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This week on ‘Between The Rows’
Episode 213, Feb. 25, 2021
ICE weekly outlook: Profit-taking to pressure canola
Market appearing overdone
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts climbed to record highs during the week ended Wednesday as concerns over tightening old-crop supplies provided support. However, the market was looking overdone to the upside and profit-taking came forward to put some pressure on values. “The traders that are still long are playing the game of forcing the […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: March canola contract not quite out of game
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — ICE Futures’ March canola contract doesn’t have too much to do with the price of the Canadian oilseed directly now but still can influence prices in coming days, according to Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. Open interest in the March contract was around 15,000 as of Feb. 17. Ferley noted […] Read more
Funds add to net longs in canola, U.S. futures
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The large managed-money net long positions in soybean, corn and canola futures increased during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola of 43,967 contracts as […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Volatility day-to-day in bullish canola market
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market saw some large price moves during the week ended Wednesday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months before profit-taking came forward to weigh on values. With canola trading at historically high price levels, the potential volatility in the marketplace can go to extreme levels without much explanation, analyst […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: How long can canola remain well supported?
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Despite recent declines in canola prices, the Canadian oilseed remains very well supported, according to Errol Anderson of Market Place Communications in Calgary. The question he posed, though, was for how long can this last? “The market is incredibly well supported because of the lack of deliveries and that the crushers are still […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola entering uncharted waters
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts climbed sharply higher in the front months during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their highest levels since 2008. The March contract settled Wednesday at $717.80 per tonne, marking the first close above the $700 per tonne level since March 2008. “Everybody is long, and everybody won’t make a profit […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Potential remains for higher canola prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canola prices fell back during the course of the last week, but should begin to move higher going into the coming week, according to trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Canola likely “reached the top” last week with profit-taking having set in, he said, noting a lot of money pours into […] Read more
Funds’ net long position edges lower in canola
Net long increased in MGEX and K.C. wheats
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Funds’ large net long position in canola narrowed slightly during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed-money fund traders as of Tuesday were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola of 51,614 contracts, down by about […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: WASDE spillover boosts canola
Canola may soon become price-sensitive, analyst says
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Sharp increases in soybean, corn and wheat futures on Tuesday, following the release of the latest supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in turn spilled over into canola. The most significant factors in USDA’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) were further reductions to ending stocks for […] Read more
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