Grain Markets at a Crossroads: What the Moving Averages Are Telling Us

Timothy HealyGeneral Commentary, Weather

Tim Healy                                                                                                             9/29/2026 If you would like to receive more information on the commodity markets or would like to open an account, please give me a call or click the link below. Form Corn Dec ’26 (ZCZ26) Current close (9/29): 522’0 Trend Assessment: Bearish Current price (522’0) is below the 7-day MA (529’7). 7-day MA is below the …

9/24 Grain Technicals

Timothy HealyGeneral Commentary, Grains

Tim Healy                                                                                                             9/24/2026 Corn, Beans & Wheat: Are the Charts Hinting at a Breakout? If you would like to receive more information on the commodity markets or would like to open an account, please give me a call or click the link below. Form Close (Latest)           527.50 MA7                            532.64 MA14                          532.82 MA21                          534.95 Longer-term uptrend intact …

Chart of the Day – September Wheat

Jeff FosseGeneral Commentary

The information and opinions expressed below are based on my analysis of price behavior and chart activity Thursday, June 12, 2025 Every morning, at about 8 AM CST, I post a short video highlighting where I see opportunities in the futures markets.  You can view my most recent video here    September Wheat (Daily) Today, September Wheat (Chicago) closed at 5.41 …

Chart of the Day – July Soybean Oil

Jeff FosseGeneral Commentary

The information and opinions expressed below are based on my analysis of price behavior and chart activity Thursday, May 1, 2025 July Soybean Oil (Daily) Today, July Soybean Oil closed at 49.70, up 0.73 on the day.  A few weeks ago I wrote about this market here if you’d like to revisit that article.  Since then, Bean Oil has rallied …

5 Minutes on the Markets – 04/21/2025

Jeff FosseGeneral Commentary

This is posted every morning at about 8 AM, before the markets open. Cattle trade posted a strong close before Thursday’s Cattle on Feed report. Will there be a muted reaction following the long weekend? Grains mildly firmer overnight. Weather is in focus, large storms through the Midwest dropped 4-5″ in some spots over the holiday, may delay this week’s …

Chart of the Day – May Corn

Jeff FosseGeneral Commentary

The information and opinions expressed below are based on my analysis of price behavior and chart activity Thursday, April 10, 2025 May Corn (Daily) May Corn closed up 9 cents on Thursday, settling at 483.  That’s the highest daily close since February 26th.  Since testing the blue trendline (drawn off the Aug-Oct lows) last on April 3rd, Corn has posted …

Chart of the Day – March Corn

Jeff FosseGeneral Commentary

The information and opinions expressed below are based on my analysis of price behavior and chart activity Thursday, December 19, 2024 March Corn closed up 3 ½ cents today, at 4.40 ¾.  Overflowing pressure from the rest of the Grain complex pushed prices lower on Tuesday and Wednesday, to my eye, as both Soybeans and Wheat have set new contract …

Chart of the day – February Gold

Jeff FosseGeneral Commentary

The information and opinions expressed below are based on my analysis of price behavior and chart activity Wednesday, December 18, 2024  February Gold As of this writing, February Gold is currently trading at 2609.60, down 52.40 on the day.  Most of the selling pressure came in as soon as the FOMC announced the ¼ rate cut at 1 PM CT.  …