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The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of AgWeb or Farm Journal Media. The opinions expressed below are the author's own.
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Corn (December)
Yesterday’s Close: December corn futures finished yesterday’s session up 1 cent, trading in a range of 13 cents on the day. Funds were estimated buyers of 9,000 contracts.
Fundamentals: Yesterday’s USDA report had a little something for everyone. The yield number came in at 178.9 bushels per acre, putting U.S. carryout at 1.736 billion bushels, both lower than expectations. China made revisions to their corn number going back 10 years which put sent world ending stocks to 307.5mmt, up 148.16 from the previous month. Export sales yesterday morning came in at 701,500 metric tons for 2018/2019, within the range of expectations. The bearish seasonal trade started yesterday; If you had sold December corn on November 8th and bought back on November 19th, you would have been profitable for 13 of the last 15 years, the average profit on that has been 11 cents.
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Soybeans (January)
Yesterday’s Close: January soybeans finished yesterday’s session down ½ of a cent, trading in a 20-cent range. Funds were estimated sellers of 4,000 contracts on the day.
Fundamentals: Yesterday’s USDA report showed U.S. soybean yields at 52.1 bushels per acre, down 1 bpa from the previous month. Soybean ending stocks came in at 955 million bushels, considerably higher than what majority of analysts were looking for. Export sales yesterday morning came in at 388,400 metric tons for 2018 and 3,000 for 2019/2020, another pathetic number. Psychology is an important aspect in trading, if not the most important. We continue to caution the bears here despite the fundamentals being overwhelmingly bearish. The sentiment is overwhelmingly bearish, when everyone is thinking the same thing it’s time to think outside the box. That coupled with the idea that funds look more interested in covering than adding to shorts has us more interested in the buy side (at slightly lower prices, see full technical breakdown below).
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Wheat (December)
Yesterday’s Close: December wheat futures finished yesterday’s session 2 ¼ cents lower, trading in a range of 13 ¾ cents. Funds were estimated sellers of 2,000 contracts on the day.
Fundamentals: Wheat ending stocks dropped to 949 million bushels which was a silver lining for the wheat market. The headwinds this morning are coming on the back of a surging U.S. dollar following yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting. The bearish seasonal trade that started yesterday is off to a good start, If you had sold on November 8th and bought back on December 11th, you would have been profitable for 13 of the last 15 years, the average gain has been about 13 cents. We think there will be an opportunity to buy the market in the near future, but the fundamental and technical headwinds have us on the sideline this morning.
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