As mentioned in Monday's Morning Commentary, the September HRW wheat weekly chart is trying to show signs of a possible secondary (intermediate-term) uptrend. However, I didn't want to get anyone's [...]

As mentioned in Morning Commentary this fine Friday the 13th, King Crude Oil had an interesting overnight session. The spot-month contract opened Thursday afternoon/evening at $67.50, up $1.06 from the [...]

As I usually do, the first thing I looked at this morning was the US dollar index. Early Thursday shows the greenback had fallen to an overnight low of 98.08, [...]

I ran through a lot of charts looking for something to post as a Chart of the Day. I finally settled on July Silver, partly due to the technical picture [...]

My friend in the cattle industry sent me a message Wednesday afternoon, updating me on the latest happenings in the cash market. His note read, "$228 traded light numbers in [...]

As mentioned in Tuesday's Afternoon Commentary, corn contract's posted what looked to be bullish short-term reversal patterns on their daily charts. Before we get into the discussion there are 3 [...]

The daily close-only chart for the August-October live cattle futures spread is interesting. After running into resistance just short of $3.20 (May 12, May 13, and May 15), the spread [...]

Th start of meteorological summer turns the spotlight on winter wheat harvest. The earliest stages of the 2025 HRW harvest across the far southern reaches of Texas have been slowed [...]

As mentioned in Thursday's Morning Commentary, new-crop corn futures spreads are testing support at lifetime low daily closes. In the case of the Dec25-March 2026 spread, the floor is at [...]

A friend sent me a message asking a question I'm sure is on a lot of minds as the month of May nears its end, "When should I sell my [...]

I had a question come in about July cotton's minor (short-term) trend. As always, thanks to all for your question, comments, and conversations. July cotton looks to be in a [...]

A Reminder: I will be out of the office following Tuesday’s Afternoon Commentary. See This Week’s Schedule in Quick Takes for more information on when I’ll get things caught up [...]

After I asked Ben what he thought of markets today, his reply the basis for Monday's Afternoon Commentary, he followed with a question for me, "Do you have a short-term [...]

In what could be the understatement of the year, so far, I'll say it has been an interesting week in the cattle markets. As I discussed Thursday in this space, [...]

Wednesday was an interesting session for August Feeder Cattle. After posting a new contract high of $307.675, up $1.675 for the day, the bottom fell out and August dropped to [...]

Though I didn't mention it in Wednesday's Morning Commentary, I want to put the spotlight on US boxed beef markets. Tuesday afternoon saw both choice and select hit new highs [...]

During this morning's Ag Issue program (WIBW Radio, Topeka, Ks), the host and my longtime friend Greg Akagi asked about the lean hog market. Recall futures closed higher Monday: June [...]

I had a question come in regarding July soybeans. As of Friday's close, I don't see much in the way of a clear trend. However, there are some interesting possibilities, [...]

As I talked about in Friday's Morning Commentary, Newsom's Market Rule #6 tells us fundamentals win in the end. When in doubt about a market, we can always turn to [...]

As I was running the traps of the hundreds of charts I watch, looking for today's Chart of the Day, I stumbled upon this daily close-only study for the June-August [...]

We've reached Wednesday morning meaning later today, 14:00 (ET) to be exact, US Fed Chairman Powell will announce no change in interest rates. At least not for now. How do [...]

As mentioned in Monday's Afternoon Commentary, the hybrid old-crop/new-crop September futures contract is leaning more toward the new-crop side this year, indicating early planting season of a large crop is [...]

As you know, I don't like daily charts. Not even a little bit. Not even by accident. They are the reason why I came up with the Goldilocks Principle* many [...]

A currency that could make it onto the Monthly Analysis list is the Mexican peso. The Mexican peso (^MXNUSD) extended its major (long-term) uptrend to a high of 0.051354 during [...]

After mentioning it in Thursday's Morning Commentary, I wanted to post another Chart of the Day looking at Dec25 corn's daily chart. Wednesday saw the contract extend its previous minor [...]