Thought Of The Day              "I don't care if you think I'm abnormal, strange, weird, crazy, insane, odd...

A Bull for Christmas All sorts of headlines tumbled out about a China trade deal, some saying it will be...

The 11th Hour A well-publicized "rumor" says a tariff delay and a partial trade deal will come Sat night. OK,...

A Wash This was a report filled with resounding tranquility. The US (mostly TX) lost 600 kb as compared to...

Waking Up While we wait for tomorrow's report, a look around at the Board shows a few markets are waking...

'Civilization Is At Stake' Trading cotton is crazy at times, but nothing comes closer to lunacy than what the Speaker...

New Numbers We ran through the balance sheet after Thanksgiving, and changed some things. Regards production, TX keeps bleeding cotton...

Rollbacks Some sort of agreement on tariff rollbacks is said to be close, with the mid December deadline approaching. The...

Catching Up Late in getting numbers plugged in to sales/exports, note that last week was a good one, with 315...

Small Ball Markets go nowhere more than they trend. Chops and sideways action, false breakouts and head-fakes are more common...