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AM Outlook - Stand Back and Sell

GOOD MORNING,  End-of-month profit-taking, non-threatening weather, low exports, and negative rhetoric for the trade negotiations combined to send prices lower yesterday and triggering trade into new chart lows. Technically speaking, the charts started to build in new fortified resistance levels last week with rallies that were consistently lower day to day.  The tipping point came yesterday as both corn and beans dipped under previous support points to trade at new cycle down lows.  Funds sold 10,000 corn contracts yesterday, bringing their net long closer to core 100K vs. positions that were closer to 185K earlier in the season.  WEATHER Cooler but drier?  Iowa and Illinois are trending drier, and the 6/10-day...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 24 Corn closed at $4.2475/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.5575/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close. Jan 25 Soybeans closed at $9.8575/bushel, up $0.0225 from yesterday's close. Jan 25 Soymeal closed at $295.9/short ton, up $4.4 fro...

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