It's Sunday morning, a good time for some Q&A on the bigger picture in markets, with a little philosophy mixed in for good measure.
Coffee has been contained within this upward channel for most of 2024. This past week, Coffee has dropped (4.4%) and looks to be ready to test the bottom of the channel.
Among other topics, excerpts from Jim's newsletter discuss weather forecasting techniques and trading ideas for many commodities affected by the recent and current droughts and other meteorological events....
Cotton futures closed the Friday session with contracts up 22 to 54 points across the board. That helped December to close the week with a 55 point gain. Crude oil futures were up $0.83/barrel ahead of...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Friday closed down -0.23 (-0.99%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) closed down -7.10 (-1.22%). Sugar prices Friday fell back from 1-week highs and turned...
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Friday closed up +39 (+0.55%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +52 (+1.03%). Cocoa prices recovered from early losses on Friday and posted moderate gains...
December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Friday closed up +5.30 (+2.10%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX24 ) closed up +146 (+2.97%). Coffee prices rallied moderately on Friday as tightness in coffee inventories...
Cotton futures are showing 21 to 30 point gains on Friday. Crude oil futures are up $1.25/barrel on the day ahead of the weekend with the world waiting on Israel’s response to Iran’s ballistic missile...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is down -0.33 (-1.42%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is down -7.30 (-1.25%). Sugar prices today fell back from 1-week highs and turned lower after...
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +53 (+0.75%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +64 (+1.27%). Cocoa prices today recovered from early losses and are moderately higher as tighter...