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The soybean crush spread: Empirical evidence and trading strategies
Author(s) -
Simon David P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of futures markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.88
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1096-9934
pISSN - 0270-7314
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9934(199905)19:3<271::aid-fut2>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - economics , empirical evidence , econometrics , sample (material) , seasonality , financial economics , monetary economics , mathematics , chemistry , statistics , philosophy , epistemology , chromatography
This article finds that deviations of the soybean crush spread from its long‐run equilibrium were transitory during the sample period from January 1985 through February 1995. This equilibrium is characterized by strong seasonality and by a persistent uptrend in soymeal and soyoil prices relative to soybean prices. A tendency also exists for the crush spread to revert toward its most recent 5‐day average. Simulations demonstrate that trading rules based on these results would have been profitable. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 19: 271–289, 1999