I've created a Summary Table of long-term investment Theoretical Positions based on Monthly Analysis. Let me know what you think. The bottom line is the commodity complex in general looks [...]

December Corn: December futures completed bullish spike reversals during August 2024 and 2025. The Dec26 contract extended the major (long-term) uptrend to a high of $4.9975 during April before closing [...]

Live Cattle (Nearby futures): The April issue extended the markets major (long-term) uptrend to a high $255.975 during April before closing at $254.00, up $10.725 (4.4%) for the month. Theoretical [...]

Cotton (CTY00, Cash Index): The Index completed a bullish key reversal during February meaning the major (long-term) trend turned up. The Index extended its major uptrend to a high of [...]

Brent crude (QA): The sot-month futures contract extended the markets’s major (long-term) uptrend to a high of $120.30 during April, its highest price since June 2022. The spot-month contract closed [...]

Gold (Cash Index): Gold’s Cash Index looks to have confirmed a major (long-term) downtrend at the end of March, before consolidating during April. Theoretical Positions: It’s possible investment traders bought near [...]

The S&P 500 ($INX) to its major (long-term) uptrend during April, extending the move to a new all-time high of 7,219.83 before closing at 7,209.01, up 10.4% for the month. [...]

The US dollar index ($DXY) confirmed a new major (long-term) uptrend by completing a bullish key reversal during March. Theoretical Positions: If still short heading into March, investors would’ve covered [...]

This analysis is based on long-term monthly charts. We know day-to-day, week-to-week, and even month-to-month the markets will change based on social media posts from the US president and subsequent [...]

December Corn: December futures completed bullish spike reversals during August 2024 and 2025. The Dec26 contract extended the major (long-term) uptrend to a high of $4.9850 during March before closing [...]

Live Cattle (Cash Index): The Index closed the previous upside gap during March as it fell to a low of $235 before closing the month at $236, down $9.59 (3.9%) [...]

The S&P 500 ($INX) had a bearish first quarter (January through March), closing March at 6,528.52, down 316.98 points (4.6%) from last December's settlement. Also note the Index completed a [...]

The US dollar index ($DXY) confirmed a new major (long-term) uptrend by completing a bullish key reversal during March. Theoretical Positions: If still short heading into March, investors would've covered [...]

I pulled up the February Newsletter to do some research for this March piece, and before I could get into the meat of it I stopped at the opening: “January [...]

December Corn: December futures completed bullish spike reversals during August 2024 and 2025. It’s likely Dec25 established the high-end of a potential major (long-term) sideways range back in February at [...]

Live Cattle (Cash Index): The Index extended its major (long-term) uptrend to a high of $245.59 during February before closing the month at that mark. However, the Index also looks [...]

Cotton (CTY00, Cash Index): The Index completed a bullish key reversal during February meaning the major (long-term) trend turned up. Theoretical Positions: Long-term investors could look to buy (futures, ETFs) [...]

This analysis is based on long-term monthly charts. I have no idea how the various markets, particularly Brent and WTI Crude Oil, will react to the US military action in [...]

Gold (Cash Index): Gold's Cash Index remains in a major (long-term) uptrend. Theoretical Positions: It’s possible investment traders bought near the October 2023 close of $1,983.91 as previous short positions [...]

The S&P 500 ($INX) remains in a major (long-term) uptrend. However, the Index did close lower at the end of February, down 60.15 points. Theoretical Positions: Long-term investors are still [...]

The US dollar index ($DXY) consolidated during February. The greenback remains sharply oversold on its long-term monthly chart, a technical reading that could be indicating a move to an uptrend [...]

January was quite a month. I won’t go so far as to call it “extraordinary” because much of what we saw has become “ordinary”. Still, the commonness of the events, [...]

December Corn: December futures completed bullish spike reversals during August 2024 and 2025. It’s likely Dec25 established the high-end of a potential major (long-term) sideways range back in February at [...]

Live Cattle (Cash Index): The Index continued top rebound during January closing at $235.29, up $6.29 for the month. While it could still be argued the Index is technically bearish, [...]

Cotton (CTY00, Cash Index): The cotton market remains in a major (long-term) sideways-to-down trend. Theoretical Positions: Long-term investors remain on the sidelines. Coffee (KCY00, Cash Index): The Index still looks [...]