Buy May corn (either 2 minis or 1 regular). Buy 705 1/4 stop. Protective stop 680 1/2. Potential projection 750.
Reasons for the Trade:
1. On the monthly chart corn has not formed a key reversal top.
2. The weekly chart has a previous buy signal that is still intact.
3. On the weekly chart the current wave up has not met projections.
4. On the weekly chart, corn sold off into the 650 support area and held.
4. The daily chart formed a key reversal bottom today.
5. On the daily chart corn rallied back over the 20 day ma and closed above it.
6. On the daily chart corn held in the 650 support area.
Buy May mini beans (1 or 2). Buy 1335 stop. Protective stop 1296. Potential projection 1415.
Reasons for the Trade:
1. On both the monthly and weekly chart beans held at the 1300 support.
2. On the weekly it closed back over the 20 day ma.
3. On the daily chart, beans closed back over the 100 day ma.
4. On the daily chart, beans held the 1300 support.
5. On the daily chart, beans formed a key reversal bottom today.
Buy March dollar index. Buy 77.760 stop. Protective stop 76.950. Potential projection 79.500.
1. On the monthly chart, sell-offs have held to the uptrend line formed since the early 2008 low.
2. The monthly also formed a major key reversal bottom four months ago that is still intact.
3. The weekly continues to hold in previous support.
4. The weekly has broken out of the downtrend formed since the June high and suggests that it is setting up for a second wave up.
5. On the daily it suggests that it is trying to set up for a second wave up. The recent sell-off could be a test of the contract low (77.000) that is holding.