canola trend price chart

Canola rallies to eight-month high

Market Outlook: Longs move back in when the market bottoms for a second time

Canola has rallied $65 per tonne since Dec. 4, 2014, the day the May 2015 futures contract turned up from a second low at $408.60. A chart pattern known as a double bottom indicated the May futures contract would rally to $470 per tonne, a level not seen since June 30, 2014. Double bottom Double

Live cattle weekly nearby: Chart as of Jan. 28, 2015.

Key reversal alerts livestock producers to recent downturn

Technical analysis has the ability to cut through the news and see opportunities

Live cattle futures plummeted $23 per hundredweight after turning down from a new historical high in late November 2014. As always, the news was incredibly bullish at the top, so some livestock producers may have been caught off guard by the sudden drop in prices. However, producers who study charting and technical analysis may have