The corn-soybean spread is one of the most watched inter-commodity relationships in agricultural markets. In practice, it usually means trading the price difference or ratio between corn and soybeans, most often through CME Group futures, to express a view on…
Wheat-corn spread trading is the practice of trading the price relationship between wheat and corn rather than taking a view on only one grain outright. In futures markets, this usually means buying wheat futures and selling corn futures, or selling…
Intercommodity grain spreads are price relationships between two different grain or oilseed markets, such as corn versus wheat, soybeans versus canola, or soybean meal versus corn. They are used to compare relative value, trade substitution effects in feed and processing,…
A calendar spread in grain is a futures position that buys one delivery month and sells another delivery month in the same crop, such as buying December corn and selling March corn, or the reverse. It is used to trade…
Grain spread trading is the practice of buying one grain market and selling another related grain market at the same time, usually to trade the price relationship rather than the outright price direction. In practice, this can mean trading two…
Grain breakout trading is a strategy that tries to capture large price moves when grain markets push above resistance or below support. In practice, traders apply it most often to futures such as corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, or rapeseed-linked contracts,…
A grain MACD trading strategy uses the Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator to identify momentum shifts in grain futures such as corn, wheat, soybeans, canola, and related contracts. In practice, it is most useful for timing entries and exits within…
A grain RSI trading strategy uses the Relative Strength Index to time entries and exits in grain markets such as corn, wheat, soybeans, canola, oats, or rice-linked contracts. In practice, it is most often applied to exchange-traded futures and options,…
Grain moving averages are a simple but powerful way to smooth noisy price action in wheat, corn, soybeans, rice, canola, and other grain markets. They are used mostly in futures and chart-based analysis, but they can also help farmers, merchandisers,…
In grain markets, support and resistance are price areas where buying or selling repeatedly becomes strong enough to slow, stop, or reverse a move. They are not fixed laws or guaranteed turning points; they are zones where traders, merchandisers, hedgers,…
