Bearish price targets are also sell targets for bulls. Bullish price targets are sell targets for bears. Basically, price targets are relative to your trade. If confused, please ask. Why are we talking about bears with WOLF? #1 answer Sharp Downtrends And support trends trading in a bearish direction. #2 answer Gaps to the topside. #3 answer RSI still...
With everyone calling for another turning point in the S&P, the short trade is becoming less crowded. I prefer SPY 300 puts dated about six months out. Here are some ridiculous arguments I've heard for the recovery. 1. The fed will pivot or pause A fed pause or pivot indicates that economic conditions are too poor to continue hiking, implying that mass layoffs...
Hogs Summary Daily Direct Hogs Plant Delivered (as of 1:30 PM CT) Carcass Base Price Range: 96.00-112.00 Weighted Average: 104.81 Change from Prior Day: -2.02 Head Count:8,165 CME Lean Hog Index 8/29/22: 109.36 8/26/22: 111.26 Daily Hog Slaughter 475,000. Down 5,000 from last week but unchanged from the same day last year. Technical Snapshot Lean Hogs October...
Hogs Summary Daily Direct Hogs Plant Delivered (as of 1:30 PM CT) Carcass Base Price Range: 100.00-120.00 Weighted Average: 106.83 Change from Prior Day: -2.52 Head Count: 7,286 Daily Hog Slaughter 4800,000. Unchanged from last week and 3,000 less than the same week last year. Technical Snapshot Lean Hogs Lean hogs have had a solid performance over the last two...
Hogs Summary Daily Direct Hogs Plant Delivered Carcass Base Price Range: 114.50-126.00 Weighted Average: 115.61 Change from Prior Day: -8.08 Head Count: 3,203 Daily Hog Slaughter 428,000. Down 30,000 from last week and 47,000 from last year. Technical Snapshot Lean Hogs October lean hogs opened lower on concerns of slowing Chinese growth, but managed to claw...
Lean Hogs Daily Direct Hogs Plant Delivered (as of 1:30 PM CT) Carcass Base Price Range: 114.00-136.00 Weighted Average: 123.69 Change from Prior Day: 2.32 Head Count: 6,089 Daily Hog Slaughter 440,000. Down 12,000 from last week and 24,000 from last year. Commitments of Traders Update Friday’s Commitments of Traders report showed that Managed Money were net...
Hogs Daily Direct Hogs Plant Delivered (as of 1:30 PM CT) Carcass Base Price Range: 115.00-138.00 Weighted Average: 132.48 Change from Prior Day: 1.35 Head Count: 25,266 Daily Hog Slaughter 474,000. 5,000 more than last week and unchanged from last year. Weekly Export Sales Pork: Net sales of 21,500 MT for 2022 were down 31 percent from the previous week and 6...
Lean Hogs Commitments of Traders Update: Friday’s CoT report showed Managed Money were net buyers of 5,411 futures/options through July 19th. This expands their net long position to 45,435 contracts. Technicals (October): October lean hogs were able to breakout above the top end of the range from May and June, this could propel prices back to the march...
*Cold storage report will be out tomorrow afternoon Lean Hogs Technicals (August): Lean hog futures finally showed some more conviction in their recent breakout move above significant resistance from 111-112ish. This opens the door to a potential test of first resistance, 116.325. The more significant resistance comes in closer to 120. The RSI (at the bottom of...
Lean Hogs Technicals (August): Lean hog futures “broke out” above the upper end of their range, trading to their highest price since April 29th. The higher trade lacked conviction and follow through, which is keeping our excitement mute. There’s now a gap below the market that we will need to keep an eye on. Previous resistance will now act as our pivot pocket,...
Lean Hogs Commitment of Traders Update: Friday’s Updated CoT report showed Managed Money were net buyers of 11,450 futures/options contracts through July 12th This expands their net long position to 39,934 contracts. Technicals (August): August lean hog futures traded at the upper end of the two-month range last week. Resistance remains intact from 111.30-112.00....
Lean Hogs Technicals (August): It was a risk-off day in nearly every commodity yesterday, with the exception of lean hogs. Lean hog futures were able to rally up near the 50-day moving average which we’ve listed as first resistance. That finished yesterday’s session at 106.90. Just above that is trendline resistance from the March 31st high, that comes in near...
Lean Hogs Technicals (August): It was the last trading day of the month and quarter, which may have been the main catalyst for breaking lean hogs below what we have labeled a “MUST HOLD” support level, defined by the 200-day moving average and trendline support. This will now act as our pivot pocket, 103.00-103.95. Resistance: 108.125**, 109.45***,...
Lean Hogs The quarterly Hogs and Pigs report will be out after the close. Estimates are: All hogs and pigs - 99.0% Breeding herd - 98.9% Market hogs - 99.0% Technicals (August): Lean hog futures broke lower yesterday, trading into 4-star support from 103.00-103.95. This pocket represents trendline support and the 200day moving average. A failure here could take...
Commitments of Traders Update: Friday’s CoT report showed Managed Money were net sellers of 3,641 futures/options contracts through June 14th. This shrinks their net long position to 18,832 futures/options. Broken down that is 44,483 longs VS 25,651 shorts. Technicals (July): July lean hogs gaped higher on Friday but couldn’t get much else going after fizzling...
Lean Hogs Technicals (July): July lean hogs were able to find follow-through momentum yesterday, inching closer to the pile of technical resistance. Trendline resistance from the March 31st highs and the 50-day moving average come in at 110.675, which comes right in line with the June 8th high. This will be a big hurdle for the Bulls to overcome. If they can,...
Lean Hogs Technicals (July): July lean hogs were all over the place today as the market attempts to find its footing. The close out above resistance from 106.75-107.75 is encouraging and could encourage additional buying to 110.775-11.625. This pocket represents the 50 day moving average and trendline resistance from March 31st high. The Bulls have their work...
Lean Hogs Technicals (July): July lean hogs attempted to get out above technical resistance from 106.75-107.75 but failed to sustain the early momentum into the afternoon session. If the Bulls can chew through and close above this pocket, we would look for an extension towards the mountain of resistance from about 111.00-112.70. This pocket includes trendline...