Author: Jeff Kaprelian

Mar 27, 2019 | For Members

Risk Management Update

No new updates Corn 2019/20 Sell 10% of expected production at 420’4 (Filled 5/1/18) Buy 420’0 CZ9 calls on 50% of expected production at 21’0 (Filled 10/17/18) Offer 50% of expected production at 420’0 futures/HTA 2018/19 We have been 100% priced, but for those who have corn left to sell we issue…

Mar 26, 2019 | For Members

Afternoon Grain and Cattle Recap

Grains – Jeff Kaprelian Grains finished lower across the board on technical pressure. Everything was a bit overbought on the daily chart, so a few days to cool off ahead of the reports is to be expected. One thing that is apparent this year is the market isn’t pricing in…

Mar 25, 2019 | For Members

Commitments of Traders Analysis

By: Jeff Kaprelian – Corn Commercials made some big moves for the week ending last Tuesday. They added 22,545 new longs and 32,203 new shorts to the net effect of being sellers of 9,658 contracts. Funds didn’t do all that much. They sold out of 1,344 longs and covered 2,966…

Mar 25, 2019 | For Members

Daily Comments

By: Dan Hueber – Fresh news in the grain/soy complex is rather sparse this morning, as I do not think these markets really give a hill of beans about the conclusion of the Mueller investigation and would rather hear news of the conclusion of the U.S./Chinese trade negotiations, ideally with…

Mar 22, 2019 | For Members

Afternoon Grain and Cattle Recap

Grains – Jeff Kaprelian Grains finished mixed with corn higher and soybeans and wheat lower. China purchased 300,000 metric tons of corn, which is their largest buy in 5 1/2 years. That helped corn close higher on an otherwise red day. The problem we run into here is we are…