The Daily Board — Weekly Most-Read Roundup: Week of Sept 4–11, 2026
Five sessions, one Iran-driven scare, and a dollar that wouldn't sit still — here's how readers ranked the week that mattered.
Counted down from the most-opened edition to the fifth, these are the boards that pulled the most attention this week.
🥇 #1 — Wheat Slides on All Three Boards as Dollar Firms (Sept 4)
The week's most-opened edition.
SRW and HRS wheat each fell about 2.7% as a firming U.S. dollar leaned on the whole grain complex, while gold and silver slipped over 1% and natural gas bucked the trend with a 2.1% pop.
🥈 #2 — Grains Rip Higher on Iran Strikes, Wheat Leads (Sept 8)
A reader favorite.
The week opened hot: wheat surged across all three boards and crude jumped 1.7% after an Iran-driven weekend, with soybean oil adding another 2% even as gold eased back.
🥉 #3 — Silver Sinks 5% on Hot PPI as Grains Rally (Sept 10)
Corn, beans, and wheat all firmed on steady Chinese demand and crude's push above $97, while a hot PPI print sent silver down 5% and gold slid on renewed Fed rate-hike bets.
#4 — Crude Rips 3.25% to $96 as Wheat, Corn Slide (Sept 9)
WTI cleared $96 on Strait of Hormuz risk even as corn and Chicago wheat gave ground — a reminder that energy and grains didn't always move together this week — while gold and silver both firmed.
#5 — Grains Slide, Oil Retreats From Mideast Highs on Hot CPI (Sept 11)
Friday's hotter-than-expected CPI reading firmed the dollar and pulled soybeans and soybean oil down more than 2.5% apiece, while crude eased off its Mideast-driven highs to close the week at $100.05.
The Week in One Line
Throughline: a firm-dollar, rate-driven headwind bookended the week (Sept 4 and Sept 11), with Iran-fueled crude and wheat volatility running through the middle.
Standout: WTI topped $100 for the first time in months before giving some back Friday — still up roughly 9% on the week.
Cross-market driver: back-to-back inflation prints (PPI Wednesday, CPI Friday) swung Fed rate-hike odds, and metals took the brunt of it as gold and silver both round-tripped hard.