Macro Monday

Alan PalmerGeneral Commentary

Grains- Weather moderates and grains of course are lower.  While there should be a rally into August is my guess right now we have to shake the tree.  If Farmers have not sold any grain on that 11% soybean 11 day rally, then you need help. Meats- Watch levels cited were funds head for the exits. Coffee- voice last week …

Friday Midday US Grain Weather Report

walshtradingWeather

FRIDAY MIDDAY RADAR The afternoon radar shows moderate showers and storms over northern Iowa and southern Minnesota and are now moving into southwest Wisconsin.  The short range models show that a second area of showers and storms will be increasing over central and northeastern Iowa during the afternoon and evening hours.  Some of these storms could become severe and NWS has issued …

Weekend wrap

Alan PalmerGeneral Commentary, Grains, Precious Metals, Stocks

Good Morning  Farmers, Commercials and Traders, Part of being a successful trader requires having levels that you confident about, followed by a trading methodology that allows you to shoot bigger with a tighter risk profile.  Last month gave a precise example with soybeans where, for instance if you were a 10 lot trader you might buy 5 @ OLB#1 thin …

Weekly Gold Report

Sean LuskGeneral Commentary

Gold finished the week with its biggest weekly gain in two months on Friday. August gold futures settled 1254.9, up $27.10 for the week. September silver settled 1645.5 up .52 cents for the week. The rally this week comes on two fronts. First, a surging euro pushed the dollar to its weakest since June 2016, making bullion cheaper for holders …

Soybean Complex: Recent Technical Developments

John LunneyGeneral Commentary

September Soybeans      The bean market held trend-line support at 999.4 before pressing higher, as suggested, reaching first line resistance at 1018  following thru to post a high of 1022.2 then easing slightly to finish at 1018.2. Continued upside action will test cross zone resistance at +/- 1028. This area marks the extended weekly ATR reading. A close/hold above …

Hog-Dog days ahead?- get a game plan

Alan PalmerGeneral Commentary, Livestock

I have made this clear but here I share some levels going into the weekend.  I like to think ahead of time how this will start to look and from that some trading ideas will come from that.  Bonds today 3 off high had a sell going into Friday but didn’t even hang in today without dropping back to steady, …

Big Bang Low Risk Trades

Alan PalmerGeneral Commentary, Grains

Good Morning  Farmers, Commercials and Traders,  (late grain snapshot playing lines on bottom) Part of being a successful trader requires having levels that you confident about, followed by a trading methodology that allows you to shoot bigger with a tighter risk profile.  Last month gave a precise example with soybeans where, for instance, if you were a 10 lot trader …

December Corn: Making Sense of It

John LunneyGeneral Commentary

     December Corn       A choppy neutral trading activity seen in today’s market activity. For tomorrow a rise above 399.4 will look to advance. First upside target zone comes in at 404-405. A hold/close above will look to challenge last week’s high 414-417. A break below 391 will look to weaken to test cross zone support at …