Tag Archives: Futures news

Swing Trading Strategies – Cattle post major reversal on projected reversal date. [chart]

February Cattle surged to a new  all-time high on the January 18th projected reversal date, but failed to hold the earlier gains and closed near the low of the daily session. The long tail, on the reversal dated price bar, warns of a swing pattern failure. A conformation on the swing pattern failure could signal a major top… read more

Energy and Food costs drive U.S. Producer Price higher.

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in December as energy and food costs surged while underlying inflation remained subdued, highlighting a divergence that complicates the outlook for monetary policy. Prices at the wholesale level climbed 1.1 percent after a 0.8 percent rise in November, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists had been… read more

Grain Stocks and Production Report / Futures Broker

01/12 07:37 CST UPDATE 1-US slashes soy, corn stocks below expectation 1-12-2011 08:37 UPDATE 1-US slashes soy, corn stocks below expectatio * US soy end stocks 140 mln, 10 pct below est * US corn end stocks 745 mln, 4 pct below est * US Dec 1 soy stocks 2.277 bln, 3 pct below est… read more

Grains Opening Calls and News / Futures Broker

CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–U.S. wheat futures are expected to start slightly higher Monday as the markets rebound from a sell-off last week. Futures prices recovered a bit after falling 2.5% last week in a setback from a surge to 28-month highs. Poor global weather, including excessive rains in eastern Australia, sparked the recent rally and continue… read more

Grains Lower Rebalancing Begins On Friday / Futures Broker

WHEAT – Down 7 to 8 cents per bushel. Firm dollar and follow-through technical selling lending pressure as long-liquidation continues as index fund portfolio rebalancing begins on Friday. * Mostly favorable conditions for final wheat harvest in southern Australia while wet weather remains a problem in the north. [ID:nDTN614] * The potential for snowfall this… read more

Grain Calls and News /Futures Broker

WHEAT – Down 5 to 6 cents per bushel. Firm dollar and profit-taking after Wednesday’s rally weighs on prices. Traders said the wheat market appeared to be topping out at around five-month highs in CBOT and two-year highs in KCBT and MGEX. * Mostly favorable conditions for wheat harvest in southern Australia while showers in… read more

Swing Trading Strategies – Gold Peaks on Projected Date! [chart]

February Gold – Gold fell the most in six months after posting its highest close on the January 3rd reversal date. Gold was pressured by speculation that a global recovery will curb demand for the metal as a haven asset. The price action is the same as Silver, so I would also expect to see… read more

Grain News and Opening Calls / Futures Broker

WHEAT – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Profit-taking after CBOT wheat rally to five-month highs and as high-protein KCBT and MGEX wheats rose to two-year highs due to deterioration of Australia’s crop amid excessive rainfall and flooding and on dryness in the U.S. Plains HRW wheat area. * Australia wheat quality slumps in… read more

Opening Grain Calls and News / Futures Broker

WHEAT – Up 18 to 20 cents per bushel. Flooding in global wheat producer and exporter Australia boosting prices to a five-month high. ** Bitter cold temperatures over the weekend in the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat area likely caused little to no harm to the crop as a blanket of insulating snow covered… read more