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Wright Team
Jun 6, 202121 min read
All About Options on Futures Contracts Part 2
This is the second part of the article. First part can be found here: Part 1 Lesson Nine: Writing Call Options as a Price Enhancer On...
Wright Team
Jun 5, 202119 min read
All About Options on Futures Contracts Part 1
This is the first part of the article. Second part is available here: Part 2 All About Options for Farmers Options are much more...
Wright Team
Jun 4, 20215 min read
Head and Shoulders Formations
What You Need to Know About Head and Shoulders Formation Head and Shoulders Formation is one of the more reliable long-term trend change...
Wright Team
Jun 2, 20213 min read
Why Do Futures Quotes Change After the Close?
Roger, I am confused. After the market close today I looked at CME webpage and saw December corn prices: My next corn price goal was to...
Wright Team
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Cost of Production is Over Rated
It seems every formal grain marketing course starts with a lecture about how important it is to know one's cost of production. Most of...
Wright Team
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Delta of an Option and How to Use It
What is the Delta of an Option and How To Use It February 2021 The "delta" of an option is how much the value of an option will move in...
Wright Team
Jun 1, 20211 min read
November Soybean 22 Year Highs and Lows
Take a look at the table below
Wright Team
Jun 1, 20215 min read
How to Decide When to Price Grain
Written in late 2020, updated in 2023 The age-old problem is to determine when to price your grain. That task should be a two-stage...
Wright Team
Jun 1, 20211 min read
What Is the Soybean Crush?
Soybeans are almost worthless until the oil is separated from the solids. The process of doing that is called “crushing”. The “soybean...
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Apr 19, 20213 min read
Index and Big Spec Funds
In 2007, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) separated Index Funds from the “Speculative Fund” category on its weekly...
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Apr 18, 20211 min read
2021 USDA Outlook Forum S&D
About the Annual USDA Outlook Forum and Supply & Demand Projections for 2021 The USDA presents its Annual Outlook Forum the third...
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Apr 17, 20212 min read
How the Wheat Market Has Changed The Past 120 Years
Prior to 1914, the Black Sea Area (Romania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia) was the "Bread Basket of the World". If a person needed to buy...
Wright Team
Apr 16, 20215 min read
How Merchandisers Set Cash Price Quotes
The cash price of corn, wheat and soybeans is a function of two other prices, namely futures and basis. The futures price is a function...
Wright Team
Apr 15, 20214 min read
What is Wrong with the Way We Market Grain
This Is What Is Wrong With the Way We Market Grain In This Country When grain is contracted for a later (deferred) delivery at a fixed...
Wright Team
Apr 14, 20214 min read
Grain Merchandiser Lingo
Grain Merchandiser Lingo Explained March 3, 2020 Brian Henry is a grain market analyst and inventory manager for Benson Quinn...
Wright Team
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Definitions of Marketing Terms
Definitions of Relative Strength Index, Bullish Consensus, Overbought, Oversold: From Bill of Maysville, KY: AM April 17, 2020 Roger...
Wright Team
Apr 12, 20213 min read
Major Export Deal Announcements
Market Action Related to Reporting of Major Export Deals Roger, So how does a corn export announcement work? Did they buy the futures...
Wright Team
Apr 11, 20217 min read
Commodity Market Analysis
Anyone seeking to sell anything wants to sell as near the top of the market as possible, or at the least, avoid selling in the bottom...
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