Every weekday, I watch the markets on an elaborate high-speed computer system in my office. I have multiple oversize screens, a fiber-optic connection for maximum bandwidth, and computer chips normally used by gamers for virtual reality.However, for long-term thinking and planning, I turn to the hand-drawn charts I have been crafting for 40 years. I use these documents to watch several long-term and short-term price cycles in the grain markets. I also watch yearly seasonal price patterns and study them in many ways. Every year for the past four decades I have updated my yearly seasonal odds charts in January. I post the closing price each month for the nearby corn, soybean, and wheat contracts and plug them into a spreadsheet.
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