What does short covering mean in commodities? & How is weather influencing the grain market?

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“What does short covering mean in commodities? & How is weather influencing the grain market?”

by Jim Roemer - Meteorologist - Commodity Trading Advisor - Principal, Best Weather Inc. & Climate Predict - Publisher, Weather Wealth Newsletter

Scott Mathews, Editor

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No, that is not me covering myself up in a skirt (shorts). Anyway… this video below discusses the following:
 

1) The definition of short covering in commodities and how to identify it ahead of time

2) Why corn and wheat rallied this past week. A look at some new global weather concerns for wheat (too wet in the southern U.S. with disease issues and record heat in China)

3) A look at the global tight stocks situation for corn and why, after corn prices tanked on mostly ideal Midwest planting weather, short-covering occurred earlier this week

4) The weather forecast techniques I will present in my WeatherWealth newsletter for summer grain market trading this summer

(Calling for the drought to ease for Plains wheat, and some trading ideas from sugar to coffee and grains)

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Thanks for your interest in commodity weather!

 

Jim Roemer, Scott Mathews and the BestWeather Team

 

 

 

Mr. Roemer owns Best Weather Inc., offering weather-related blogs for commodity traders and farmers. He also is a co-founder of Climate Predict, a detailed long-range global weather forecast tool. As one of the first meteorologists to become an NFA registered Commodity Trading Advisor, he has worked with major hedge funds, Midwest farmers, and individual traders for over 35 years. With a special emphasis on interpreting market psychology, coupled with his short and long-term trend forecasting in grains, softs, and the energy markets, he commands a unique standing among advisors in the commodity risk management industry. 

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