William Chippas
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FuturesCom Pork Update
05/27/1997 8:00 AM e.s.t.

On May 11 We published a Special Report on Pork.
We recommended selling July , Hogs , August Hogs,
July Bellies and August Bellies.

On May 12th July Hogs opened of 8625 Friday May 26th
LHN settled at 8132.5
a decline of 492.5 pts .. $ 1,970.00

On May 12 August Hogs, Opened at 8370 on May 26th Closed at 7892.5
a decline of 477.5 pts... $ 1,910.00


Those positions should now be liquidated
and resold on rallies .. stay tuned..


July Bellies on May 12 opened at 8990 fell quickly on May 13 to 8695
then rallied again finally to close Friday at 9250 resulting in a gain of 260 pts...
or $ 1,040.00

August Bellies opened at 8905 on May 12 , closed last
Friday at 9090 resulting a gain of 185 pts... $ 740.00

We recommend holding the Bellies short...

Look for declines towards 8800 or lower and August
to decline to 8600 or lower...Stay tuned..

In addition , one can make an argument for traders to be long
Hogs and short Bellies for the next couple of weeks ..more on that later...

Happy Trading

Bill