In Monday's Afternoon Commentary, I mentioned how the Nov25 soybean futures contract remained in a secondary (intermediate-term) sideways trend on its weekly chart. Here we see a consistent top between [...]

As mentioned in Thursday's Afternoon Commentary, I could make the argument the November soybean futures contract completed a bullish 2-day reversal, confirming a move to a minor (short-term) uptrend. What [...]

From Monthly Analysis: Grains; August 1 Theoretical Positions (Dec Corn Only): Hedgers: See Weekly Analysis: Grains (both Futures and Cash) Investors: Long Dec25 futures from $4.2650 were rolled to Dec26 [...]

Though it seems like only yesterday when I posted my analysis of the continuous monthly chart for December corn futures only, indeed it was last Friday, Monday's activity has prompted [...]

As we set sail on a new month, I want to update the analysis for the monthly close-only chart of the Cash Live Cattle Index – Cash Lean Hog Index spread. [...]

it's going to be an interesting last day of July. While a number of markets could see trend changes on their long-term monthly charts, the spotlight will be burning brightest [...]

As I mentioned in Monday's Morning Commentary, from a long-term investment point of view the only price I'm watching this week is the monthly settlement of the December 2025 contract. [...]

As I was digging through my plethora of charts Tuesday morning, I came across this monthly close-only look at the Cash Live Cattle Index - Cash Lean Hog Index. What [...]

December corn closed lower Monday, finishing at $4.2225, down 5.5 cents for the day. It's interesting to note Monday's low was the round number $4.20, and that trade volume was [...]

After talking with my friend in the cattle industry Thursday afternoon, I knew I needed to post a feeder cattle daily chart as Friday's Chart of the Day. But which [...]

An Update from Wednesday's Chart of the Day: Shortly after yesterday morning's open, the Dec $4.20 call option dipped below 20.0 cents, trading at 19 6/8 cents at 8:32:40. Over [...]

December corn looks to be making a bullish turn. If completed, this will change both long-term investment and intermediate-term hedge positions. Trends Minor (short-term): Up. Dec25 completed a bullish key [...]

To say the US boxed beef markets were active last week would be an understatement. For the record, according to USDA, Friday afternoon's prices were: Choice at $378.64, down $6.02 [...]

Those of you following along with the long-term investment Theoretical Positions in Monthly Analysis are likely familiar with my use of the December 2025-December 2026 corn futures spread. This has [...]

As I was putting together Wednesday's Afternoon Commentary, the weekly chart for September HRW wheat stood out to me. As I mentioned, September posted a low of $5.16 Wednesday, within [...]

As mentioned in Tuesday's Afternoon Commentary, the HRW September-December futures spread closed yesterday at a carry of 24.75 cents carry. This equaled the mark posted last Thursday as markets headed [...]

The latest CFTC Commitments of Traders reports were released Monday afternoon, a day late due to last Friday's holiday. The Commitments of Traders report showed noncommercial traders held a net-short [...]

I heard from a friend in southwest Kansas Wednesday morning, updating me on wheat harvest progress on her farm. With the end in sight, she was wondering what crystal ball [...]

The unraveling of the United States, including the US dollar index, continued overnight as the greenback fell to a low of 96.99 overnight through early Thursday morning. This was still [...]

As discussed in Wednesday's Morning Commentary, the December corn contract has broken through to a new low of $4.25 overnight, easily taking out its previous mark of $4.28. Based on [...]

The latest CFTC Commitments of Traders reports were released Monday afternoon, a day late due to last Thursday's holiday. This corn chart stood out to me. The Commitments of Traders [...]

As mentioned in Weekly Analysis: Feeder Cattle over the weekend, the technical view of August feeder cattle (as well as live cattle) is growing increasingly bearish. Maybe. August feeders completed [...]

As mentioned in Friday's Morning Commentary, today is the expiration day for July options, including short-dated new-crop July puts and calls. Those of you who have been following along with [...]

The Softs sector needs to make room for another market - US Boxed Beef. Why? The latter has gone into a vertical rally similar to what has been seen in [...]

As mentioned in Morning Commentary, it is indeed Tuesday morning meaning the US Federal Open Market Committee begins its 2-day meeting. The festivities conclude with an early Wednesday afternoon announcement [...]