Canada Markets

A Look at Canola's Forward Curve

Cliff Jamieson
By  Cliff Jamieson , Canadian Grains Analyst
Connect with Cliff:
@CliffJamieson
Canola's forward curve, a line which simply joins the closing price for each trading month, continues to reflect a bullish fundamental situation due to the downward slope of the line, although less bullish than previously indicated. (DTN ProphetX chart)
Canola's forward curve, a line which simply joins the closing price for each trading month, continues to reflect a bullish fundamental situation due to the downward slope of the line, although less bullish than previously indicated. (DTN ProphetX chart)

Canola's forward curve continues to reflect a bullish, downward-sloping line on the chart. Each contract is trading higher than the one that follows, signaling firm front-end demand, providing incentive to sell into front-end markets along with little incentive to store grain.

The line on the chart joins the $937.80 metric ton close on Oct. 19 with the $862/mt close for the July 2022 contract, while the line then flattens for the 2022-23 crop year, ending with a $708/mt close for November 2023.

The line for the 2021-22 crop year has flattened over time, signaling a less-bullish view of fundamentals, often determined by the actions of commercial traders as they position in future contracts.

The November/July spread closed at $75.80/mt on Tuesday, down from a high of $83.60/mt shown for Oct. 1 and a high of $117.10/mt reached at the Aug. 27 close. While canola's supply situation remains extremely bullish, demand faced so far this crop year has been light.

We can only watch for a change in this trend. The Canadian Grain Commission has reported weekly disappearance at 450,700 mt to 464,700 mt during the past two shipping weeks (crush plus exports), a pace of demand that would eat up the current estimated 14.7 mmt of supplies quickly.

Cliff Jamieson can be reached at cliff.jamieson@dtn.com

Follow him on Twitter @Cliff Jamieson

(c) Copyright 2021 DTN, LLC. All rights reserved.

Previous Post (The Canadian Dollar's Technical Signals)
Next Post (Canada's Food Inflation a Growing Concern)
Canola's forward curve, a line which simply joins the closing price for each trading month, continues to reflect a bullish fundamental situation due to the downward slope of the line, although less bullish than previously indicated. (DTN ProphetX chart)

Comments

To comment, please Log In or Join our Community .