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Rain Delayed Soybean Harvest Strengthens Spot Basis

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December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

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Mid-September Soybean Ratings Not Far Off From Year Ago Ratings

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 483'0 488'2 478'0 482'6 -0'2 482'6s 03:59P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 497'0 501'6 492'0 496'6 -0'6 496'4s 03:41P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 505'0 509'0 499'6 504'4 -0'4 504'0s 02:32P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 510'0 514'4 505'6 509'6 -0'2 509'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 501'4 505'0 499'0 501'4 -0'6 500'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 513'0 515'6 510'0 512'0 -0'6 511'4s 03:24P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 524'6 529'0 523'6 525'2 -0'6 525'0s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 532'0 536'2 532'0 532'2 -1'0 532'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 535'2 539'2 535'2 536'6 -1'0 535'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1287'2 1297'6 1275'2 1282'6 -4'0 1283'6s 03:47P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1304'0 1313'6 1292'2 1298'4 -4'6 1300'0s 03:17P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1313'2 1322'6 1302'4 1307'2 -6'0 1308'4s 03:26P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1322'4 1331'2 1312'2 1316'2 -6'2 1317'2s 03:21P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1329'2 1337'0 1318'0 1322'2 -6'0 1323'2s 02:54P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1308'2 1318'6 1300'4 1304'4 -5'6 1305'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1268'0 1280'0 1264'0 1268'0 -3'4 1268'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1260'2 1269'0 1252'0 1257'4 -3'4 1257'6s 02:53P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1267'2 1279'4 1266'2 1269'2 -3'2 1269'2s 01:20P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3756 3756 3648 3739 - 55 3701s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3682 3684 3611 3629 - 55 3632s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3652 3655 3592 3605 - 48 3608s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3623 3624 3571 3585 - 36 3587s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3603 3612 3569 3586 - 28 3589s 03:27P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3634 3635 3590 3610 - 23 3612s 02:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3592 3592 3551 3571 - 21 3572s 01:30P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3510 3534 3496 3517 - 22 3516s 01:30P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3472 3474 3441 3454 - 20 3452s 01:30P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 75.450 75.700 75.450 75.600 75.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 68.250 68.375 67.550 67.975 -0.350 68.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 70.200 70.375 69.175 69.425 -0.700 69.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 75.300 75.475 73.650 74.025 -0.925 74.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 80.100 80.500 78.900 78.900 -1.000 79.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 88.925 89.350 87.375 87.700 -0.900 87.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 91.000 91.575 89.700 89.975 -0.800 90.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 91.125 91.850 90.025 90.250 -0.750 90.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.975 79.500 78.275 78.725 -0.150 78.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 73.000 73.500 72.575 72.825 0.225 72.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 0.525 76.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 224.650 225.500 224.025 224.650 - 0.125 224.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 226.600 227.600 225.600 226.350 - 0.225 226.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.500 230.175 228.025 228.625 - 1.000 228.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 230.825 231.400 229.375 229.950 - 1.000 229.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 225.475 225.950 224.150 224.675 - 0.925 224.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 221.825 222.250 220.850 221.125 - 0.775 221.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 219.725 220.125 219.100 219.325 - 0.525 219.300s 02:30P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 219.425 220.200 219.250 219.325 - 0.500 219.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 220.000 220.000 219.225 219.225 - 0.550 219.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 219.675 - 0.550 219.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 344.500 344.625 341.200 342.600 - 0.400 343.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 341.875 342.500 338.925 340.800 - 0.075 341.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 336.275 337.325 334.100 335.650 0.100 335.850s 03:44P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 331.950 333.100 329.825 331.125 - 0.200 331.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 331.200 332.350 329.275 330.250 - 0.300 330.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 329.575 330.125 327.750 328.775 - 0.375 328.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 331.275 331.975 329.300 330.125 - 0.650 329.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 328.600 328.625 328.200 328.250 - 0.475 327.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 324.900 324.900 323.700 323.700 - 1.050 323.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 52111.00 52612.00 51836.00 51922.00 - 175.00 51935.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52650.00 53050.00 52330.00 52380.00 - 181.00 52408.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7855.50 7864.00 7834.50 7855.50 - 2.25 7855.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7937.50 7942.25 7914.00 7932.75 - 2.25 7934.50s 04:00P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 30876.00 30906.00 30591.25 30782.00 - 106.75 30791.50s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 31231.50 31255.00 30948.75 31131.75 - 109.00 31145.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.88 -0.63 67.67s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.75 70.08 67.74 67.98 -0.61 68.02s 03:23P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.87 70.26 68.01 68.24 -0.56 68.27s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.10 70.43 68.28 68.48 -0.53 68.51s 02:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.30 70.55 68.49 68.67 -0.54 68.69s 03:11P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.33 70.47 68.51 68.68 -0.57 68.69s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.91 69.96 68.09 68.24 -0.58 68.26s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 68.20 69.30 67.67 67.76 -0.57 67.78s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 672'2 681'0 665'6 668'2 -3'0 669'2s 03:44P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 686'2 694'2 679'4 682'0 -2'6 683'2s 01:26P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 693'0 700'0 686'0 688'2 -2'4 689'6s 02:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 695'0 701'4 688'6 691'4 -3'0 692'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 699'6 707'0 695'6 697'2 -3'4 698'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 712'2 717'2 707'0 708'0 -4'0 708'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 715'0 718'2 714'6 716'2 -4'2 716'2s 03:28P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 716'2 716'2 716'2 716'2 -4'0 715'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 706'6 707'2 706'6 707'2 -3'6 699'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 83530.0 83385.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 83930.0 83770.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 84040.0 84130.0 Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 4162.5 4162.5 4152.7 4152.7 - 12.9 4152.9s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4180.9 4207.3 4157.5 4166.0 - 13.3 4162.3s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 4195.5 4224.8 4169.7 4184.2 - 13.3 4177.3s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 60.755 - 0.980 59.161s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 59.970 60.685 58.905 59.150 -0.983 59.303s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 60.555 60.995 59.130 59.395 -0.988 59.525s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 93.21 95.11 91.70 94.79 0.40 94.14s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 92.40 94.09 90.85 93.80 0.31 93.17s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 91.34 93.10 90.07 92.84 0.37 92.23s 04:00P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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