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Corn: Long corn, stop short...I'm actually talking about the real commodity here. Interestingly it has a nice base and daily trend signal here, which has decent upside vs risk.
I'm long since last Friday, near the open using July corn futures. Looking for a move towards the target on chart in time.
This could be a major bottom, so, probably interesting to see if we can keep a part of the trade running for longer, provided it forms a continuation signal after hitting the target zone.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
Long Term Prospects for CORNUSDThe CORNUSD, symbol ZC, is in a long-term Bear Market with price trading above the 50 week ema, but below the 200 and 800 week emas. The the long term emas are mostly flat, signaling accumulation / distribution. The price action appears to be finishing up the b-wave of a final y-wave down. This would correspond with a long-term commodities bottom expected in 2021.
The Market is in a deep correction on the daily, with price above the 50 ema, which is below the 200 and 800 emas, with the long term emas pretty much right on top of each other and mostly flat, signaling accumulation / distribution. Price is topping out in the b-wave of a a-b-c sell-off. Expect price to trade back below 3.606 before putting in a bottom. There is a serious Seasonal nature to the Corn market. Prices bottom in early Spring and then shoot up in May time frame. The chart expected price pattern reflects that with what that means in terms of the Elliott Wave pattern.
The Market was on the verge of being in a Bull Market on the 4 hour, with price trading back below the 50 ema, which is above the 200 ema, which is heading towards trading above the 800 ema. Price is now technically back in an correction. Would expect price to bang around here, testing emas, before turning down steadily in the c-wave of this correction. Probably open down next weeks, trade up towards the back end of the coming week to finish out an M-Top formation, before resuming the greater down-trend.
This is my CORNUSD look ahead for my own trading purposes. FUTURES trading involves risk. Feel free to comment, but trade off of this post at your own peril.
"CORN going down" by ThinkingAntsOkDaily Chart Explanation:
- Price started its down move from the Major Resistance Zone.
- Price made a retracement towards the Middle Resistance Zone.
- Now, it should be strong enough to go down towards our targets to the Support Zone first and to the Major Support Zone then.
Weekly Vision:
Updates coming soon!
"Corn on a Resistance Zone" by ThinkingAntsOkDaily Chart Explanation:
- On the Weekly Vision, price is in a huge lateralization, we see it has potential to move down towards the Support Zone.
- Now, price is on the Resistance Zone.
- We expect it to bounce from here.
- We are looking for sell setups on lower timeframes.
Weekly Vision:
Updates coming soon!
"Corn is retesting the Resistance Zone" by ThinkingAntsOkDaily Chart Explanation:
- Price started its down move after bouncing on the Major Resistance Zone.
- Now, price is on the Middle Resistance Zone.
- If it bounces from here, it has potential to continue its down move towards the Support Zone and, then, towards the Major Support Zone.
- We are looking for sell setups on lower timeframes.
Weekly Vision:
Updates coming soon!
Corn, the Weather Drives the RallyFollowing the disappointment of the failed talks between the United States and China about two weeks ago, grains, particularly corn and soybeans, have fallen. The corn price dropped to a new low of the year (Monday, May 13). Since that time, the corn has started a steep rise due to the known meteorological problems.
If we take the chart of the futures contract delivery July, we can see how strong has been the rise over the last seven days, and that has led the price to break the trendline resistance of the bearish channel, within which corn was moving from July 2018.
When these situations happen, when an external factor (in this case the climate, the heavy rains) influences so strongly the price of a commodity, the best thing to do is to wait for the effect ends, and for the price to start a "return" towards a normal value.
Yes, because if we exclude the weather, the situation for corn (and all other grains) is not improved, on the contrary...
This rally of the price is a real breath of fresh air for American corn farmers. The collapse of the price has brought to their knees many of them. The trade disputes have already caused a $6.3 billion loss to corn farmers in 2018, and 2019 could be even worse.
It does not mean the rally has to stop right here. The forecast promises more rain the next ten days, and that will give new fuel to the strong bullish phase, but do keep in mind that the rallies, particularly short-covering rallies, can end just as abruptly as they began.
So, I repeat, we have to be patient, wait for the climate effect ends, and only then will we be able to open bearish positions, taking advantage of a return of the price to a value more consistent with the moment we are living.
A fundamental rule in trading is to never anticipate market entry. Remember that it is always better to take a small part of a big movement, rather than a large part of a little movement.
So never be impatient to click on buy or sell.
short PUT on CornAccording to the seasonal pattern (summer rally), Corn Future is on its move to higher ground also raising volatility along its move upward. This trend is supported by the commercials' net long position, which comes from the closing out of the short positions. OI is rather low, meaning that public is not the driving source behind the price movement.
Option Trade Idea:
short Put 355
duration 60 days (July 17th 2017)
Premium: 1 7/8 (x5000) = appr. 100$ per option
Delta: 11
Volatility: 22.2%
Comparison of Volatility Indices (Daily)This chart shows the most current values of Volatility Indices for the mostly used Future Underlyings: ES, B6, E6, ZL, ZN, ZC, ZW, Russell etc.
CORN: Go long at market openWe should enter longs in CORN at market open tomorrow, our risk is 85 cents down from our entry (whatever that is), so size your trade accordingly, risk 1% on the position, and aim for a 13.95% rally, to begin with.
There's a possibility that this is a long lasting bottom in this commodity (and possibly many others), so don't miss out on the move.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
ZC: Corn has a new potential uptrend signal hereLet's add to longs at market open, there's a chance a second 'Time at mode' signal confirms on close here. Move all stops to Sept. 12th's low, and open a 1% risk long, if we don't retest the new entry stop on close, we can expect a rally to 364'6 by or before October 25th.
We should see a strong rally from here, and at least 3-4% more upside, before a pause in it.
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Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
CORN bottom?corn sell off has decelerated, and has been in bottom consolidation... can we get a upwards move soon?