Morning Update 3/2/22

KC wheat trades limit up with massive volatility Grain futures are sharply higher to limit up for wheat prices this morning. Still, they have seen gains completely erased by early morning profit-taking after the French milling wheat market opened, just to recover back to limit higher. Wheat has experienced a $0.75 trading range in the…

Morning Update 3/1/22

KC wheat trades over $10.00 This morning, grain futures are higher, with Kansas City wheat over $10 after trading up the $0.50 limit. US grain values are following world values that moved sharply higher overnight with Paris wheat/corn futures, the Chinese corn, and the Malaysian palm all scoring historic highs overnight. In addition, Malaysian palm…

Raise Stops

Raise stops on the following spec trades Long July corn from 643.4, raise stop to just below the overnight low to 658. Long 2 mini-May soybeans from 1626, raise stop to 1608. The overnight low was 1614.4. Long 2 micro-April gold from 1891, raise stop to 1895.

Morning Update

Russia is banned from SWIFT. It was another dramatic start for the week in the commodity trade, with prices sharply higher on the opening as Russia has been removed from the SWIFT international banking clearing exchange. Rumors exist that China will allow Russia to work with its international clearing system (CIPS) that it uses worldwide…

Buy July Corn

Spec Trade: Buy a July corn limit down at 643.4 GTC with a 626 stop Looking at the July corn chart, you can see the 4-hour chart support comes in at limit down.If the moving average gets bumped, it typically holds if it pushes through by another 10-14 cents before resolving back to the upside….

Morning Update 02/25/22

Commodities decline sharply overnight After a firm start on the evening session, grain futures tumbled in the early morning European hours as the sanctions were released, and agricultural and energy products were not on the list. It was widely suspected this would be the case, but apparently, the market thought otherwise prior. This means as…