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Jim Wyckoff

Jim Wyckoff

Jim Wyckoff has spent 40 years involved full-time with the stock, financial, currency and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years (now called Dow Jones Newswires), including stints as a markets reporter on the commodity/financial futures trading floors in Chicago and New York. As a journalist/analyst Jim has covered virtually every major market traded at one time or another.

Jim is presently the senior markets analyst for Kitco Metals, a consultant with Pro Farmer/Farm Journal and has been a commodity market writer/analyst for many international publications, including Forbes, Futures magazine, The Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com. Jim was also the head equities analyst at CapitalistEdge.com in the late 1990s. He received his degree from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he studied journalism and economics. Jim resides at Lake Panorama in Panora, Iowa.

Most Recent Stories

1 Trade to Make Now as U.S., Iran Agree to 2-Week Ceasefire

June U.S. T-bond futures present a buying opportunity on more price strength.

ZBM26 : 114-03 (-0.03%)
ZBM26 : 114-03 (-0.03%)
Why Gold and Silver Prices Have Become Dislocated from Traditional Fundamentals

What is going on with safe-haven demand for gold and silver, and where the precious metals could be trading in the next few weeks and months.

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GCM26 : 4,773.1 (-0.93%)
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SIK26 : 75.270 (-1.53%)
SIK26 : 75.270 (-1.53%)
DXM26 : 98.640 (+0.05%)
GCM26 : 4,773.1 (-0.93%)
Worried About High Beef and Gasoline Prices? Trade Lean Hogs Here.

June lean hog futures present a buying opportunity on more price strength.

HEM26 : 104.125s (-0.50%)
HEM26 : 104.125s (-0.50%)
A Strong U.S. Dollar Is Squelching Grain Market Bulls

The U.S. dollar index nears 10-month highs and is pressuring grain futures including corn, soybeans, and wheat. What to watch this week.

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ZCK26 : 443-4 (-0.11%)
ZWK26 : 573-2 (-0.22%)
ZLK26 : 67.20 (-0.74%)
ZSK26 : 1168-0 (+0.24%)
ZWK26 : 573-2 (-0.22%)
$DXY : 98.85 (+0.03%)
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ZLK26 : 67.20 (-0.74%)
ZMN26 : 321.0 (+1.45%)
KEK26 : 591-0 (+0.08%)
Why You Should Sell Canada Dollar Futures Now Amid Middle East Energy Shock

June Canada dollar futures present a selling opportunity on more price weakness.

$DXY : 98.85 (+0.03%)
D6M26 : 0.72480 (-0.13%)
Hog Prices Are Collapsing. 1 Trade to Make Here.

June lean hog futures present a selling opportunity on more price weakness.

HEM26 : 104.125s (-0.50%)
Gold Prices Here Hint that Iran War Energy Price Shocks Could Be Short Lived. Why?

Price action in bonds and precious metals suggests that energy price shocks will start to taper and any surge in inflation will also simmer in the near term.

CLK26 : 98.96 (+1.11%)
GCM26 : 4,773.1 (-0.93%)
CLK26 : 98.96 (+1.11%)
ZSK26 : 1168-0 (+0.24%)
ZCK26 : 443-4 (-0.11%)
ZWK26 : 573-2 (-0.22%)
SIK26 : 75.270 (-1.53%)
$TNX : 4.29 (unch)
GCM26 : 4,773.1 (-0.93%)
Spiking Energy Prices in Europe Create This 1 Trade to Make Now

June British pound futures present a selling opportunity on more price weakness.

$DXY : 98.85 (+0.03%)
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1 Winning Trade Idea to Play Fertilizer Shortages and Rising Prices

July corn futures present a buying opportunity on more price strength.

ZCN26 : 454-2 (-0.16%)
Mark Your Calendars: Grain Traders Brace for Major USDA Data Points Tuesday

USDA grain market report days don’t come any bigger than Tuesday’s planting intentions and quarterly grain stocks reports.

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ZSK26 : 1168-0 (+0.24%)
ZWK26 : 573-2 (-0.22%)
$DXY : 98.85 (+0.03%)
CLK26 : 98.96 (+1.11%)
ESM26 : 6,859.00 (-0.06%)
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ZCK26 : 443-4 (-0.11%)
CLK26 : 98.96 (+1.11%)
ZSK26 : 1168-0 (+0.24%)

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S&P 500 may have closed above its 200-day MA, but one hurdle remains: The 20-week moving average with the $SPY currently on track for a 6th consecutive close below it 🚨📉 https://t.co/rIMHYJ9GGO
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