Lower highs and lower lows have been the tune the past 3 months and look to continue after long period of beans in the teens for most of the past seven years.
North American Harvest Update:
U.S. soybean production will reach a record 3.913 billion bushels, according to the USDA. Yields will total 46.6 bushels an acre, up from an August estimate of 45.4 bushels per acre, it forecast on Sept. 11. Prices tumbled 30 percent this year on expectations that a record harvest in the U.S., the top grower, will boost global supply.
South American Planting Update:
The weather has generally been favorable for early soybean planting in Brazil. As of September 26th, the state most advanced in soybean planting in Brazil is Parana in southern Brazil where 7% of the soybeans have been planted. Last year only 2% of the soybeans in the state were planted by September 26th. In small regions of the state near the cities of Cascavel and Toledo 30-35% of the soybeans
That being said, I turn to the charts. Looking at a continuous daily chart of the beans below you can see that the last two diamonds signals I got resulted in very minor bounce and the question now is how will the third one I just got this morning will pan out?
ZSE Soybeans (Globex) Equalized Active Daily Continuation
My thoughts are to use rallies as an opportunity to sell some call options premium ( unlimited risk, one must be an experienced trader to consider this aggressive strategy, read more about options here)
If you are a very short term trader ( few hours to few days) you can try to trade a counter trend play going long with a stop below the psychological $9 level with targets at 9.34 and $10 if we can get a close above the $9.34 level.
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