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I will try to help you here as most of my grain trading is in calendar and intermarket wheat spreads. As you know there are 3 main types of wheat each with different amounts of protein. The minneapolis contract has the most protein while the KC has the second most and the Chicago having the...

Sorry about that I guess I should keep you guys informed on how the wheat spread closed on friday. The spread closed at -10'2 up about 5 cents. The spring wheat harvest will be going full bore within the next few weeks so I expect this to drag on the market and leave an opportunity to get...

I would get the hell out if I were you. By may 08 you can be damn sure they are gonna get plenty of acres after this surge in price. Remember it won't be long and we will be planting the wheat! But in sep 07 we are at 30 year low stocks and we need the wheat now so that will underpin prices.

Hey thanks for the replies everyone. Bearbelly thanks for the correction! There are 3 different kinds of wheat. Hard Red Spring MGEX, Hard Red Winter KCBT, and Soft Red Winter CBOT. All traded on different exchanges. Now the main difference in each class of wheat is the protein content...

Currently am long a dec kc/chi wheat spread from approx -17. Currently at -8. Has been a whipsaw lately and offered great oppurtunities to get in and out as that is what I have done. I fully expect it to reach somewhere between 5-10 over chi.

Hello everyone! This is my first journal so we will see what happens. Come this August I will be starting my 2nd year in the futures markets and have learned alot over the past year about the commodity markets and look to try to capitalize on the knowledge I have gained over the past year...

Yeah man that kind of move will turn your hair grey (or at least more grey)! Sold a few hogs at 72.80 after 73 was rushing to cover my ass! We make a new run to 75 then it just starts to fall a part! Now im not one of those people that think the market is out to get me but after today I am...

Thats why no matter what they will never be able to completely get rid of the floor. Times like this make the floor priceless! There will always be breakdowns in this technology but as long as people still can scream and shout trades will always be completed. Let this be yet another message...

Anybody looking at a short in oct lean hogs here? Market is in big time over bought area and looks to be topping out with selling coming in around 73. With huge slaughter and slow exports packers don't need to up there bids at all. With the added imports from canada U.S. slaughter could...

I asked someone what was the deal with TA once and why everyone used it. The person I asked looked back at me and said we watch TA because everybody else does. That is so true too. Indicators and charts really don't mean a thing but if you have enough people believe in it the indicators and...

The problem is the 6-10 day forcast comes out 4 times a day. How retarded is that? It makes things so ridiculously crazy that any little change in the forcast and they just go wild then a couple hours later and the forcast changes a little more then they go the other way. Honestly though we...

Holy shit if computers can come out and analyze things like innovation and management we really are not going to stand a chance. I think there has got to be a breaking point sooner or later. I mean if you get all these highly complex computer systems that will be able to analyze and trade like...

www.commodityseasonals.com will give you a complete understanding about all of the grain markets including corn. It explains the supply/demand, growing stages, and other things. Also try www.grainguide.com it is basically the same.

Sorry about not responding earlier. Yes our fills have been great I don't know if it is because we trade bigger size or not but I wouldn't think so. From what I have heard man is a great broker for trading in the pit but the only broker we have ever used is man so I could be wrong. My father...

The recent decline in this market has not been caused by farmers and end users. It was caused by the commodity funds. Not saying that the farmers didn't sell into it I know of a lot that did but they are not responsible for almost a dollar slide in the market. It used to be that you pay...

Our company has used man financial from the start and have never had a problem with our orders getting filled. We trade a lot in the pits and have still had good luck with them. Sorry to hear about your bad experience with them. As for trading the meats electronically I would not advise that...

During this time of year when volatility is at its peak everyone trades new crop because that is where the action is at. Now after harvest they won't right away but in the latter part of the spring and in the summer new crop is the only thing to be trading.

Just found this thread and its good to see some talk about seasonality and spread trading. Our company has used seasonal trading techniques for the past 7 years and it actually has been one of the most profitable stratagies we have found. Now I am not saying that we put on every single...

BnB, I clearly understand what you are going through. I myself have only been in this game for about 2 years and I learn something every single day (Always make sure you learn something every day no matter what your outcome was that day). 1. Try position trading, It might be better for...

So basically all you have there is like a 123 pattern or a breakout deal and throwing in a bunch of math mumbo jumbo. Dude have you ever even traded before? You don't need to take so long to come up with a automated system using all sorts of quant stratagies to know when a trend is developing...