GRAINS: December corn futures closed 11 cents at $3.52 1/2 Wednesday. Prices closed near the session low and hit a contract low today. Today’s price action negated what could have been “basing” to put in a market low, and instead could not be a bearish downside “breakout” that suggests a fresh leg down in prices in the near term. Bears are in strong overall technical control. Corn bulls’ next upside price objective is to push and close prices above solid technical resistance at $3.70. The next downside price breakout objective for the bears is pushing and closing prices below solid support at $3.50. First resistance for December corn is seen at $3.58 and then at today’s high of $3.62 3/4. First support is seen at today’s contract low of $3.51 3/4 and then at $3.50. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 1.0
November soybeans closed down 11 3/4 cents at $10.20 1/4 a bushel Wednesday. Prices closed near mid-range and set a contract low today. The soybean bears still have the strong overall near-term technical advantage. Prices are in a 13-week-old downtrend on the daily bar chart. There are no early clues of a market bottom being close at hand. The next near-term upside technical breakout objective for the soybean bulls is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at $10.50 a bushel. The next downside price breakout objective for the bears is pushing prices below solid technical support at $10.00. First resistance is seen at today’s high of $10.28 3/4 and then at this week’s high of $10.38. First support is seen at today’s contract low of $10.12 1/2 and then at $10.00. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 1.0
December soybean meal closed down $9.70 at $350.30 Wednesday. Prices closed nearer the session low and gave back all of Tuesday’s good gains. The soybean meal bears have the solid overall near-term technical advantage. The next upside price breakout objective for the bulls is to produce a close above solid technical resistance at this week’s high of $362.00. The next downside price breakout objective for the bears is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at $345.00. First resistance comes in at $355.00 and then at today’s high of $358.80. First support is seen at today’s low of $347.00 and then at $345.00. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 2.0
December bean oil closed down 17 points at 31.95 cents Wednesday. Prices closed nearer the session low and hit another contract low today. The bean oil bears have the solid overall near-term technical advantage. Prices are in a two-month-old downtrend 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 33.71 cents. Bean oil bears’ next downside technical price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at 31.00 cents. First resistance is seen at today’s high of 32.38 cents and then at this week’s high of 32.60 cents. First support is seen at today’s contract low of 31.75 cents and then at 31.50 cents. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 1.0
December Chicago SRW wheat closed down 19 3/4 cents at $5.35 1/4 Wednesday. Prices closed near the session low and hit a contract low today. The wheat bears have the strong overall near-term technical advantage. The sideways and choppy price action at lower levels the past six weeks was apparently not “basing.” Today’s price action is a downside “breakout” from that trading range that suggests a fresh leg down in prices in the near term. Wheat bulls’ next upside breakout objective is to push and close Chicago SRW prices above solid technical resistance at $5.80. The next downside price breakout objective for the wheat futures bears is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at $5.00. First resistance is seen at $5.40 and then at $5.50. First support lies at today’s contract low of $5.35 and then at $5.30. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 1.0
December HRW wheat closed down 15 3/4 cents at $6.16 3/4 Wednesday. Prices closed nearer the session low and hit a contract low today. The wheat bears have the solid overall near-term technical advantage. Bulls’ next upside price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at last week’s high of $6.54. The bears’ next downside breakout objective is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at $6.00. First resistance is seen at $6.25 and then at today’s high of $6.33 1/2. First support is seen at today’s contract low of $6.15 1/4 and then at $6.10. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 1.0
December oats closed down 7 1/2 cents at $3.39 1/4 Wednesday. Prices closed near the session low. Bulls and bears are back on a level near-term technical playing field. Bears’ next downside price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices below solid technical support at last week’s low of $3.36 3/4. Bulls’ next upside price breakout objective is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at the August high of $3.60 3/4. First support lies at $3.36 3/4 and then at $3.35. First resistance is seen at $3.43 and then at $3.45. Wyckoff’s Market Rating: 5.0
