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Darin Newsom

Mon, Mar 17th, 2025

Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom is the Senior Market Analyst at Barchart. 

Previously, he was a Senior Analyst at DTN for close to fifteen years, where he provided customers with market insight, analysis and advice on an hourly, daily and weekly basis and oversaw all of DTN’s market commentary. He was also the creator and guiding force behind DTN’s Six Factor Marketing Strategies. Darin has over 20 years of experience analyzing commodity markets and developing risk-management strategies. 

He focuses on explaining how the structure of a market — both technical and fundamental — and the price relationship between contracts indicate what type of market exists and therefore which strategies are appropriate. Prior to joining DTN, Newsom was a producer risk-management consultant for FCStone and a grain merchandiser at the Great Bend, Kansas, Cooperative.

Most Recent Stories

Were Markets In a St. Patrick's Day Mood Monday Morning?

As Monday Morning's Barchart Futures Market Heat Map shows, some commodity sectors were feeling festive early St. Patrick's Day morning while there were not.

KEN25 : 622-4s (+0.77%)
ZSK25 : 1017-0 (+0.15%)
$CNCI : 426.82 (+0.69%)
What Happened to Markets Overnight?

As has become standard, the first thing we have to check on is what was said from the market close the previous day through the early morning hours.

ZCK25 : 462-2 (+0.27%)
KEN25 : 622-4s (+0.77%)
ZQH25 : 95.6700 (unch)
ZSK25 : 1017-0 (+0.15%)
Was Market Activity Unmentionable Pre-Dawn?

Tuesday morning found a number of markets moving in opposite direction to how they closed Monday, creating an unmentionable, yet humorous, situation.

$DXY : 103.40 (-0.30%)
^JPYUSD : 0.0066970 (-0.10%)
MWK25 : 618-2 (+0.53%)
ZCK25 : 462-2 (+0.27%)
GCJ25 : 3,009.8 (+0.12%)
^EURUSD : 1.09204 (-0.02%)
$CNSI : 951.23 (-0.05%)
Has the S&P 500 Turned Bearish?

After completing another bearish technical reversal pattern during February, the S&P 500 looked to have confirmed a long-term downtrend with last week's activity.

$INX : 5,675.12 (+0.64%)
What Commodity Markets Did Watson Buy Last Week?

The latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report showed algorithms were triggered into selling the commodity complex, for the most part.

VIH25 : 21.1000 (+1.27%)
GFK25 : 285.300s (+0.94%)
SIK25 : 34.395 (+0.25%)
How Bearish is Winter Wheat?

A look at reads on real fundamentals show both winter wheat markets as bearish as they have been in years.

$CSWI : 509.24 (+2.20%)
$CRWI : 535.70 (+3.76%)
Reaction to Tariffs Was as Expected

Early Tuesday morning finds continued buying in gold and selling in Grains.

GCJ25 : 3,009.8 (+0.12%)
What Were Quarterly Grain Stocks at the end of February?

The Cash Indexes (average market price, intrinsic value) of the various Grain markets showed us the quarterly supply and demand situation as February came to an end.

$CRSI : 583.05 (+2.55%)
$CSWI : 509.24 (+2.20%)
$CRWI : 535.70 (+3.76%)
$CNCI : 426.82 (+0.69%)
$CNSI : 951.23 (-0.05%)
What Did USDA's Second First Look at 2025 US Planted Acres Show?

The latest hullabaloo has come and gone, meaning USDA's second first look at US planted acres for 2025 was released at the Ag Outlook Forum Thursday morning.

ZCZ25 : 456-2 (+0.50%)
KEN25 : 622-4s (+0.77%)
ZWN25 : 589-2 (+0.73%)
ZSX25 : 1020-2 (+0.17%)
What’s Driving Selling Pressure in Corn Futures Prices and Will It Continue?

Funds taking profits and investors reacting to potential tariff chaos from President Donald Trump’s administration are pressuring grain futures.

KEH25 : 573-4s (-0.26%)
ZCH25 : 445-4s (-1.76%)
ZSH25 : 999-2s (+0.25%)
GCJ25 : 3,009.8 (+0.12%)
LEJ25 : 205.025s (+0.91%)

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