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Cotton futures closed the Friday session with contracts down 89 to 119 points across the nearbys. December was down 187 points on the week. The US dollar index was back down $1.318 to $98.425, as crude oil futures were $2.09/barrel lower. CFTC data showed spec funds in cotton futures and...

Not disruptive enough.

Cotton futures rounded out the week with losses of 10 to 13 points on Friday. December was still up 126 points on the week. Crude oil futures were back down 21 cents per barrel, with the US dollar index down $0.236 to $98.210. Weekly CFTC data showed a total of...

After Satoshi Nakamoto released Bitcoin in 2008, cryptocurrency has grown from a little concept to a global financial phenomenon.

I continue to have questions come in about my choice of CFTC Commitments of Traders reports. Given this, let's revisit my earlier piece, "The CFTC, Newton, and Me" from 2021.

Commerce chief Howard Lutnick’s firm backed controversial crypto giant Tether as Bukele ties deepened

The corn market in 2025 is off to a rocky start, grappling with tariffs that could reshape its future. This article examines the four fundamental principles—supply, demand, price volatility, and trader sentiment—that every trader and commercial user can utilize to inform their trading decisions. Demand is crumbling as export giants…

Last Friday's close through early Monday morning shows another memorable evening in the commodity complex, this one involving Gold's forward curve.

French trade unions and opposition parties involved in negotiating France’s controversial pension reform have asked for "clarification" from Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who on Sunday said that returning to a retirement age of 62, down from 64, was impossible.