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The United States Cattlemen's Association welcomed CME Group amendments that reduce spot-month position limits during the final days of each live cattle contract month. The group says the change lowers the risk of a squeeze and eases pressure points tied to the gap between cash and futures prices.
Tighter spot-month limits reduce the chance of a short squeeze in live cattle futures, which could dampen sudden futures spikes that distort cash cattle pricing.
tsln.comFeb 17, 2017After 102 past neutral policy events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.6% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.2%), and +1.3% over 20.
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.
