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Sun, May 3rd, 2026

Futures Market Overview

Sun, May 3rd, 2026
No new trades today. Barchart’s Futures Trading Guide is a hypothetical trading system, designed to show you the profitability of commodity trades based on a 9-18 Day MACD Crossover strategy. The result? An insider’s view of the Total Profit generated by the strategy, including historical trade breakdown!

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Sell in May and Go Away? Here's What the Stats Say.

Long-term historical data points to the May-October period as lousy for stocks. But that hardly tells the whole story.

Two Setups, One Framework: What eBay and Teva Reveal About Trade Selection

eBay and Teva represent two distinct paths to opportunity—steady trend continuation and a breakout from consolidation. Both illustrate how aligning structure with strategy can improve outcomes in options...

Cattle, wheat, corn, soybeans, crude and S&P surge to new highs

Historic dissents in Fed interest rate pause

What Happens When Seasonality and Geopolitics Collide?

Markets don’t always follow their seasonal patterns—especially during geopolitical events. This analysis of RBOB gasoline shows how conflicts can temporarily distort price action, and why structure...

Why a Small Portfolio Outperformed a Larger One — And What It Revealed About Options Income

Two portfolios using the same strategy delivered different results. The reason wasn’t stock selection or timing—it was how close the call strikes were to the stock price. This analysis shows how a...

Hogs Faces Pressure on Friday

Lean hog futures posted losses of 62 cents to $1.67 at the Friday close, with June slipping 62 cents on the week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $92.64 on Friday morning, down 61 cents...

HEM26 : 101.275s (-0.98%)
HEK26 : 92.825s (-0.67%)
HEN26 : 103.375s (-1.59%)
Soybeans Rounds Out the Week with Strength

Soybeans futures closed the Friday session with 5 ¾ to 12 ¾ cent gains, as May was 24 cents higher this week. November was up 27 cents on the week. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was...

ZSPAUS.CM : 11.3673 (+1.20%)
ZLN26 : 75.16s (+0.83%)
ZMN26 : 319.3s (+0.13%)
ZSPX26US.CM : 11.1800 (+1.14%)
ZSX26 : 1182-6s (+0.83%)
ZSK26 : 1187-6s (+0.49%)
ZSN26 : 1203-2s (+0.65%)
Wheat Trading Mostly Higher at Midday

The wheat complex closed Friday with most exchanges higher. Chicago SRW futures saw steady to 5 cent higher trade, as May was 16 ¼ cents in the green since last Friday. KC HRW futures posted ¾ to 4 ½...

KEN26 : 694-4s (+0.14%)
KEK26 : 682-4s (+0.66%)
MWK26 : 7.0450s (+1.40%)
ZWK26 : 624-4s (+0.12%)
ZWN26 : 637-6s (+0.16%)
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Hedge Funds reduced their Tech Stock exposure over the last 2 weeks at the 2nd fastest pace in the last decade 🚨🚨RIP! 🫡 https://t.co/DqhrOp81qi
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Berkshire Hathaway is now sitting on a staggering $397 Billion in Cash, enough to buy 479 companies in the S&P 500 🚨🚨 https://t.co/phppnsrsA4
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S&P 500 market breadth falls to its 2nd worst level since the Dot Com Bubble 🚨🤯👀 https://t.co/k7BuNQnSnH
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Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.A has now dumped stocks for 14 consecutive quarters, the longest selling streak in its history 🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/iFIZFI2yni
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Stocks are headed for one of the best 18-24 month periods we’ve ever seen in our lives says Tom Lee 🥳📈🤑🫂 https://t.co/OjxGKrcBZT

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