By IFCMarkets
Lower cotton supply estimate bullish for Cotton price
US cotton production and ending stocks were downgraded in WASDE December report. Will the Cotton price rise continue?
December’s outlook for US cotton in 2019/20 included lower production and ending stocks compared with last month, according to US Department of Agriculture’s final World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Production was lowered by 611,000 bales mainly due to a 500,000-bale decline in Texas. Ending stocks are estimated 600,000 bales lower this month, at 5.5 million. And the global 2019/20 cotton forecasts include lower beginning stocks and production, largely offset by lower consumption. Lower US production and ending stocks are bullish for cotton price. And further increase in price when large money managed funds are short cotton by 3,000 contracts will create additional support from forced closing of short positions.
On the Daily timeframe Cotton: D1 is rising. Price is trading above the 50 and 100 day moving averages MA(50) and MA(100).
We believe the bullish momentum will continue after the price breaches above the upper boundary of Donchian channel at 68. A level above this can be used as an entry point for placing a pending order to buy. The stop loss can be placed below the lower Donchian boundary at 64.87. After placing the order, the stop loss is to be moved every day to the next fractal low, following Parabolic signals. Thus, we are changing the expected profit/loss ratio to the breakeven point. If the price meets the stop loss level (64.87) without reaching the order (above 68), we recommend cancelling the order: the market has undergone internal changes which were not taken into account.
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| Order | Buy |
| Buy stop | Above 68 |
| Stop loss | Below 64.87 |
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