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PM Post - Sharper Sell-off

THE OPEN May beans:  11 3/4 lower May meal:  1.00 lower May soyoil:  82 lower May corn:  5 lower May wheat:  8 3/4 low The markets opened as expected with meal prices turning higher on the day as traders booked profits on oilshare.  Soyoil charts traded downward as multiple support levels were violated, which helped alleviate overbot signals.  Macros were weaker with crude oil getting hit, which seemed to drag on most of the commodity markets today, resulting in an across-the-board commodity fund selling event.  As is typical, where crude goes other markets will follow.  Outside macro events included continued unwinding of previous buy energy/sell US currency trade.   SOY The...

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