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December 3, 2025

 

STILL BEARISH CATTLE AND VIEW THE RECENT 7 DAY RALLY

AS THE LAST LOGICAL RISK VS REWARD CHANCE TO GET SHORT

 

With Feeder Cattle having broken 80 cents a contract, or 21%, in the past 5 weeks, and Live Cattle having been cracked for 45 cents, or 18%, both markets have more than equaled their 50 year averages as to how the Cattle Complex typically trades when a Bull Market has ENDED…And that IS what we’ve seen. Cattle are now in a bear market, which in my opinion, most likely will extend decidedly and disastrously lower for at least the next few years.

 

However, with volatility having gone through the roof, and option prices having become almost impossibly expensive to buy, I’d offer that right here, INTO THIS BEAR MARKET RALLY, is where you establish new shorts in both Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle…Otherwise, waiting to see some sort of further sell off to “definitively” indicate that the decline is underway again will only result in put options becoming more expensive, and from a risk-reward standpoint, even more difficult to justify buying.

 

 

 

 

With both of these contracts, do NOT be thinking, “That looks like too big a move to be expecting.” As I’ve written for years, there is nothing like the Cattle market when it’s going down. They often get really nuts with how far, and straight down, they can move.

 

THE BIG PICTURE

 

 

I urge you to NOT be thinking ”I missed it…” All we’ve done so far is confirm (to me) that we now have a top…AND YOU USE THIS LAST 6 DAY RALLY TO GET SOMETHING DONE ON THE SHORT SIDE.

 

Call if you want to know more…

 

Thanks,

Bill

 

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All option prices in this newsletter include all fees and commissions. All charts, unless otherwise noted, are by Aspen Graphics and CRB.

 

FUTURES TRADING IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. THEREFORE, CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE YOUR TRADING EXPERIENCE WILL BE SIMILAR TO PAST PERFORMANCE.

 

The author of this piece currently trades for his own account and has a financial interest in the following derivative products mentioned within: Feeder Cattle, Live Cattle