Hog Futures Trade Higher On Short Covering

Following the sharp break in the first half of the week, hog future opened and traded higher through Thursday. The market has fallen to deeply oversold conditions both technically and relative to current week cash market quotes, and short covering offered support.     The July WASDE report featured updated changes to pork production estimates…

July WASDE Analysis

 The break in CBOT grain markets has been driven by a set on non-traditional fundamental factors. After getting squeezed out of their net long corn and soybean positions, funds have been steadily building a rare net short position. Note in the chart that funds have very rarely been short in either market at this time…