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Soybeans CBoT stopped out and waiting for a long play set up nowSoybeans: Price corrected up during the first half of the past week and still has to complete its move down a bit further to the 10/9.75 region where we expect price to reverse and make a move up of 20%. Traders who entertained the short play last week should have been stopped out and if not their stops were not tight enough so they are more rather lucky than smart. We expect price to touch our targeted level during the coming week from where a long play can be entertained with an upswing potential of 20/25% in price.
CBOT:ZSX2016
by Remko
CBoT corn long play in the making.Corn: Price had its additional push down and probably completed its move down after losing some 23% from its high on June 17 which is only 3 weeks ago. The price more or less reached the targeted buying region during the past week which was a bit earlier than what we were anticipating one week ago and the big question now is whether it is time to entertain a long play from here. The weekly chart (not attached/displayed) is showing a classic 'Hammer' which could come right out of the textbooks for TA traders. A 'Hammer' is a fairly reliable bode that the end of the downtrend is imminent but needs confirmation. In any case we can conclude that the move down is very mature at least. A further move up on Monday/Tuesday and notably to the 375 level would actually confirm that a reverse is there and that we will trade higher levels from here. One more modest push down to the 345 should not be excluded and is a buy region as well with stops at 335 or so.
CBOT:ZCZ2016Long
by Remko
CBoT Beanoil maintaining short playBeanoil: Price keeps following our preferred route that we have put on the chart about a month ago and there is little to add to that. We have drawn a descending price channel in which price seem to be moving to the downside. Our targets remains unchanged, trails keep being trailed down along with price and traders with a short position enjoy the ride. We will start looking at a possible reconsideration if and when price moves outside its channel on the upside and a break of the 32.50 level to the upside will invalidate our bear case.
CBOT:ZLZ2016Short
by Remko
CBoT soybeans short play with a tight stopSoybeans: Price opened the week with a gap down and lost some 10% of its value in just three sessions after which Friday's session corrected same a bit so that the week ended with a net loss of 7% after breaking Thursday's low. We keep our bias unchanged to a bit more downside from here and will start looking for a reverse from the 1000 region. Traders who entertained a short play on last week's opening put their stops at entry level or lower.
CBOT:ZSX2016Short
by Remko
Corn CBoT hit all stopsCorn: Price was severely hit during Tuesday's session which teaches us again why stops are so important. We were enjoying a nice ride up that started during first half of May and price is now traded down back to exact that level. This is why one should never forget to gradually take profits from the table and to maintain disciplined stops on basis of both end-of-day and intra-day. This price lost a whopping 14% during last week and stops were hit. We will let this market now go and find some basis for one or two weeks and will look at it later again. We see no use of trying to understand a market that moves 10% or more in just a week's time.
CBOT:ZCZ2016
by Remko
Soyabeanmeal CBoT: missed the short entry and now waitingSoybeanmeal: Price did not perform as we were expecting last week and lost its support of the lower line of the ascending price channel after which it broke out to the downside already early in the week. We believe that wave (3) has been competed and that price will now perform its corrective wave down to the 340 region. We missed a possible short play and jumping on this wave here and now would be too risky as our stop level is at 406 which is some 8% above the current level which is not acceptable as possible loss. If and when price would perform a corrective move up during the coming week to the 395/400 level traders could still consider a short play that would risk a 2.5% loss in price with a stop at 406. We favor price to move to the 350/340 level from here during the coming 3-5 weeks from where we will see whether a long play becomes opportune indeed. Nothing to be done for now.
CBOT:ZMZ2016
by Remko
Soybeans CBoT: missed the short play opportunity and now waitingSoybeans: Price did not bounce on the lower line of the ascending price channel as we expected and broke through its support to the down side. Price tested same (now former) supportive line which has now become resistance (although we keep it drawn in green for now) during Thursday's session and traded impulsively lower during Friday's session. Price has completed its wave (3) up and is now performing a corrective wave (4) with probably a target of 1025/975 from where we favor price to bounce back up to initiate and complete its wave (5) with higher highs towards the end of the year. We have missed the opportunity to entertain a short play simply because of the initial stop-loss level at 1160 which would be some 7.5% above the current price and which would be too costly. If and when price would correct up to 1125/1140 during the coming week traders can still consider a short play with stop at 1160 (which would be an acceptable 2%). Other than that we will have to wait for the next opportunity which will be a long play at lower levels.
CBOT:ZSX2016
by Remko
Corn CBoT maintaining long positionCorn: Price made a very strong move to the upside last Friday and posted a new high for the contract. If a price posts a new high it is usually a sign that it wants to trade even higher (and the other way around) although there is no guarantee for that. More significant is that price closed at/near the HOD (high of day) which is a bode for a higher opening for the next session with a high probability of a follow through. All together there is nothing much new for us to see on this chart. We are enjoying the ride that started during first half of May and we keep trailing out target and, more important, our stop loss level. Positions will need to be rolled over soon (preferably this week) and traders need to be alert for slippage.
CBOT:ZCZ2016Long
by Remko
Beanoil CBoT maintaining short playBeanoil: Price made a solid move up during an 'inside day' session. The advance in price was stronger than what we would have liked to see but the overall picture of our bias does not change. We anticipate lower prices but we would like to see the lows of May 23&25 at 31.42 to be broken after which the door will be open to an acceleration to the downside. First target is at 29.00 and second target is at 28.00 after which we will see whether and how far we want to trail the final target down. The stop for now is at 33.72 basis end-of-day. Positions will need to be rolled over soon (preferably this week) and traders need to be alert for slippage.
CBOT:ZLZ2016Short
by Remko
Beanoil CBoT again going shortBeanoil: Price made further advance during the past week and hit our stop. One could argue that our stop was too tight but, as a rule, taking a loss is a very healthy thing to do and the saying that 'the first loss is your best loss' makes a lot of sense if one thinks about it. So does the saying 'if you are not prepared to take a loss you will, sooner than later, be forced to take the mother of all losses' for that matter. The long-term pattern in the chart as such does not change at all and we maintain our bear bias until proven wrong which would be if price breaks 3385 to the upside. During the past weeks price has developed an ascending wedge which is a very reliable bode that the move up is coming to an end. In addition to that we see a 'bearish engulfing' pattern combined with a single key reversal in last Friday's candle. All these key elements combined plus our expectation that the move to the downside will be sizeable makes us entertain a new short play again at either 33.40 during Monday which is at the upper boundary of the ascending wedge or at a close of 32.60 or lower during Monday which would be a break of the lower boundary of same ascending wedge. Initial stop will be put at 34.15 which is more for reason of money management than anything else.
CBOT:ZLN2016Short
by Remko
Corn CBoTCorn: Nothing much new on the chart that would make us change our views. The weekly chart (not displayed) is showing a very long topping tail that could indicate the bulls are running out of air but we would need to see a confirmation of that after the next weekly candle only. Price almost reached our 2nd target at 450 during Friday's session and we have trailed same target up to 460 now. We might decide to keep trailing up same target while downsizing the position and thus locking in profits because taking profit won't make us any poorer. We will definitely keep trailing up the stop.
CBOT:ZCN2016Long
by Remko
Soybeanmeal CBoTSoybeanmeal: Price has bee trading extensively beyond our price target and could well be at the end of its current wave. We see mixed and contradictory signs in the development of this chart and want to see a clearer picture develop before taking any action. The upward potential from here obviously is very limited so that is not an option to consider at all but at the same time the timing for a short play could be not for now. Price has been moving within the ascending wedge from where, as per the rules of TA, it should break our to the downside. At the same time we see a ending diagonal developing during the past 6 to 8 session which, as per same TA rules, is a continuation pattern. There is a complete wave count possible as per the EW rules and principles but that does not mean that the EW pattern is complete indeed. We want to see what happens next on this chart and will go into a 'wait-and-see' mode until we see a clear picture.
CBOT:ZMN2016
by Remko
Soybeans almost ready for a short playSoybeans: Price reached our target some time ago already and is performing an overshoot which is nothing unusual as it is just not possible to predict exactly where the waves will end. The EW principle gives us a complete count but that doesn't mean that a top is on the chart indeed already. Taking a position just on basis of the fact that you can see the EW count seemingly completed is too much of a gamble which we avoid at all times. The broadening wedge that we have drawn in the chart is still intact and price has continued to close within the boundaries of same wedge although price has been trading outside of same as well. This pattern is a typical indicator that the end of the trend is imminent but is also no guarantee that a reverse is in place here and now. Fridays' shape of the candle is another indication the the reverse could be there with the spike up and the close back down, leaving a candle with a very long topping tail which tells us that the bulls ran out of air. All together serious indications that a reverse is in the making which drives us to the edge to move and entertain a short play. But for now we keep our powder dry and wait for a confirmation in the price move. This is not yet the time and level to go short but it certainly is not the time and place to go long either. Patience and discipline is the name of the game now.. Ideally, price would now start trading down, then break its support at the 1125/1135 region, then bounce back up a bit from the lower boundary of the broadening wedge, then test back the 1125/1135 support/resistance zone and reverse back down again for a trade down of some 10%. The test back would then be our hotspot to entertain a short play.
CBOT:ZSN2016
by Remko