The U.S. dollar has been gaining a bit of ground this past month after a prolonged bear market trend. But is this really a trend change? You can use options to trade your view, and I think there are some strategies with good risk-reward right now you can pursue in the U.S. Dollar Index. (Read the full story)

The European stock market is trading little changed with the European DJ Stoxx 50 index up +0.03%. Barclays is down 3% this morning after the UK's third largest bank said Q1 earnings were undercut by 1.7 billion pounds worth of write-downs and the bank's statement that it could not... (Read the full story)

The seasonal cash strength in live hogs may be reaching its peak. Pork packers are throttling back on their Sat kill schedules.   (Read the full story)

Volatility is having a huge impact on many markets. No one has ever seen anything like this. I don’t want to get into details of why this extreme volatility exists except to point out that it does exist, it has been here for a while and probably won’t go away anytime in the near... (Read the full story)