Did anyone notice that in the last month the profit in 1000 acres of canola went down $45000. Gives one a nice feeling as your throwing around those $500 bags of seed!
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Errol posted back on May 2 new crop 570 puts were going for $16.50/tonne. Would have cost $13,200 plus commission to lock in 800 tonnes at 553.50.
Not taking basis changes into consideration a guy might be around 30 grand to the good on that insurance purchase
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Sorry for the poor math in the above comments. A drop of 45000 dollars on a thousand acres is based on one tonne per acre. So, you would have to buy puts on 1000 tonnes which would have cost 16,500 plus commission; still a good money maker.
Last Friday those same 570 puts for November were going for 28/tonne
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Just profit taking by the funds, they will want back in sometime. The world still will be short of food and it is in your fields.
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Nov $570 puts closed at $$28. Today, they
will trade likely $32/MT or higher as
overnight canola trade down hard.
Next stop on Nov $540/MT?
Errol
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It's only less profitable if you were foolish enough not to hedge something at those profitable levels. Puts have continuesd to trade at vol's around 15% that provided cheap insurance. As for the funds their liquidation is only begining, one has to remember they drove the price 40 bucks higher than any end user was willing to pay for export canola as well and provided lots of selling opportunity. There is also a record fund long in beans and US futures are overvalued to the Dalian which is where all the demand is coming from. Sell the rallies as the trend has changed.
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Major fallout in global veg oil prices
right now. Malaysian palm oil tumbled
nearly 4% overnight. Slowdown in China
tied to depression in Europe now rippling
across the world.
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