It made its early low at 116.225 and then grinded higher and tested the 117.825 resistance …

South America Grain Weather Update

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For the latest South American Grain Weather Update, CLICK HERE. For those interested, Walsh Trading hosts a FREE Grain Outlook Webinar each Thursday at 3PM CST. We will hold our next webinar on Thursday, March 16th. REGISTER NOW. If you missed last week’s webinar, you may VIEW A RECORDING.

Daily Gold Levels

Sean LuskGeneral Commentary, Precious Metals

April Gold futures continues to settle above the 1200 level by the barest of margins. The market has endured a $60.00 break from the February highs due to increased expectations of a interest rate hike of a quarter point that could be announced tomorrow afternoon at 1:15 CST. Long liquidation in both energies and metals has been the theme over …

Soy Complex

John WalshGrains

The Beans and Meal were the downside leaders today. The Long term fundamentals remain bearish. The weather in South America has moderated.The harvest progress out of Brazil has been rapid with the pace surpassing 50%. This will certainly make available more beans to the global market. Of concern is the large amount of unshipped beans out of the US. The …

Currency comment 3/14

Steve CaldwellCurrencies, General Commentary

The dollar rose moderately on Tuesday.  Small lot speculative buying was evident throughout the session.  Heavier selling pressure was seen in the Euro FX with lighter pressure in the British pound. All eyes are focused on Washington today and tomorrow as the Fed conducts a two day meeting on policy.  It is a forgone conclusion that short term interest rates will be …