Category Archives for Cool Source of Information
Surprise in corn + MarketWatch easy-to-read charts
Last week’s expected corn pattern didn’t go so well, but it did end the week on an unusual high, judging from the week’s prices. So, even with all the news about corn shortages, I will try to capture some profits … Continue reading
Cool information: for visual learners
That title may have been a tease, but I can get lost in maps for hours, so for any like-minded map lovers out there, the National Corn Growers Association is a surprisingly active website with news, information, and analysis of … Continue reading
Great weekly summaries, plus more candy corn
This week I stumbled quickly on a great recap of the week’s markets, at ForexPros; an excellent, concise weekly outlook informed by summaries of last week’s activities: http://www.forexpros.com/news/commodities-news On a more newsworthy note, for those of you trading corn, Stephen … Continue reading
Seasonal trends
I’m trying to figure out how to enter a spread this week, which means I’ve found seasonal trend charts useful from Futures Buzz: http://www.futuresbuzz.com/seasonal_charts.html
Candy Corn?
In what I believe is evidence of how backward many US agricultural policies have become, candy has become cheaper than corn (and, more importantly, fresh vegetables for humans to eat). However, imagining cows eating gummy worms does bring a smirk … Continue reading
Cool Source of Information – some fun this week
Something fun this week – after screwing up royally with what I thought was a profound revised understanding of basic market dynamics, I returned to my finance class notes from last winter, and I found the link to this movie … Continue reading
Cool Source of Information: CME Group Volume and Open Interest Report
In researching the decline in the corn markets over the last week, I found the CME Group’s Volume and Open Interest Report, here: http://www.cmegroup.com/daily_bulletin/preliminary_voi/VOIREPORT.pdf It would doubtless be a lot more interesting if we were trading options, but there is interesting … Continue reading
Rabobank AgriCommodity Markets Research
Since I am in Europe this week, I thought I would look into some European news sources. Rabobank is familiar to me as a sponsor of the Tour de France, but they produce monthly agricultural commodity reports with good summaries … Continue reading
Cool Source of Information: Commodity Trends
This week, after entering the market on corn futures, I decided to try a different commodity, since this is a good time to start understanding many sides of the market with simple trades. As a newcomer to market trading of … Continue reading