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Surviving Volatility
A volatile market can make you feel like you don’t know anything about merchandising. Price, basis, and spreads swing around in bigger increments and...
Market Volatility
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When the Market Gets Volatile, Get Disciplined
Phil Luce: Mar 17, 2022
Wild markets stir up emotions in even the most seasoned of grain merchandisers. When margin calls are coming fast and frequently, and there are...
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When Being Right is the Wrong Focus
Phil Luce: Jul 29, 2021
Volatility has a lot of side effects on the mentality of a basis trader. Maybe the most dangerous is an aversion to being wrong – and when price,...
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Is Your Grain Merchandising Plan In a 4-Alarm Emergency or Fire Drill?
When was the last time you actually walked through your merchandising plan? In the midst of the lackadaisical pricing environment of this past...