Reading Time: < 1 minute The net managed money short position in canola grew for the first time in seven weeks as fund traders put on fresh bearish bets in mid-April, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Fund traders back adding to short positions in canola
ICE canola weekly outlook: Trends shift lower once again
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canola futures broke below major chart support levels in mid-April, with nearby price trends all turning lower as attention in the market turns to the upcoming crop.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola looking to S&D report for direction
Reading Time: < 1 minute While the start of the week of Apr. 8 saw canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange trade in a very narrow range, broker Jamie Wilton of RJ O’Brien in Winnipeg said that could soon change.
ICE Weekly: More room to the upside for canola
Reading Time: 2 minutes After the May contract on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) fell to its lowest level in two-and-a-half weeks, at C$615.70 per tonne on March 28, it jumped to rise above C$645 on April 2. However, the contract closed C$10 below their daily highs on both April 2 and 3.
Large fund short position shrinking in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Managed money fund traders continued to chip away at their large net short position in canola in mid-March, covering more of their large bearish bets, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
ICE Weekly: Canola hitting highest levels since January
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly seven months of price pressures and fund selling creating a lengthy downturn have given way to canola trending higher for the first time in 2024.
Speculators finally backing away from bearish bets in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculators were busy covering some of their large net short position in canola in early March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Managed money still adding to record large canola short position
Net short position in soybeans increased by about 2,300 contracts
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculators continued to add to their record large net short position in canola in mid-February, showing little sign of moving to the other side of the market any time soon, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
ICE canola weekly outlook: Market in search of demand
Farmers holding large amounts of unpriced canola waiting for future to move upward, analyst says
Reading Time: < 1 minute A modest attempt at correcting higher was met by stiff resistance in the ICE Futures canola market, with a general downtrend still intact as the futures work to uncover some demand.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Market stabilizing, but for how long?
Domestic crushers running at full capacity but export demand lacking
Reading Time: < 1 minute ICE Futures canola contracts continued to show some modest strength during the week ended Jan. 24, as the market stabilized above the lows hit earlier in the month. However, whether the uptrend continues or canola retreats to fresh lows remains to be seen.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
