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Wright Team
Apr 10, 20213 min read
Technical Analysis Is the Market's Language
Does the Market Tell Us What It thinks the Carryout Will Be? Yes. The three most important factors in predicting corn, wheat, and bean...
Wright Team
Apr 9, 20211 min read
About the NOPA
National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) The NOPA was formed in 1930 and its members crush about 95% of all the soybeans crushed in...
Wright Team
Apr 9, 20212 min read
All About the US Dollar Index
Written in 2012. The US Dollar Index measures the value of the US dollar compared to six other major currencies. As the dollar index goes...
Wright Team
Apr 7, 20217 min read
What Is a Hedge, HTA and How Do They Work
Marketing grain involves two markets. Wrap your head around that concept. Two markets! Everyone in the USA uses the “cash market” to buy...
Wright Team
Apr 6, 20213 min read
Leverage
What Makes Futures Trading So Dangerous…And Very Profitable Written in 2019 when soybean futures were $9.00 There is hardly an adult in...
Wright Team
Apr 6, 20215 min read
How to Capture Price Gains After Contracted Too Early
Good morning, Roger, When you make recommendations to sell July 22 wheat $6.60 or higher are you recommending a 10% sale or are you...
Wright Team
Apr 5, 20215 min read
How Money Flows on a Futures Tranaction
Cold, hard cash is the lifeblood of the futures market. Since delivery of the grain is not required, money is the required “commodity” in...
Wright Team
Apr 5, 20216 min read
HTA Problems of '95 and '96
The first HTA in Ohio and possibly the Corn Belt was written December 29th, 1984. It was done at Shepard Grain Company in southwest...
Wright Team
Apr 5, 20212 min read
Seasonal Trend Charts
Two of the four factors that we use to determine whether one should price the futures is the seasonal trend and profitability of the...
Wright Team
Apr 3, 20213 min read
Rolling a HTA Contract and the Year to Year Risk and Reward
How HTA Contracts Are Rolled to the Next Crop Year and the Risk of Inverted Market The market plan I recommend includes your merchandiser...
Wright Team
Apr 3, 20217 min read
Two Markets
To be an effective and successful grain marketing person, one absolutely must fully understand that there are two grain markets, how...
Wright Team
Apr 2, 20215 min read
What Is the Purpose of Futures Exchanges?
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) was founded on April 3, 1848, by 83 merchants at 101 South Water Street in, believe it or not, Chicago!...
Wright Team
Apr 2, 20214 min read
What Spreads Can Do for You and How to Use Them
This time of year (winter), generally speaking, old crop prices move more than new crop prices. Old crop prices are sensitive to current...
Wright Team
Apr 2, 20212 min read
Why the Ten Minute Delay Futures Quotes?
Quotes of Commodity Futures: Why the Ten Minute Delay 4 November 2020 With the advent of internet technology, the price of the last...
Wright Team
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Make Your Money Work as Hard As You Do
The more experienced I get, the more I have promoted the concept of using one's futures account to make the most money with the least...
Wright Team
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Weekly Crop Progress Reports
How NASS Collects and Prepares Weekly Crop Progress Reports Crop progress and condition estimates are based on survey data collected each...
Wright Team
Mar 31, 20217 min read
Market Plan for 2021 Corn and Soybeans
1 May 2021 For a year I have been preparing a “Weekly Summary and Recommendations” in which I identified four factors to determine if you...
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