Session Summary: Despite what some markets showed Wednesday afternoon, there wasn’t much in the way of surprises coming out of Washington today. Starting with the US Federal Reserve, as the [...]

Session Summary: It was an interesting afternoon, to say the least. Shortly before noon, a friend from central Nebraska called and asked what Watson knew about trade policy and tariffs [...]

Session Summary: If you grew up in 80s and recall when MTV stood for “Music Television” and actually played music videos, you’ll likely remember Susanna Hoffs, lead singer of The [...]

Session Summary: Friday’s session was interesting as we could see signs of both commercial and noncommercial activity across the commodity complex in general. As you know there are days, many [...]

Session Summary: There was a lot going on Thursday, and with all the markets I could talk about I want to start out in the Barn. Here we see both [...]

Session Summary: At the beginning of my appearance this morning on RFD-TV, my friend and host of the program Tony St. James was talking about the early rally in the [...]

Session Summary: A look across the landscape of the commodities complex Tuesday afternoon and we see more of the same for most market sectors. Once again, the Grains sector led [...]

Session Summary: The common theme for Thursday’s session seemed to be Watson wanted to sell everything. It didn’t matter if it already had a net-short futures position. However, there was [...]

Session Summary: A quick check of the various sectors of the commodity complex Wednesday afternoon shows us a little bit of everything. The Energies sector was dominated by commercial buying [...]

Session Summary: Let’s see. It is a Tuesday, and a number of markets did indeed Turnaround. I know there is a phrase we are all thinking, a phrase that gets [...]

Session Summary: A number of markets made big moves Monday, with a look at the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map this afternoon showing the Grains sector led the way. I’ll [...]

Session Summary: In the long list of government reports I talked about in today’s Morning Commentary, I forgot to mention it was also Jobs Friday. These numbers are also known [...]

Session Summary: While this week could be considered “long” given it is the first full 5-day trading week of the new year, today’s trading session was shortened in observance of [...]

Session Summary: What a week it has been. The past five days have seen the end of a month, fiscal quarter, year, followed by the day and the week. Through [...]

Session Summary: If Thursday’s session is any indication for the rest of the new year, 2025 is going to be exciting. Nearly everywhere we looked a market or market sector [...]

Session Summary: We can close the books on another year, though US stock indexes still have to face the last half-hour of the day, month, fiscal quarter, and year. Barring [...]

Session Summary: Last Friday in this space I talked about how the three major US stock indexes were running in the background, quietly moving into position to complete bearish long-term [...]

Session Summary: We can talk about the explosive rally in live cattle, and boxed beef, the firming of Dr. Copper (another economic indicator), and the daily antics of natural gas, [...]

Session Summary: Thursday’s session was interesting in that a few markets came out of the holiday looking to run. I’ll start with the Livestock sector, though this afternoon’s Barchart Futures [...]

Session Summary: You knew I couldn’t let today pass without a mention of Festivus, the secular holiday celebrated on December 23 and made famous by the classic Seinfeld episode[i]. Those [...]

Session Summary: The key takeaway from Friday’s session is that weekly technical analysis is going to be fun this weekend. I may have to dig into the spiked eggnog to [...]

Session Summary: If you are of a certain age, I’m sure you recall what Yukon Cornelius told a surprised Rudolph and friends when they found out he had survived going [...]

Morning Summary: The wheels seemed to come off a number of markets Wednesday, some because of what was done, others because of what was said. To begin with, the US [...]

Morning Summary: This being a Tuesday, there are a lot of outside factors to consider when we look at this afternoon’s quote screen. To begin with, there is a chance [...]

Morning Summary: The cocoa market continued to puff up through the day with the March contract gaining as much as $625 (per metric ton) before closing $521 (4.6%) higher for [...]