With the 7 day forecast showing very little rain for Illinois and no rain for Iowa and Minnesota, the markers look vulnerable to more downside. Crops near rivers in Iowa and a few isolated areas of standing water may experience some damage to their crops, but not enough to offset the increased harvest and yield reports. A Champaign county yield over the weekend came in at 93 bushels/acre. Given the recent yield reports, the drier weather forecast and active harvest over the weekend for the central and Eastern Midwest, selling pressure could be significant. November soybeans fell below the 200 day moving average on Friday and traded as low as 9524. The market pushed lower on news that China will place a 33.8% anti-dumping duty on dried distillers grains imported from most of the largest US companies. This could pressure the soymeal. The continued theme of sky high early soybeans yields have become well known by the trade, and along with a drier forecast for the Western belt have contributed to the recent weakness. Given the enormous yield reports and potential for weaker demand in the meal, consider selling July 17 soybeans near 989 with a longer term objective of 8810. Selling resistance for November beans comes in at 9672 with 921 as next downside target.
Tony Cholly
Senior Market Strategist
Tony majored in Economics at Eastern Illinois University. He performed his thesis on the market price of corn in the market and the factors that affect it. Tony was drawn to futures trading because of the opportunity to have financial gains in an economic environment. He prides himself on working with customers one-on-one and developing a trading strategy based on the client's needs and wants.
ESM8 Jun '18 Emini S&P 267700 575 11:35:44 PM | GCLM8 Jun '18 GBXCrdOil 6890 26 11:35:22 PM | ZCN8 Jul '18 GBX Corn 3876 2 11:35:35 PM | ZBM8 Jun '18 GBX BOND 143040 50 11:33:35 PM | IDXM8 Jun '18 ICE $Index 90685 -20 11:45:11 PM | GNGM8 Jun '18 GBXNatGas 2776 1 11:34:58 PM | GGCM8 Jun '18 GBX CMX GC 13281 41 11:35:46 PM | 6EM8 Jun '18 GbxEuroFX 12258 4.5 11:35:44 PM | ZSN8 Jul '18 GBX Soybn 10306 -14 11:28:02 PM |
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