G 20 Meeting Over the Weekend President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday. Trump agreed that on January 1, 2019, he will leave the […] Read More

Soybeans:  On 05 NOV 2018, I sold the 1100-strike soybean CALL for  3 cents ($150).  The stocks of soybeans are extremely high by almost all standards.  Dr. Daniel O’Brien of Kansas State Univ. Ag Department […] Read More

Natural Gas  What you are about to see in the chart below will scare the heck out of every naked option seller – and it should. This is the type of event that is the reason […] Read More

Soybeans & Corn: President Trump and China’s President Xi are scheduled to meet on November 30, 2018 at the G-20 conference in Buenos Aires.  It still seems unlikely any major resolutions are imminent and there are […] Read More

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Volatility Related to Politics and Soybeans: Tomorrow, November 6th, is for the United States, election day.   On Friday (02NOV18) – the USA President only hinted that his staff could be drafting a trade deal with […] Read More

Crude Oil: Remember all the news stories that suggested $US 100 a barrel oil was in the near future – barely two weeks ago?  Well, the news chatter right now has become bearish.  Featured economic […] Read More

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Crude Oil:  All the talk of $100 a barrel crude has disappeared.   Oil prices were driven up by too much supply disruption premium due to the hurricane Michael, the effectiveness of Iranian sanctions was over […] Read More

Corn:  Even though I exited my 400 DEC18 corn CALLs, some of you may still be in that or a similar trade – so I’ll comment on it.  The DEC18 Corn closed on Friday at 356.50  […] Read More