Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The ICE Futures canola market is expected to stabilize now as there isn’t really any big news to drive North American oilseed markets. “We don’t have something very dominant for traders to focus on and supplies are pretty comfortable everywhere in the oilseed complex for now… the only factor that has hurt […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Quiet winter has canola steadying
ICE weekly outlook: Firm canola has limited upside
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canola futures on the ICE Futures platform moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as the market corrected off of the lows hit in late November. Gains in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and a smaller 2018 Canadian canola crop contributed to the advances, although values may not have much more room […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola corrects off lows, more losses possible
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in 15 months during the week ended Wednesday, but found some support to the downside as traders reacted to activity in the Canadian dollar and Chicago soyoil. “Canola seems to be getting some short covering after a long break (lower),” said Ken Ball […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola seen dropping further still
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — As global oilseed overproduction and a trade war rages on between the U.S. and China, producers should get used to lower canola prices, according to one analyst. “For the last two years (we’ve been) moving in a $480-$530 type of range. My best guess is that when we get into 2019, (without […] Read more
Canola futures continue their slide
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Canola futures slid to their lowest levels in 15 months during the week ended Nov. 9, but managed to uncover some support to the downside and could be consolidating. While off-the combine deliveries were slowing down with the advent of winter, the commercial pipeline is still filled with recently harvested canola supplies. […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola market establishing a base
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada – Canola contracts on the ICE platform are trading near their lowest levels in more than a year, but could be running out of room to the downside. With the North American harvest pressure easing and the South American soybean harvest still a number of months away, canola has window of opportunity where […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: ICE canola could go lower still
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – It’s a dismal outlook for the ICE canola market as it has hit new yearly lows and could go lower still, according to one trader. “Unfortunately the news for the moment doesn’t seem to be overwhelmingly bullish news. It continues to be a little bit on the tad negative side,” said Keith […] Read more
Canola funds cover shorts, move to net long
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Speculators covered short positions in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Tuesday, moving from a net short position to a small net long position, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators moved from […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola trends lower as farmers sell, harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The ICE Futures canola market will bounce around in trade for the foreseeable future with the overall trend being downward, according to an analyst. “We’re just going to continue to migrate lower. (There) are going to be up days because nothing goes down forever,” said Wayne Palmer, senior market analyst with Exceed […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Soyoil, not weather, main influence on canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Wet and snowy weather now plaguing the Prairies isn’t to blame for the canola market’s recent upswing, according to one trader. “Canola’s been firm but it really hasn’t shown any reaction whatsoever to the weather; it’s going up because bean oil’s going up and it’s lagging the bean oil gains by quite […] Read more
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