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01 Jan: SOYB

Soybean futures and options are an easy, liquid tool for speculating or hedging against price movements for one of the world’s most widely grown crops. Benefit from the liquidity of an average of over 200,000 contracts traded per day and peaks in open interest near 900,000.

01 Jan: CORN

Corn futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts in which the contract buyer agrees to take delivery, from the seller, a specific quantity of corn (i.e. 50 tonnes) at a predetermined price on a future delivery date. Corn Futures are traded at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), NYSE Euronext (Euronext) and Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE). Commodities are traded based on margin, and the margin changes based on market volatility and the current face value of the contract. For example, to trade a corn contract on the CBOT, a trader may be required to maintain a margin of $1,350, which is approximately 4.5% of the face value.

01 Jan: COFFEE

Coffee futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts in which the contract buyer agrees to take delivery, from the seller, a specific quantity of coffee (eg. 10 tonnes) at a predetermined price on a future delivery date.

01 Jan: COCOA

Cocoa futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts in which the contract buyer agrees to take delivery, from the seller, a specific quantity of cocoa (eg. 10 tonnes) at a predetermined price on a future delivery date.

15 Apr: USDCHF

USDCHF has long since been a great canary in the coalmine for DXY (USD index).  Today’s green candle is very similar to 11/30 (last day of Nov) so have to take it with a grain of salt.  Keep watching USDCHF for signs of bottoming, that would be an early precursor of a dollar bottom, but any red candle on monday would negate any ST bottom potential.