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Cotton prices held steady on Monday and are trading 80 points higher this morning as futures find support at the lower band of a wide downward channel. Planting progress for cotton reached 48% last week. - Read More
Coming back from the weekend I see negative macro factors adding momentum to bearish weekend weather. The trade is fading due to good weekend rains in MN, IA and throughout the Midwest and a lack of fresh demand from China or anyone else for that matter. Weak crude markets and a strong USD make many [...] - Read More
April 13, 2012 For information or to purchase Carley Garner’s latest book, Currency Trading in the FOREX and Futures markets visit http://www.currencytradingthebook.com/ Will options expiration save stock index futures? Equities lost ground ahead of the weekend but with options expiration on tap, the markets might find a way to find a short-term low early next [...] - Read More
April 13, 2012 Click here to check out the latest Futures for You column in Stocks & Commodities Magazine, written by Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading! High flying Treasury futures Bonds and notes soared into the weekend on a high note. Buyers were eager to own safety assets following a weak Chinese GDP report and [...] - Read More
Cotton prices on the May contract were supported by short covering as evidenced by the large reduction in May open interest. Traders were probably taking advantage of the bearish USDA supply/demand report to cut their positions in the May contract. West Texas received rains of ¼” to 1” and the area is forecast to receive [...] - Read More
Thursday saw another round of excited buying in corn and beans with wheat actually not losing ground. Old/New bean spreads exploded, corn spreads folded and front end meal spreads bent bearish. It was another messy session with a strong upside bias noted. The bean strength comes from Chinese markets more than fresh demand. Export sales [...] - Read More
Cotton prices slipped lower on Thursday but are trading 50 higher this morning. Equity markets are trading lower this morning and this should limit the upside in cotton. The US Dollar Index is 9 higher at 80.18. Crude oil is down $1.57 at $101.74. May soybeans were down ½ cent overnight at $14.33 ½. May [...] - Read More
April 5, 2012 Click here to check out the latest Futures for You column in Stocks & Commodities Magazine, written by Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading! Stock Index Futures unch’ed ahead of payroll data The U.S. government will release its widely anticipated employment report to a miniscule audience. Most traders will likely sleep through the [...] - Read More
April 5, 2012 Click here to check out the latest Futures for You column in Stocks & Commodities Magazine, written by Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading! All eyes on employment report…non event? Traders spent the day preparing for tomorrow’s employment report. Positioning ahead of the news is a bit more complicated this time around simply [...] - Read More
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