
USDA projects China's U.S. agricultural purchases will fall 45% to $9 billion in the current fiscal year because of the trade war. China is expected to drop to fifth place among U.S. export markets, and soybean sales are hit hardest as a record crop builds stocks.
A record U.S. soybean crop combined with the loss of China's demand points to large stocks and downward pressure on soybean prices.
After 803 past bearish trade events, SOY moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.7%), and +0.9% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.