Marty Hibbs is a grain merchandiser with Grain Farmers of Ontario. Hibbs is a 25 year veteran futures trader, analyst, and portfolio manager. He was a regular guest analyst on BNN for four years and is currently authoring the Market Side education series on futures trading basics in the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine.
Ontario Grain Marketing Commentary for February 13, 2019
| Commodity | Period | Price | Weekly Movement |
| Corn CBOT | March | 3.79 | ↑ 01 cents |
| Soybeans CBOT | March | 9.17 | ↓ 05 cents |
| Wheat CBOT | March | 5.21 | ↓ 05 cents |
| Wheat Minn. | March | 5.80 | ↑ 07 cents |
| Wheat Kansas | March | 4.93 | ↓ 14 cents |
| Chicago Oats | March | 2.82 | ↓ 06 cents |
| Canadian $ | March | .7553 | ↓ 0.35 points |
Corn
Nothing new to report. Corn continues to track sideways again in the triangle channel. We are still in the $3.70 – $3.80 trading range. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report was a non-event.
The intermediate indicators remain positive and a challenge of the $4 level seems imminent in the coming months, but the primary trend remains down.
Soybeans
The March soybean contract challenged the $9 level again after the USDA report but it held once again.
A close above this at the $9.40 level is needed to start the ball rolling for a bullish move this spring. A close above this level should set us up for a challenge of the more important $10.80 wall. A convincing close above $9.40 could finally turn this six-year-old bear into the full-blown multi-year bull market that we have been anticipating.
Short-term indicators are now neutral while the primary trend remains down. The support line is still at $9 on the March futures and resistance remains at the $9.40 level.
Wheat
We continued to track sideways again this week and we are still seeing resistance at the $5.35 – $5.40 level on the March futures. We need to stay above the $5 support to keep the positive tone in the futures. Short term indicators suggest a pop in prices to challenge the $5.35 level on the March contract possible later this month. I am still looking for higher prices in the spring.
Both short- and long-term indicators are now bullish while the intermediate is neutral.
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Marty Hibbs, Grain Farmers of Ontario
Cash Grain prices as of the close, February 13, 2019 are as follows:
SWW @ $248.69/MT ($6.77/bu), HRW @ $251.12/MT ($6.83/bu),
HRS @ $243.34/MT ($6.62/bu), SRW @ $243.82/MT ($6.64/bu).
