Wheat - $WEAT
In the last great bull market we had six pullbacks to the weekly trend. I expect similar price action this time as well.
Those were six solid opportunities to enter with a good risk-to-reward ratio, and in my opinion it’s worth trading each and every one of them. We’ve now had the second one in this bull market.
Eventually the move gets exhausted and we lose some money on the last one. Small price to pay.
Same applies to bear markets, although they are more tricky from trading perspective.
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Why #wheat is surging again: up to 3.0 million tonnes a month at risk
Wheat is back near two-year highs. And every major wheat spike in recent years has had one thing in common: the Black Sea.
Early 2022: the start of the Russia–Ukraine war.
Summer 2023: the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal.
May 2024: frost damage to Russia’s wheat crop.
Now: attacks on vessels and growing disruption to shipping.
Russia is by far the world’s largest wheat exporter, while Ukraine is another major supplier. Together, they account for roughly 30% of global wheat exports.
For wheat, the Black Sea is something like the Strait of Hormuz for oil. Trouble there can quickly become a global pricing event.
This time, it started in the Sea of Azov. Navigation there is still halted after repeated attacks on vessels. Azov normally accounts for roughly a quarter of Russian grain exports.
But it didn’t stay there.
Ships have also been attacked in the Black Sea near Ukraine. Odesa ports are facing disruption, while Maersk has suspended container calls at Chornomorsk and is rerouting vessels to Romania.
Even Novorossiysk, Russia’s largest grain export hub, briefly halted navigation after an overnight attack.
And this is no longer just a grain story. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, whose shareholders include major U.S. oil companies, also shut down its oil terminal in Novorossiysk.
Ukraine can reroute some grain through the EU and the Danube, but this is neither easy nor cheap. Capacity is limited, and Danube water levels are currently the lowest in 30 years.
At first, the market treated this as another familiar Black Sea scare. Fair enough: these rallies often disappear as soon as shipping resumes.
But this disruption has lasted longer, affected more vessels and spread across a wider area.
Our preliminary estimate is that Russia and Ukraine could ship 1.5–3.0 million tonnes less grain per month in the short term, mainly wheat.
That is roughly 20–30% of their expected combined monthly exports. The midpoint of our estimate- 2.25 million tonnes - is equivalent in volume to around 13% of all wheat traded globally in an average month.
It doesn’t mean all that grain disappears. Some will be delayed or rerouted. But it is easily enough to move the global wheat market.
That helps explain why CBOT and Euronext wheat have hit contract highs, returning to levels last seen during Russia’s May 2024 frost rally.
My read: the rally can continue if the disruption lasts for another few weeks - or starts seriously affecting Russia’s large deep-water terminals.
But Black Sea rallies can reverse brutally.
After the grain deal collapsed in July 2023, attacks escalated quickly and then stopped just as suddenly, without any public explanation. The same could happen again, taking much of the risk premium out of the market almost overnight.
For now, though, the market is pricing a real threat to physical wheat flows. And I think that’s justified.
#oatt #sizovreport #blacksea
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