Five trading days, five editions — and a week where the desk barely sat down. Geopolitics ran the energy tape (a Strait of Hormuz tanker toll, then a Kuwait strike), the Black Sea lit a fire under all three wheat boards, and the metals whipsawed on the dollar. Here are the week's editions, ranked by how many of you actually opened them. 📊
Ranked by readership across the week's five editions, July 13–17, 2026.
🥇 #1 — Hormuz Toll Sends Crude Up 9%, Bean Oil Follows (July 13)
A Strait of Hormuz tanker toll sent WTI spiking $6.73 (+9%), and soybean oil rode crude's coattails to 71.16 (+3.16%). Gold shed $108 and silver slid 3.6% in the risk shuffle, while KC wheat dropped a dime and canola tacked on C$11.40.
📬 The week's most-opened edition.
🥈 #2 — Wheat Rockets Across All 3 Boards, KC +6% (July 15)
A Black Sea shipping shutdown ignited all three wheat boards, with Kansas City leading the charge +6%. Canola climbed 2.5% and corn added 2%, while silver skidded 2.8% and gold slipped.
📬 Another reader favorite this week.
🥉 #3 — Canola Slides 2% as Wheat and Silver Rally (July 14)
Canola and the soy complex sank even as silver surged 2% and crude firmed above $79. All three wheat boards — Chicago, KC, and Minneapolis — closed green, but the oilseeds couldn't find a bid.
#4 — Gold Sheds $60, Silver Skids 2% on Firmer Dollar (July 16)
A firmer dollar bled the board red: gold gave up $60, silver skidded 2%, oats cratered 2.7%, and natural gas sank 2.3%. Corn slipped under 465, and canola gave back 1.1%.
#5 — Oil Vaults to $82 on Kuwait Strike, Grains Firm (July 17)
WTI settled +4.5% at $82.49 after a Kuwait desalination strike put the energy bid back on. KC wheat added 2.2%, soybean oil 2.6%, and canola 1.4%, while gold held near $4,019.
The Week in One Line
Energy ran the show. Two geopolitical shocks — Hormuz, then Kuwait — bracketed the week and kept a bid under crude and bean oil.
Wheat was the grain story. A Black Sea shipping shutdown mid-week torched all three boards, KC hardest.
Metals couldn't decide. Gold and silver whipsawed on the dollar, giving back gains into the weekend.