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Cleveland on Cotton: Weather and Trade – Hedging is Key
Cotton prices continue locked in their technical channel with new crop fighting to climb above 78 cents while the old crop July struggles to breech the 80 cent mark. July’s […]
Cleveland on Cotton: Riding the Export Wave
Cotton prices continue to ride the export wave as U.S. export sales exploded with more than 500,000 bales booked during the prior week. USDA did release its April world supply […]
Cleveland on Cotton: Less Acreage for 2019 Feeds the Bulls
What a difference a day makes! Ever since last Friday’s USDA’s indication that cotton plantings would likely be some 500,000-700,000 acres less than market expectations, cotton prices have moved higher […]
Cleveland on Cotton: USDA Predicts Texas Planting Down 6%
Cotton futures relieved their seriously overbought conditions and charged ahead to near the prior week’s settlements. Reasonably good export sales and shipments were positive for the market. Continued speculative and […]
Cleveland On Cotton: Selloff Just Ahead?
Cotton prices were influenced by the swine flu disaster in China and its spillover on all commodities. The price rally continued higher as fund managers gave up their attempt to […]
Cleveland on Cotton: 5-Cent Range Hanging in There
Cotton prices experienced an excellent week as funds, tired of the sleeping market, generated a round of short covering which was followed by new long positions which then triggered more […]
Cleveland on Cotton: Keep an Eye on Competition – Brazil, West Africa, Australia
Day after day after dark day, cotton continues to have a bad month. Pretty soon, someone might even notice — you think? Certainty, those with offices in Washington have not. […]
Cleveland On Cotton: Words Of Caution Stem From Gin Show
Cotton prices took a ride on Monopoly’s Reading Railroad this week as the nearby May settled at 73.85, up 84 points on the week. December was up 27 points, settling […]
Cleveland On Cotton: Carryover Moving Into Danger Zone
Cotton prices were able to challenge the 72-cent level on the week, but settled at 71.84, basis March futures. May futures settled the week at 73.01. This week’s upside movement […]
Cleveland on Cotton: Smallest Voice at the Trade Table
Cotton prices broke out of the principally lethargic 73 to 75 cent trading range this week. Unfortunately, it was to the downside. So far this week, the March contract has […]
