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Basis Trading Starts with Balance
A good basis trader will spend an entire career refining his/her basis trading knowledge and skills. However, every principle of basis trading is...
Basis Trading (2)
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The Basis Trader's Rules
Sherry Lorton: Jun 16, 2020
I ran across this in my favorites folder the other day. I thought it a worthy reminder of how being successful in the grain elevator business is...
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Thoughts on Navigating an Uncertain Environment
Phil Luce: May 19, 2020
Last spring, things in the grain world were a mess. Huge swaths of the country were late planting or not planting at all. The general sense was that...
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3 Opportunities for Grain Elevators that Manage Their Space Well
Cambridge dictionary defines waste of space as “a person or thing that is not useful or helpful.” In the grain storage business, it is our...
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The Best Way for Farmers and Grain Elevators to "sell the carry"
A common refrain throughout my time and travels in the grain business is the concept of “selling the carry.” This is roundly regarded as a good thing...
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Preparing for the Grain Merchandising Inevitable: Part 2
Sherry Lorton: Jan 27, 2015
Planning with a Purpose
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5 Things Grain Buyers May Not Tell A Grain Merchandiser
The reason behind some buyers not volunteering this information to the elevator grain merchandiser isn’t necessarily deceitful; rather, it can be...
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5 Ways Basis Trading Grain Elevators Own Their Markets
At White Commercial, we have the privilege of working with over 250 grain elevator companies all over the US and Canada. We have identified specific...
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The 11 Rules of Basis Trading
Don White, Chairman of White Commercial Corporation: May 16, 2014
The Basis Trader's Rules We are in the grain business and we are basis traders. Futures are used only to fix the basis on a grain transaction and...