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Commodity Opportunity: Go Hog Wild!
While most folks out there have turkey on the brain for the upcoming holiday -- Elliott Wave International's chief commodity expert Jeffrey Kennedy is thinking of the other white meat: Pork. Namely, Jeffery has just identified a near-term opportunity in pork belly futures.
Here's the gist: On November 26, pork bellies bounced to their highest level in six weeks. As for why: Well, the mainstream experts served up more "fundamental" side dishes to explain the market's rise than a Thanksgiving dinner. Off the top are these popular favorites:
- "Outside market bullishness" including an "upswing in US stock markets."
- "Positive lean hog influence."
- "Chicago Mercantile Exchange data showing that "pounds of bellies moved into exchange-approved warehouses came in just shy of last year's number, which might be uses as neutral to slightly friendly for futures."
- And, "Friday's (November 21) monthly U.S. government cold storage results for hams and total pork during October proved mildly supportive for hog futures."
Suffice it to say: They all miss the gravy train in an attempt to "explain" price action that has long since been underway. The most recent uptrend in pork bellies did not get started on November 26, or November 21 even. But rather, November 18.
(The Next Big Move In Pork Bellies Is… In the November 26 Daily Futures Junctures, editor Jeffrey Kennedy's original price charts and objective analysis reveal where and when the bounce in bellies could end. Act Now.)
As for catching the rise in pork bellies BEFORE it took off -- the November 14 Daily Futures Junctures "Weekly Wrap-up" set the stage for an imminent rally via the following price chart. (Some Elliott Wave labels have been removed for this publication)
One look at the close-up above and there's no mistaking the pattern at large: A classic diagonal triangle underway since February. Here, Elliott Wave Principle – Key to Market Behavior fills in the blanks:
"A diagonal triangle is the only five-wave structure in the direction of the main trend within which wave four almost always moves into the price territory of (i.e. overlaps) wave one... and imply one thing: Dramatic reversal ahead."
A powerful rally to a six-week high later, the November 26 Daily Futures Junctures revisits pork bellies to reveal where the trend may end. (Not to mention, the latest DFJ also includes in-depth analysis of the near-term trend changes in store for Soybean Meal.)
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