Just one day after this analyst wrote that grain futures were likely to take a break from their rally amid overbought technical conditions, futures extended their rallies based on worsening U.S. crop conditions. The USDA’s crop conditions data yesterday was bullish corn, soybeans, and spring wheat as conditions worsened more than expected for all three commodities. In turn, that created gap-higher action in grain futures overnight and the buying spree didn’t subside. The only markets to see significant losses on Wednesday were soyoil, which was punished by thrifty biomass-based diesel RVO numbers from the EPA, and feeder cattle. Funds were again on the long side of the market for everything but soyoil and livestock and the 2023...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
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