Futures Market Overview

In reviewing the charts of the markets I often trade, it's evident that Heating Oil has decisively broken through the bottom of its wedge pattern, whereas Gold has established a classic "cup and handle"...

Corn futures ended the Tuesday session with contracts fractionally 2 ½ cents in the red. Rains over the next couple days are limited to the WCB, with the ECB precip expected over the weekend. USDA reported...

The wheat complex was mixed to round out Tuesday, with the winter wheat holding up on Tuesday. Chicago contracts saw gains of 3 ¾ to 8 ¾ cents at the close. Kansas City futures posted fractional to 5...

Live cattle posted higher trade on Tuesday, with contracts closing 75 cent to $1.87 higher. Cash trade this week has been relatively quite so far, with a few light trades of $192 in the north being picked...

Cotton shrugged off the weakness from overnight trade, with contracts closing with 12 to 35 point gains. The outside market factors were not supportive again today, with crude oil $1.02 lower and the US...

Soybeans closed out the Turnround Tuesday session with contracts steady to 11 ¾ cents in the red, as some bear spreading was apparent with the nearbys down the most. Soymeal futures were down 20 cents...

Lean hogs closed the Tuesday session with contracts steady to 62 cents lower across the board. USDA’s National Average Base Hog negotiated price was reported at $88.20 on Tuesday afternoon, up $1.77...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed up +0.25%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.17%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.21%. US stock indexes...