1/12 07:51 CST CBOT grains and soy to rally on bullish USDA data 1-12-2011 08:37 CBOT grains and soy to rally on bullish USDA data CHICAGO, Jan 12 (Reuters) – CBOT corn was expected to open 0 to 15 cents per bushel higher on Wednesday following the elease of bullish U.S. and global crop and… read more
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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
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
Swing Trading Strategies – Coffee reaches target objective on predicted reversal date. [chart]
March Coffee closed at the intersection of the ascending median line and the descending reaction line (235.15) on the December 29, 2010 reversal date. This price action has completed the “action/reaction” cycle on the reversal date, projected several days earlier. The ‘trail day”–the day following a reversal date–can be a very good directional indicator, depending… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – How to use the Median line for a low-risk entry. [chart]
One on the most useful median line trading principles comes into play after the market trades through and closes beyond the median line. This is an indication of strength and it also identifies a low-risk entry point to allow traders to get on broad, if they missed the initial price move, or wish to add to existing… read more
Grain News and Opening Calls / Futures Brorker
WHEAT – Down 2 to 4 cents per bushel. Concerns about China’s interest rate hike weighed on market but drop expected to be limited by weakness in U.S. dollar and low-quality of Australia’s crop. * China says supplies of wheat are sufficient. * Russian wheat output fell by 32.7 percent to 41.5 million tonnes in… read more