Greetings! I had a note in last WED comments that this edition would be posted today after 1 PM, instead of my usual early Sunday post for the TRADE COMMENTARY.  This post is today since […] Read More

Greetings:  15 May 2019 Comments: Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat — all had a nice bounce up this week.  A lot of commercial traders were short the contracts and after the WASDE report last week sealed […] Read More

Greetings: The USDA’s  WASDE (World Ag Supply/Demand Estimates) monthly came out Friday.  The news for corn was bearish.  Here a table from CME (The Chicago Merc exchange) with the most recent WASDE number installed: source: […] Read More

Closing Trades Today: I closed out my SEP19 (CORRECTION: THIS WAS THE SEP19, NOT JUL19 that I said earlier. This  is a correction.) Crude Oil 45-strike PUTs today with a loss.  I had sold them for […] Read More

Trade Commentary MONDAY May 6, 2019 Greetings:  Crude Oil: The wheels sort of came off the “oil rally” recently.   Television news, including financial channels, must depend on our short attention span and short memory.  I see […] Read More

New Trading Today: My GTC was filled (#1): I made a closing closing purchase on my JUL19 Gold short 1200-strike PUT at 0.50 ($50).    It was sold at 0.9, so the profit was +$40 […] Read More

Trades Today: I made a closing purchase on my short JUL19  Gold 1450-strike CALLs for 0.30 ($30).  I had sold them for 0.90 ($90) and so excluding commissions, the profit is $60 each. NEW GTC: […] Read More

29 April 2019 Monday Commentary: Crude Oil:  I wish I could say that the sudden sell-off of crude Friday was unusual and rare- and that it is important and surprising news, but NONE of that would […] Read More

25 April 2019: THURSDAY – TRADE COMMENTARY Corn:   After corn contracts sold off a bit, this places my  short DEC19 Corn PUTS just barely over the “200% rule” but I am staying in this one […] Read More

Greetings: New Trades: My outstanding GTC (good til canceled) order to buy back my short DEC19 Corn 540-strike CALLs for 1.375 was filled.  I had sold them ON 25 MAR 2019 (see: https://www.timefarming.com/blog/25-march-2019newsletter/ ) They were […] Read More