WHEAT – Up 10 to 15 cents per bushel. Boosted by drought in Europe that was trimming crop prospects and by a larger-than-expected U.S. wheat export sales number in USDA’s weekly export sales report released on Thursday. * IGC cuts forecast for 2010/11 world wheat crop by 13 million tonnes to 651 million but noted… read more
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Futures Broker / Wheat News
CHICAGO, July 28 (Reuters) – Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday climbed to a fresh 13-month high on continuous price charts on private forecasts for a sharp drop in Russian wheat exports due to drought, traders said.… read more
Futures Broker / Grain News
NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) – Chicago soybean traders focused on forecasts for hotter and drier weather for the Delta and Southeast over the next week, which may harm some of the crop that is setting pods. * In the Midwest, overall satisfactory crop weather was predicted for the next week to 10 days, with… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – What can you learn from looking at past price action? [chart]
Looking into the past can provide a wealth of information when trying to find future support and resistance levels. Past high or low price pivot points should not be ignored and can be critical when trying to identify or project futures price swings and trend reversals. The later came into play recently in the Dollar Index. The Dollar index had… read more
Futures Broker/ Grain News and Calls
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–U.S. wheat futures are expected to slide on Tuesday’s open following overnight losses on a stronger dollar and continued profit-taking after the market’s sharp rally last week. Chicago Board of Trade futures are called 4 cents to 6 cents lower. In overnight trade, CBOT September wheat was down 6 cents to $5.76 1/4… read more
Futures Broker / Grain News and Calls
By Andrew Johnson Jr. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–Soybean futures are expected to start Wednesday’s day session on firm footing, buoyed by supportive technicals and weather uncertainties for the developing U.S. crop. Overnight, Chicago Board of Trade July soybeans were 1 1/2 cents lower at $10.29, August soybeans were 3 1/2 cents higher… read more
Futures Broker / Grain News and Calls
By Andrew Johnson Jr. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–U.S. wheat futures are poised for a weaker start to Tuesday’s day session, consolidating recent gains on favorable crop ratings and a lack of fresh supportive news. In overnight electronic trading, Chicago Board of Trade September wheat was 1 3/4 cents lower at $5.34, and… read more
Futures Broker / Grain Report and Calls
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture ending stocks data were deemed by traders and analysts to be slightly bearish for Chicago board of Trade soybean, corn and wheat futures. The report did not provide any surprises, with a drop in world ending stocks or corn and wheat seen priced in the market considering the… read more
Crop Production 7/9/2010 – Futures News
CHICAGO, July 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday reduced its estimate of U.S. corn ending stocks for both the 2009/10 and 2010/11 marketing years. The USDA pegged 2009/10 ending stocks at 1.478 billion bushels, compared with an average trade estimate for 1.40 billion bushels and down from the USDA’s June estimate of… read more
Futures Broker / Grain Calls and News
WHEAT – Up 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Support from hot and dry weather in Europe that was posing a threat to wheat crops. Led up by gains in milling quality of KCBT HRW wheat as milling wheat in Paris holds near one-year highs after trading large volumes on Tuesday. * Hot and dry… read more