This trading week marked a series of reversals, and the latest trend continued for the most part today. It was generally pre-holiday lower volume for corn, wheat, and lean hogs but there was outsized volume trading in soybeans.  Some notable stats from today and the trading week include:

Today’s closes above the 20-day moving average included: corn, soybeans, soymeal, soyoil, SRW, HRW, HRS, cattle and hogs. It was the first close above the 20 MA for corn in five weeks.

The October lean hog contract was the biggest market gainer last week, and while wheat took over the top spot this week, hogs have been on a steady rise since 8 August.

In terms of the number of trading sessions in a row with higher closes, the ho...