05/18/2026 Click Above to Watch the Morning Market Talk Video Details Emerge… Markets Love Details On the Grains Grain and soy complex futures strongly rebounded from sharp losses late last week as some details of what President Trump and Xi Jinping agreed on during last week’s meeting are surfacing – from both the U.S. and China. Not all of what was lost in the immediate aftermath of the trade talks has been regained, but the whipsaw trade shows the knee-jerk reaction was too severe. Markets love details and now some details have emerged.Traders are also monitoring the geopolitical situation in the Middle East. President Trump told Iran the “clock is ticking,” after drones targeted a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. Tehran “better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” Trump said on Truth Social on Sunday. Funds liquidated some of their massive length as of May 12 – ahead of the late-week price plunge. Funds trimmed their net long stance held in grain and soy futures in all but soymeal. When including the final three days last week, the fund long was further reduced but they still remained heavily long. Money flow will remain critical…
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