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Wed, May 27th, 2026

Darin Newsom

Wed, May 27th, 2026

Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom is the President of Darin Newsom Analysis and the Senior Market Analyst for Barchart. With nearly 40 years of experience analyzing commodity and financial sectors, he has developed a way of understanding the different characteristics of the various markets. 

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. Prior to joining DTN, Newsom was a producer risk-management consultant for FCStone and a grain merchandiser at the Great Bend, Kansas, Cooperative.

Darin has appeared on numerous international financial television programs and news sites and is an award-winning columnist whose work has been featured on websites and in magazines for decades. He is well-known for his unique analytical observations on how markets work and has spoken at international conferences and meetings over the years. He has been involved in the industry on nearly every level; from grain merchandiser and broker to senior market analyst for a major agricultural media organization to having his own commentary and analysis service used by long-term investment interests, all while proudly reminding everyone he is neither a journalist nor an economist. 

 

 

Most Recent Stories

Was the Holiday Weekend Market Moving Headline Chaos Predictable?

Predicting social media posts that create market moving headlines is becoming too easy.

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ZLN26 : 75.33 (+1.30%)
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Grains, Livestock, and Geopolitics: How to Read What the Ag Markets Are Actually Telling Us

Barchart Senior Market Analyst Darin Newsom breaks down the morning's downward trend in grain and livestock futures, advising market participants to look past political headlines and unconfirmed Chinese...

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LEM26 : 250.900 (+1.08%)
ZWN26 : 624-4 (-1.73%)
ZCN26 : 455-4 (-0.44%)
CLN26 : 90.45 (-3.66%)
Were There Any Surprises in the Commodity Complex Pre-Dawn Wednesday?

A look at markets and news headlines early Wednesday morning shows sometimes puzzle pieces don't necessarily fit the way we expect.

ZCZ26 : 480-2 (-0.36%)
ZSN26 : 1188-6 (+0.23%)
ZCU26 : 462-6 (-0.32%)
ZWN26 : 624-4 (-1.73%)
SIN26 : 74.740 (-2.44%)
ESM26 : 7,520.25 (-0.22%)
HOM26 : 3.6465 (-1.83%)
YMM26 : 50,687 (+0.28%)
ZSX26 : 1184-0 (+0.32%)
KEN26 : 673-2 (-0.44%)
ZCN26 : 455-4 (-0.44%)
GCM26 : 4,433.4 (-1.53%)
Were You Ready for Today's TACO Tuesday?

History has taught us we should have been expecting the US president to back down his latest threat against Iran. Was Watson got off guard overnight through early Tuesday morning?

ZCZ26 : 480-2 (-0.36%)
ZSN26 : 1188-6 (+0.23%)
ZCU26 : 462-6 (-0.32%)
ZWN26 : 624-4 (-1.73%)
SIN26 : 74.740 (-2.44%)
ESM26 : 7,520.25 (-0.22%)
HOM26 : 3.6465 (-1.83%)
QAN26 : 96.32 (-3.27%)
YMM26 : 50,687 (+0.28%)
ZLN26 : 75.33 (+1.30%)
ZSX26 : 1184-0 (+0.32%)
KEN26 : 673-2 (-0.44%)
Was the Rally in Energies and Grains to Start the Week a Surprise?

Once again, we saw weekend headlines 'trump' reality in both the Grains and Energies sectors of the commodity complex.

ESM26 : 7,520.25 (-0.22%)
HOM26 : 3.6465 (-1.83%)
ZCZ26 : 480-2 (-0.36%)
ZSN26 : 1188-6 (+0.23%)
ZCU26 : 462-6 (-0.32%)
YMM26 : 50,687 (+0.28%)
ZSX26 : 1184-0 (+0.32%)
ZWN26 : 624-4 (-1.73%)
KEN26 : 673-2 (-0.44%)
ZCN26 : 455-4 (-0.44%)
CLM26 : 107.77s (-0.82%)
NQM26 : 29,900.50 (-0.58%)
What Made Friday's Headlines Expected?

All it took was one look at Friday morning markets to confirm what the trip by the US contingent to China was all about - Selling ill-gotten oil.

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ZCZ26 : 480-2 (-0.36%)
ZSN26 : 1188-6 (+0.23%)
ZCU26 : 462-6 (-0.32%)
ZLN26 : 75.33 (+1.30%)
ZSX26 : 1184-0 (+0.32%)
KEN26 : 673-2 (-0.44%)
ZCN26 : 455-4 (-0.44%)
CLM26 : 107.77s (-0.82%)
GCM26 : 4,433.4 (-1.53%)
SIN26 : 74.740 (-2.44%)
Why Was Tuesday Wheat's Time to Shine?

Tuesday's session brought to mind an old saying, “Even the sun shines on a cockroach some days”.

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ZCZ26 : 480-2 (-0.36%)
ZLN26 : 75.33 (+1.30%)
ZSX26 : 1184-0 (+0.32%)
ZWN26 : 624-4 (-1.73%)
ZCN26 : 455-4 (-0.44%)
Why is Tuesday Like Christmas to the BRACE Industry?

For those who live and breathe only because the government is benevolent enough to bestow imaginary numbers on them, Tuesday is their day.

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ZSN26 : 1188-6 (+0.23%)
ZLN26 : 75.33 (+1.30%)
KEN26 : 673-2 (-0.44%)
ZCN26 : 455-4 (-0.44%)
KEU26 : 684-0 (-0.58%)
Could a Seasonal Change Be Seen In Grains?

Once we get past the second weekly close of May, seasonal patterns change for the Grains sector.

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ZSX26 : 1184-0 (+0.32%)
ZWN26 : 624-4 (-1.73%)
Should We Expect a Breakdown in Soybean Oil?

After adding nearly 4.4 cents during the just finished positioning week, the Soybean Oil market increased its vulnerability to a fund-driven selloff.

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