MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market posted solid gains during the week ended Wednesday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months. The most active May contract hit a session high of $1,143.70 per tonne on Wednesday, but settled off that mark at $1,125.20 per tonne. While canola may be trading in uncharted territory, there […] Read more
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ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s contract highs still underpriced
ICE weekly outlook: Analyst sees sharp declines coming for canola
MarketsFarm — Sharp increases in canola and other commodities are said to be coming to an end, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. Concerns stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have sparked huge gains, but there’s very likely a good amount of volatility ahead. “The market is being really driven by […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola finding plenty of support
MarketsFarm — ICE canola futures climbed to fresh contract highs during the week ended Wednesday, as activity in outside markets and canola’s own tight supply situation provided support. “Outside forces help it, but there are also things unique to the canola market that are supportive,” said David Derwin, commodities investment advisor with PI Financial in […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Rangebound canola market consolidating
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday before uncovering some support, as the commodity remained stuck in a range after trending higher for most of the past year. “Canola is caught in a rangebound, consolidation phase,” said MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville. The relative stability in canola, he said, […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: No independent strength left in canola
MarketsFarm — At a little more than halfway through the 2021-22 marketing year for canola, a trader asserted the Canadian oilseed now lacks the ability to move independently. Rather, it will follow the ups and downs in oil and meal markets. “[Canola] did its thing months ago,” trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola moving back in line with soybeans
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but lagged the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex to the upside as the spreads between the two markets saw some readjustment. “If you had bought 100 tonnes of March canola on Dec. 21 you’d be up about $10 per tonne right […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola in stratosphere as old-, new-crop gaps narrows
MarketsFarm — With so many influences affecting ICE Futures canola, one trader said it’s hard to figure just where the Canadian oilseed will go. Another trader, however, said the days of canola fetching more than $1,000 per tonne for an extended period of time are pretty much over. “It’s probably the craziest period we ever […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Choppy canola trade expected
Old-crop 'likely pushing the upper limits'
MarketsFarm — A speculative selloff weighed heavily on the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Wednesday, before the selling subsided and prices regained much of their lost ground. “For prices this high, that’s pretty routine stuff,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg on the $80 per tonne drop in the nearby […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Despite declines, signs point to increases for canola
MarketsFarm — Although old-crop canola was falling back midway through the week of Jan. 10, analyst David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg said the oilseed should “grind higher” in weeks to come. “The fundamentals haven’t changed at all — they’re not going to get more canola out of the ground until the fall,” he […] Read more
Funds holding record-large net long position in canola
MarketsFarm — Fund traders remain bullish in the canola market, growing their net long position to a new record in the latest Commitment of Traders report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola of 68,140 contracts as of Jan. […] Read more
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