🌾wheat production is down

u/laurentiisaint · Reddit β€” r/wallstreetbets · August 04, 2026 at 05:33 · ⬆ 27 pts · 💬 25 comments  | View on Reddit ↗
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  • Author cites USDA data showing wheat production down 7 million bushels from June and compares current shortage to the bad 2022 crop.
  • Thesis: wheat prices should rise starting next month, so author is buying WEAT $24 and $25 calls expiring 1/15/27.
  • Quality assessment: Speculative commodity trade based on a single USDA report; some data support, but lacks deep multi-factor analysis.
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u/laurentiisaint Reddit r/wallstreetbets
USDA wheat supply estimate down 7M bushels vs June; shortage resembles 2022. Lower supply should push wheat prices higher, benefiting leveraged wheat ETF calls. Long-dated WEAT calls are a speculative bet on a wheat price spike. USDA revisions, weather improvement, global supply shifts, ETF contango/decay.
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