Author: Ivan

Spec Trade: Buy March corn at the MKT, 533 last with a 526 stop.

Grain futures soften ahead of harvest weekend. Grain futures were lower overnight, as corn and soybeans head into a big harvest weekend with extra hedge pressure anticipated on a Friday. Wheat was softer on profit-taking after charging higher almost $0.40 on the Kansas City wheat contract since the Tuesday low. Renewed concerns are developing as…

Malaysian palm oil makes new contract highs overnight. Wheat and soybeans were higher overnight, with bean oil leading the way for soybeans. November Malaysian palm oil futures went to new contract highs overnight to 4,553 RM/MT, lifting beans higher for the 3rd session of the row since the new September low score Tuesday morning. Corn…

Oats limit up overnight. Grain futures firmed overnight, as Chinese trading over Evergrande was not the disaster that was feared. Oats went up the $0.25 limit overnight, prompting the old saying “oats knows,” reminiscent of the 80s to early 2000 price moves. The Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen opened 1% lower following China’s 2-day holiday…

Spec trade: Lower stop on Dec Chicago wheat long to 683 and buy a 2nd contract at 692.2 same stop. Wheat is in a 2-3 day correction that should turn back up.

Markets stabilize overnight on Evergrande worries. Grain futures found mixed results overnight but stability overall, unlike the Sunday evening session. Part of corn’s mild weakness overnight is tied to its 1% rise in the US corn GD/EX rating, while world veg oil prices firmed and supported beans. The US corn/soybean ratings gain came from Illinois,…

Default concerns of Chinese real estate group prompts massive selling. The financial and commodity world went risk-off overnight, with stock indexes sharply lower, with Dow Jones down almost 700 points, energies, softs, and grains were lower, with livestock probably included today, as concerns over the default of Evergrande Group, the largest property developer in China,…

Spec Trade: Buy a Dec Chicago Wheat at the MKT, 708.4 last with a 701.6 stop.

Row crop prices soften ahead of a big harvest weekend. This morning, a mixed grain trade is featured with wheat firm and row crops soften with the onset of the first large harvest weekend. This is bringing hedge sales into the marketplace, as stated Thursday morning could be a probability. A strong price lift from…

Grain futures end mixed after a firm overnight session. Grain futures pressed higher again overnight, with corn making new monthly price highs and wheat and soybeans challenging early September highs. Grain prices drifted lower towards the end of the night session on lackluster export sales data along with the dollar that firmed on retail sales…