SOYA active medium volatility

Soybeans (ZS — CBOT)

agricultural · CBOT (CME Group) · ZS (Soybean Futures)

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Soybean futures on CBOT. Key protein crop; China is dominant importer.

Version: v1 active Updated: Mar 08, 2026 Asset Class: agricultural Queue: 78 headlines Labels: 0

📡 Sentiment Profile

Sensitivity medium
Lag days
Volatility medium
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Soybeans can fall on strong crush margins as processor selling increases. China buying rumors often prove unfounded, creating rally/reversal patterns.

Key Narratives
China import demand and US-China relations Brazil and Argentina crop production Crush margins and meal/oil demand Biodiesel policy and renewable diesel US planting intentions and acreage USDA export sales reports

🏛️ Market Context

Exchange CBOT (CME Group)
Contract ZS (Soybean Futures)
Key Entities
USDA China Brazil Argentina crush meal oil weather La Nina harvest
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US planting April-June, harvest September-November. South American harvest February-May creates supply overlap. China buying typically peaks Q4.

Price Drivers

Chinese import demand (largest buyer), South American crop conditions, crush margin (meal + oil), USDA reports

Known Inversions

Phrases where sentiment is opposite to what a generic model would predict

Phrase Naive Polarity Actual Direction Reason Confidence
China cancels orders 🔴 Negative 🔴 BEARISH China buys ~60% of traded soybeans 0.80
Argentina drought 🔴 Negative 🟢 BULLISH Argentina is world's largest soy meal exporter 0.80

Data Sources

News sources configured for this security's ingestion pipeline

Source Type Query Terms Items Last Fetched
Google News - Soybeans google_news
soybean prices soybean futures USDA soybeans China soybeans
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NewsAPI Soybeans newsapi
soybeans soybean oilseed Brazil soybeans
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Reddit r/farming reddit
soybeans soybean crop farming
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AgWeb RSS rss
soybeans soybean prices oilseed
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