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Buy the rumor sell the fact? Rumors that China bought beans. Nice to have calls on. Limit up corn the day before the number?
Personally, I think this could be the ultimate buy the rumor sell the fact.
A $2.00 corn break. 73cent rally back? That’s not even 1/2 way back.
6.75 is 1/2 way back. 7.00 is 62% retracement.
I would have no new positions on futures wise in front of this number.
If you have an idea, spend 4 to 8 cents on some November options which have 10 days left til expiration.

40 cent limit today for corn opens door […]

Risk on trade today. China back off vacation. Some headway w/ some European banks.
Market likes the risk on trade for a Monday. Dow Futures have no real resistance until 11,450. Right now we are at 11,300. Profitable trade selling that trend line at 11,120 was good one day scalp.
For now, I stand aside and look to sell into that 11,450-500 level.

The cheap corn calls I suggested buying last week are looking good. I am keeping half and taking half off in front of Wednesday’s USDA.

Today I like buying March bean calls as well. I liked buying a $2.00 break. I really […]

Take profit or lock in profit on the Dow jones futures short. Short at 11120, high was 11178. now trading 11024.
Lock in the profit. Take money off the table.
Stay short over the weekend.
Its 1146 AM now.

CER.
That is all

Ok, Well 103K is better than zero. For this economy to get going it needs to be generating 300K a month. I am not holding my breath.
The stock indexes like it. 11,169 is current high. I am short at 1120. That’s the trend line.
Have a buy stop in front of this short, in case we run higher.

Try as I may, I can’t get excited about the market running above 11220. If this short at 11,120 gets filled, I’d be inclined to stand aside and wait for a better risk/reward play.

I am starting to think that corn and beans are going […]

The Dow looks to be mired in a 1300 point trading range between 11,700 and 10,400. Two trading days ago when we traded below the 10,400 level, a lot of traders got caught selling into new lows. When the waterfall of selling did not follow through, we had a 300 point rally in about 20 minutes. Talk about selling it in the hole.
We’ve now Bounced 640 points from that panic low. Bounce is the word.

There’s a trendline resistance at 11,120. If we rally there, please have a resting order to sell it. Have a buy stop above it so you know your maximum […]

CZ corn has had a $2.07 cent break in one month. The August high at $7.79 melted down to last night’s low at 572 1/4. That’s a 26% haircut in a month. Also we went down to our Summer lows at 5.75 and we held.
I would buy cheap out of the money calls….6.70 calls for 10 cents for the next 53 days.

I would buy these and hold them as long as the 5.75 level holds. If that level does not work, then immediately sell those calls off. We could be looking at Corn 08, when we broke all the way down to sub […]

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The Fed is considering selling 2 year notes and buying 10 yr notes in order to lower longer term interest rates. The goal, is to get mortgage rates even lower than the present 4 percent. The belief is that this might spur real estate recovery. With unemployment stuck at 9 percent and with zero job growth last month, all the fed can do is make money cheaper.

The problem is, there is a ton of cash sitting idle. No one wants to make any plans with uncertain policies looming in front of an administration that is viewed, correctly or incorrectly, as anti business, pro […]

The Fed is considering selling 2 year notes and buying 10 yr notes in order to lower longer term interest rates. The goal, is to get mortgage rates even lower than the present 4 percent. The belief is that this might spur real estate recovery. With unemployment stuck at 9 percent and with zero job growth last month, all the fed can do is make money cheaper.

The problem is, there is a ton of cash sitting idle. No one wants to make any plans with uncertain policies looming in front of an administration that is viewed, correctly or incorrectly, as anti business, pro […]

Corn is 27 cents off yesterday’s low. Currently trading 703. Take profits on 1/3 of the position established at 778-780 yesterday. Sell 1/3 at 715 1/2 sell the last at 738.

In the Dow futures, look to sell 11,444. risk 60 ticks to the upside or so. We have some resistance there on the daily charts. Currently we are at 111,350… 11,300 is a pivot on the daily charts. The stock indexes are showing some strength in the face of renewed hysteria and hissy fits from the concerns on Europe. On the charts, it looks to be trying to carve out a bottom and begin […]