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Are soybeans BULLISH?
<---See JOHN's COMMENTS Thursday, Oct 22


Q:  What does commerical storage for CORN cost until Feb 19, 2027?

A:  18c dump (90 days), 4c (1 extra month), 8c extra shrink (15% M to 14%), 20c WEAKER "in house" bid, 12c interest expense (3c/mo not getting paid $ for corn)
       
= 62c/bushel to COMMERCIALLY STORE corn

Solution:  SELL CASH to BEST BID.  Buy March Corn 470 Call here at 22c or March futures.

22c vs 62c..... Call us for details!

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Temp: 61oF Feels Like: 61oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 61oF
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Sunrise: 6:39 Sunset: 5:00
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 447'4 452'0 446'4 447'6 0'0 448'2 01:19P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 461'0 465'2 460'2 461'2 0'2 462'0 01:19P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 469'0 473'0 468'4 469'6 0'6 470'6 01:19P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 475'4 479'6 475'2 476'6 1'0 477'2 01:19P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 472'2 476'0 472'2 474'0 1'4 474'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 487'2 490'6 487'0 488'4 1'0 489'0 01:19P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 500'6 503'6 500'6 502'0 1'4 502'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 510'2 511'0 510'0 510'2 1'2 510'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 513'4 515'0 512'6 513'6 1'4 513'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1221'6 1225'4 1204'0 1204'4 -17'6 1204'6 01:19P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1234'2 1237'6 1215'4 1216'0 -18'2 1216'6 01:19P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1243'0 1247'2 1225'2 1225'6 -18'0 1226'4 01:19P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1253'4 1256'6 1235'6 1236'2 -17'2 1237'0 01:19P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1260'2 1264'0 1244'4 1245'2 -14'6 1245'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1242'6 1249'0 1231'4 1231'4 -13'2 1232'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1217'4 1218'2 1203'4 1204'0 -10'2 1204'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1208'4 1213'0 1199'2 1199'6 -8'4 1200'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1220'6 1223'2 1211'0 1211'0 -9'0 1212'0s 01:20P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 3246 3260 3188 3194 - 50 3196s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3253 3266 3195 3197 - 52 3200s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3272 3283 3211 3213 - 54 3216s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3308 3319 3254 3255 - 50 3258s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3352 3364 3306 3308 - 43 3310s 01:20P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3346 3358 3307 3310 - 35 3312s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3328 3341 3298 3302 - 27 3303 01:18P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3305 3313 3279 3280 - 20 3282 01:18P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
Dec 27 3324 3341 3308 3312 - 13 3312 01:18P Chart for @SM7Z Options for @SM7Z
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 58.850 60.475 57.775 58.375 -0.700 58.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 63.675 64.500 63.500 64.025 0.125 63.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 69.500 70.100 69.100 69.775 0.150 69.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 75.975 76.950 75.975 76.750 0.400 76.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 85.375 86.375 85.075 86.125 0.700 85.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 88.550 89.675 88.350 89.450 0.750 89.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 89.500 90.800 89.325 90.450 0.875 90.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.250 80.650 78.950 80.400 1.425 80.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.850 73.900 72.475 73.725 0.825 73.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 76.500 76.500 76.500 76.500 0.800 76.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
Apr 28 80.000 0.800 80.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE8J Options for @HE8J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 221.200 221.775 219.400 219.425 - 1.250 219.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 224.350 225.225 223.200 223.200 - 0.675 223.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.750 227.850 225.900 225.900 - 0.475 226.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 221.675 223.150 221.075 221.125 - 0.350 221.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 218.200 219.425 217.650 217.650 - 0.050 217.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 217.000 217.150 215.500 215.650 - 0.075 215.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 216.150 217.000 215.550 215.550 0.075 215.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 217.025 217.025 215.750 215.750 - 0.025 215.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 217.075 217.100 215.575 215.575 0.050 215.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
Jun 28 212.775 212.850 212.775 212.850 - 0.075 210.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE8M Options for @LE8M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 338.200 339.875 336.425 338.175 0.650 338.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 331.850 334.675 330.625 332.600 0.900 332.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 327.050 330.350 326.600 328.125 1.025 328.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 325.525 328.450 324.900 326.400 1.000 326.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 323.000 326.000 322.525 324.100 0.875 324.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 323.000 325.825 322.625 324.350 1.125 324.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 320.525 323.125 320.525 321.825 1.150 321.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 319.875 319.900 318.050 319.000 1.425 318.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
Nov 27 316.200 0.850 316.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF7X Options for @GF7X
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 52002.00 52581.00 51970.00 52312.00 394.00 51918.00 01:18P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52465.00 53039.00 52465.00 52777.00 399.00 52378.00 01:18P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7626.00 7693.75 7612.00 7612.75 - 1.25 7614.00 01:18P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7699.00 7768.50 7686.25 7686.25 - 1.50 7687.75 01:18P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 28587.75 28891.25 28370.50 28377.50 - 156.50 28534.00 01:18P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 28947.50 29212.50 28712.50 28714.50 - 138.00 28852.50 01:18P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@QM - E-MINI CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 102.225 102.650 95.150 96.300 - 7.825 104.125 01:18P Chart for @QM6Z Options for @QM6Z
Jan 27 100.500 100.650 93.700 94.525 - 7.675 102.200 01:18P Chart for @QM7F Options for @QM7F
Feb 27 98.450 98.500 91.725 92.700 -7.250 99.950 01:18P Chart for @QM7G Options for @QM7G
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 65.90 66.18 64.86 65.00 -0.90 65.08 01:18P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 66.09 66.45 65.11 65.26 -0.91 65.30 01:18P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 66.60 66.85 65.57 65.69 -0.94 65.74 01:18P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.97 67.21 65.95 66.09 -0.92 66.13 01:18P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.07 67.33 66.08 66.22 -0.89 66.26 01:18P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 66.78 66.91 65.76 65.92 -0.82 65.97 01:18P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 66.46 66.46 65.35 65.61 -0.72 65.64 01:18P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
Oct 27 65.84 66.06 64.95 65.24 -0.62 65.27 01:18P Chart for @BO7V Options for @BO7V
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 603'0 609'4 601'0 606'4 3'0 606'4 01:19P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 617'0 622'2 614'6 619'2 2'4 619'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 623'4 628'2 621'2 624'6 1'4 625'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 629'6 633'4 627'0 630'4 0'6 631'0 01:19P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 640'0 644'0 638'0 641'4 1'2 641'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 655'4 660'2 654'0 658'0 1'4 658'0 01:18P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 668'0 674'0 668'0 671'2 1'2 671'2 01:18P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 676'0 676'6 675'4 675'4 1'4 675'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 661'2 665'2 660'4 665'2 1'6 664'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 76890.0 79040.0 76820.0 77130.0 160.0 76970.0 01:18P Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 78450.0 78935.0 77370.0 77450.0 155.0 77295.0 01:18P Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
Jan 27 77690.0 77690.0 Chart for @BTC7F Options for @BTC7F
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 3884.1 3908.7 3884.1 3904.6 71.2 3956.9 01:18P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 3890.0 3980.8 3889.0 3961.3 62.4 3969.6 01:18P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
Jan 27 3911.4 3997.1 3911.4 3979.4 63.1 3987.3 01:18P Chart for QGC7F Options for QGC7F
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 50.100 50.920 50.100 50.920 1.623 50.720 01:18P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 49.200 51.340 49.090 50.680 1.404 50.888 01:18P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
Jan 27 49.580 51.330 49.570 51.210 1.622 51.127 01:18P Chart for QSI7F Options for QSI7F
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