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Jon Scheve
- Mar 25
- 8 min
Market Commentary for 3/25/24
Jon Scheve with weekly market commentary made on March 22, 2024 Export sales on beans have been on pace to almost reach the USDA...
Wright team
- Mar 18
- 4 min
Tidbits, Marketing Tools - HTA 3/18/24
Tidbits President Putin re-elected President of Russia yesterday with 87.3% of the vote. The European Union announced yesterday a 7.4...
Wright team
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Friend or Foe: Marketing Example, Tidbits & Rain Days Update 1/15/24
Friend or Foe: Marketing Example A farmer produced 200,000 bu of corn in 2023. Then he delivered 100,000 bushels of cash corn in...
Eugene K
- Dec 30, 2023
- 2 min
Cold Trade #1 - Setup & mini-contracts
Nick and I (Eugene) began learning about the commodities market two years ago with Roger’s and Olga's help. Previously, we had some...
Jon Scheve
- Nov 27, 2023
- 5 min
Market Commentary for 11/27/23. Why I Like Margin Calls
Jon Scheve with weekly market commentary made on November 24, 2023 Many traders take time off the week of Thanksgiving, which can...
Jon Scheve
- Nov 20, 2023
- 5 min
Market Commentary for 11/20/23. HTA vs Own Hedge
Jon Scheve with weekly market commentary made on November 17, 2023 Brazil’s weather caused some excitement in the bean market this...
Wright team
- Nov 7, 2023
- 5 min
Are You a Cash Price Grain Seller?
Originally written by Roger Wright for FarmProgress.com in September 2021 Here is why you need to be a basis seller and a futures seller,...
Jon Scheve
- Oct 23, 2023
- 4 min
Marketing Toolbox, Market Commentary for 10/23/23
Jon Scheve with weekly market commentary made on October 20, 2023 Throughout October so far, the corn market has closed within a tight 25...
Jon Scheve
- Sep 9, 2023
- 4 min
Market Commentary for 9/9/23 - Splitting Futures and Basis Sales
Jon Scheve with weekly market commentary made on September 8, 2023 Dry weather is contributing to declining water levels on the...
Wright Team
- Jun 19, 2023
- 6 min
Two Types of Bull Markets: Know the Difference
A bull market is a market with prices in a distinct uptrend. A bear market is an opposite.
Two types of bull markets: supply and demand
Jon Scheve
- Mar 26, 2023
- 5 min
Market Commentary for 3/26/23. USDA Reports Ranking
Jon Scheve with weekly market commentary made on March, 24, 2023 For the week May corn finished up 9 cents while May beans were down 48...
Wright Team
- Mar 9, 2023
- 2 min
Why is KC Wheat higher priced than Chicago Wheat?
Why Is There Such A Price Difference Between KC Wheat and Chicago Wheat Futures? 2 March 2023 When I go to the CME website, I have...
Wright Team
- Mar 7, 2023
- 3 min
Olga's Options #2
Olga has Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and she was smart enough to marry me, so she is not a person of low intelligence....
Wright Team
- Mar 7, 2023
- 5 min
Olga's Options #1
Introduction to Olga's Options The purpose of this series of essays is to explain and teach how the many tools in the futures and options...
Wright Team
- Feb 24, 2023
- 2 min
Marketing Question: I expect higher prices, but…
3rd week of October 2022 Roger, I expect higher prices into the winter and spring, but I feel like a fool to turn down these high harvest...
Wright Team
- Feb 23, 2023
- 3 min
How to Make More Profit Through Better Marketing 2/23/23
Joe asked: "Roger, what is the best method to protect from downward grain prices for my entire estimated production? Yet not get myself...
Wright Team
- Feb 22, 2023
- 3 min
Trading Option Lingo: If you buy a call, are you in the market or out of the market?
We have a communication problem when it comes options. With rare exception, when trading options on futures and stocks, people say they...
Wright Team
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
Managing The Basis to Maximize Cash Price
The first principle of marketing grain is to separate the day one locks-in the basis from the day one locks-in the futures price. Why?...
Wright Team
- Nov 15, 2022
- 5 min
Track Exports to Predict Carryover Changes
Let's talk about US Grain Export Inspections and Export Sales The USA exports about 16% of its corn production, 48% of its soybeans, 52%...
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