Oats Rose to $4.16 After StatCan Saw Canada's Crop Shrink 22.7%
CBOT oats rose 6.5% to $4.16 a bushel after Statistics Canada put the 2026 oat crop 22.7% lower. The cut was mostly acreage, and the rain came after the model.
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Live Cattle Placements Fell 9% to the Lowest August on Record
Live cattle: USDA says August feedlot placements fell 9% to 1.62 million head, a record low for August, while cash steers sit 15% below May's $262.85 peak.
FxPro Review 2026: The UK Arm Calls Itself a Market Maker
FxPro review 2026: the FCA-licensed UK arm files as principal and market maker while the site sells NDD execution; cTrader commission is $4.01 a lot per side.
Tin Price Prediction: $62,000 Bull Case vs $46,000 Bear Case
Tin price prediction to 31 December 2026: LME cash settled $53,600 on 18 September as warehouse stock hit a 2026 low of 4,855t. Bull $62,000, bear $46,000.
AvaTrade Review 2026: Dormant Accounts Pay Two Separate Fees
AvaTrade charges $50 for every three idle months plus a separate $100 annual administration fee, and its own public cost table showed no prices at all.
Spreadex Review 2026: A Bookmaker Holds the Broker Licence
Spreadex Review 2026: the St Albans firm runs sports and financial spread betting on one FCA licence, quotes 1.4 on Germany 40 and discloses no revenue split.
Corn Price Prediction: 585c Bull Case vs 445c Bear Case
Corn settled at 527.25c on 18 September with managed money net long a record 414,460 lots. Our 585c bull and 445c bear cases to the 14 December expiry.
Dukascopy Review 2026: The Dollar Fee That Bills in Euros
Dukascopy Review 2026: the Swiss bank quotes USD 35 per million per side but charges it in euros, so one EUR/USD lot costs USD 8.04 round turn, not USD 7.00.
Zinc Backwardation Fell From $217 to $79 as LME Stocks Rose
LME zinc's cash premium over three-month metal collapsed from $217 to $79 a tonne between 27 August and 17 September 2026 as warehouse stocks rebuilt 32%.
Interactive Brokers Review 2026: The $2 FX Minimum Costs 5.7x
Interactive Brokers review 2026: its $2.00 FX minimum makes a 0.1-lot EUR/USD trade cost 5.7x Pepperstone Razor. Stock fees, cash interest, licences checked.
Nickel Price Prediction: $19,500 Bull Case vs $14,500 Bear Case
Nickel price prediction to March 2027: LME stock at 278,790t caps Indonesia's quota premium. $15,500 base case, $19,500 bull case and $14,500 bear case.
Trade Nation Review 2026: The 0.5 Fixed Spread Hits 5.0 at 22:00
Trade Nation is the only fixed-spread broker of scale. Its EUR/USD spread is 0.5 pips in the London session, cheaper than every raw-plus-commission floor on this desk, and 5.0 pips for one hour at 22:00 UK.
Iron Ore Price Prediction: $125 Bull Case vs $72 Bear Case
Iron ore sits at $97.41 a tonne and the forward curve is flat to March 2027. Why the Simandou supply wall is dated 2027, not now, and where $125 and $72 come from.
Saxo Review 2026: $8 Commission, $60 FX Fee on a US Stock Buy
Saxo review 2026: a $10,000 US share buy from a UK Classic account costs $8 in commission and $60 to convert currency, against a 0.25% FX cap outside the UK.
Sugar Price Prediction: 22¢ Bull Case vs 16¢ Bear Case
Sugar price prediction for ICE March 2027 at 19.06¢: funds swung to a 238,684-lot net long as Brazil's sugar mix fell to 42.5%. Our 22¢ bull and 16¢ bear case.
IG Review 2026: 13% of Clients Bring In 78% of Trading Revenue
IG review 2026: 110,100 leveraged traders, 13% of IG Group's active clients, earned 78% of H1 trading revenue, and 69% of UK retail accounts lose money.
Pork Bellies Fell 33% in a Month, Dragging Lean Hog Cash Lower
Lean hog cash fell 12.8% from July as USDA's pork belly primal lost 33% in a month; the 12.9% weekly futures crash was a roll. Oct'26 sits $7.80 under cash.
Soybeans Fell 2.7% Friday on USDA's Record 4.53bn-Bushel Crop
Soybeans fell 2.7% to $12.97 on Friday, 11 September, after USDA put the US crop at a record 4.535bn bushels. What the WASDE, crush and China buying change.
BlackBull Markets Review 2026: Its $3 Lot Is $4.05 on GBP/USD
BlackBull Markets review: one page bills the Prime account's $3 commission per US$100,000, so a GBP/USD lot costs $4.05 a side. Audited filings and licences.
Pepperstone Review 2026: The $7.00 Razor Lot Is $5.03 in AUD
Pepperstone review 2026: its Razor grid still tracks 2010 FX rates, so one lot costs $5.03 on an AUD account and $7.19 on SGD. Seven licences checked.
Brent Crude Price Prediction: $125 Bull Case vs $80 Bear Case
Brent crude price prediction to 31 Dec 2026: the futures curve already prices a $16 roll-down to $91.52. Our $96 base, $125 bull and $80 bear cases, explained.
Aluminium Rose 12.9% in 2026 as LME Stocks Halved to 244,525t
Aluminium settled at $3,352 a tonne on the LME on 9 September 2026, up 12.9% year to date, as exchange stocks halved to 244,525 tonnes after Gulf outages.
IC Markets Review 2026: The $3.00 cTrader Fee Is $3.50
IC Markets review 2026: the $3.00 cTrader commission works out at $6.99 a EUR/USD lot against $7.00 on MetaTrader. Six product counts, three entities, verified.
OANDA Review 2026: 0.85 Pips in the UK, 1.65 in the US
OANDA runs three price books behind one brand. Its own spread API shows EUR/USD at 0.851 pips in London and 1.651 in New York, with $1.3m of NFA and CFTC fines against the US entity.