Commodities Update - 15 Aug 15

BDI retreat from 1200 (07 Aug) to 1055 (14 Aug)

Summary
Cotton, Coffee, Sugar and most metals are trading higher this week, the rest close lower

COT
Instruments that show buying interest (3) by Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
Down Trend

• Sugar
• Oats (1)
• Gasoline
• Copper
• Gold
• Silver
• Palladium (1)
• Platinum

Neutral

• Lumber (1)

Up Trend

• Coffee Arabica

Instruments that show selling interest at extreme (2) only by Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
Up Trend

• Soybean Meal

Neutral

• None

Down Trend

• Feeder Cattle
• Crude

Note
(1) COT Index >= 90
(2) COT Index <= 10
(3) COT Index >= 70, rising COT Index, monitor for trend reversal from DT to UT
Down Trend and Up Trend is based on 50 Simple Moving Average