The wheat craziness continued overnight with May, July, and Sept CBOT and May, July, Sept, Dec, and Mar 2023 KCBT all locked limit-up after the overnight session. The short covering rally is being continued partly because futures keep locking at the limit bid with no one interested in selling. You can’t exit a short position without a willing seller! Paris wheat futures scored a new all-time high of €392.50/MT as the world grain rally continues. The day session saw the CBOT trade both sides of unchanged with only May Chicago wheat holding to one particular trend (locking limit up). Financial firms are reportedly struggling to meet margin calls and exiting positions is difficult, especially in wheat. There are signs, however, that...
Russian Grain Markets: 29 June-3 July 2026 The new marketing season has officially begun in Russia, although bearish sentiment has been concentrated in the southern regions closest to the Black Sea ports, where export demand has been weakest. Delays in grain deliveries to inland elevators have...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
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