GRAINS: July corn futures closed up 8 1/2 cents at $5.02 1/4 Tuesday. Prices closed nearer the session high today and were supported on bargain hunting and a slow planting pace for U.S. corn. Corn prices are still in a 14-week-old uptrend on the daily bar chart. The bulls have the near-term technical advantage. Corn bulls’ next upside price objective is to push and close prices above solid technical resistance at $5.13. The next downside price breakout objective for the bears is pushing and closing prices below solid support at this week’s low of $4.90 3/4. First resistance for July corn is seen at today’s high of $5.06 and then at $5.10. First support is seen at $4.95 and then at $4.90 3/4. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 6.0
July soybeans closed down 15 1/2 cents at $14.71 3/4 a bushel Tuesday. Prices closed near the session low on more profit taking after hitting a contract high last Thursday. The soybean bulls still have the overall near-term technical advantage. Prices are in a three-month-old uptrend on the daily bar chart. The next near-term upside technical breakout objective for the soybean bulls is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at $15.00 a bushel. The next downside price breakout objective for the bears is pushing prices below solid technical support at $14.60. First resistance is seen at $14.80 and then at $14.90. First support is seen at today’s low of $14.70 and then at $14.60. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 7.0
July soybean meal closed down $5.80 at $470.30 Tuesday. Prices closed near the session low and saw more profit taking after hitting a contract last Thursday. The soybean meal bulls still have the overall near-term technical advantage. Prices are in a three-month-old uptrend on the daily bar chart. The next upside price breakout objective for the bulls is to produce a close above solid technical resistance at the contract high of $485.00. The next downside price breakout objective for the bears is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at the April low of $460.80. First resistance comes in at $475.00 and then at today’s high of $479.30. First support is seen at $468.00 and then at $465.00. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 7.0
July bean oil closed down 26 points at 43.00 cents Tuesday. Prices closed nearer the session low and saw more profit taking from recent gains. The bean oil bulls still have the near-term technical advantage. A three-week-old uptrend is still in place on the daily bar chart. The next upside price breakout objective for the bean oil bulls is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at last week’s high of 43.95 cents. Bean oil bears’ next downside technical price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at last week’s low of 42.04 cents. First resistance is seen at 43.25 cents and then at 43.50 cents. First support is seen at this week’s low of 42.89 cents and then at 42.50 cents. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 6.0
July Chicago SRW wheat closed up 3 1/4 cents at $6.78 3/4 Tuesday. Prices closed near mid-range today. The wheat bulls have the slight overall near-term technical advantage. However, a bearish double-top reversal pattern may be developing on the daily bar chart. Wheat bulls’ next upside breakout objective is to push and close Chicago SRW prices above solid technical resistance at the March high of $7.00. The next downside price breakout objective for the wheat futures bears is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at the April low of $6.63 3/4. First resistance is seen at today’s high of $6.84 1/4 and then at $6.90. First support lies at today’s low of $6.69 and then at $6.63 3/4. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 5.5
July HRW wheat closed up 3 1/2 cents at $7.45 1/4 Tuesday. Prices closed nearer the session high. The wheat bulls have the slight near-term technical advantage but need to show more power soon. Bulls’ next upside price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at the April high of $7.80 1/4. The bears’ next downside breakout objective is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at the April low of $7.23 1/4. First resistance is seen at today’s high of $7.50 3/4 and then at $7.60. First support is seen at today’s low of $7.36 3/4 and then at $7.30. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 5.5
July oats closed up 16 cents at $3.63 3/4 Tuesday. Prices closed nearer the session high on short covering. Bears still have the near-term technical advantage. Prices are still in a seven-week-old downtrend on the daily bar chart. Bears’ next downside price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at this week’s low of $3.52. Bulls’ next upside price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at the April high of $3.76 1/2. First support lies at $3.60 and then at $3.58. First resistance is seen at today’s high of $3.67 and then at $3.70. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 4.0
