Maggie Lake Talking Markets Episode 20: Beware The Ides Of March? With Dale Pinkert
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Feb 27, 2026 
Dale Pinkert, trading coach at TradeGate Hub who specializes in bonds, commodities, currencies and equities. He breaks down a Friday sell-off, a bond rally and falling yields. He covers oil trades and wheat breakout, gold versus silver dynamics, FX plans around the dollar and Aussie, and why China risk could ripple through global markets.
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Probe Protect Take Partials In Volatile Oil Trades
- Use probe, protect, take partials when trading volatile commodities like WTI; exit if your breakout candle fails and re-enter only after clear confirmation.
- Dale abandoned remaining longs on a breakdown candle and didn't recommit after a quick retest, illustrating disciplined trade management.
Grains Outperform As Practical Inflation Hedge
- Grains have been strong breakout trades with wheat exceeding the breakout and corn showing heavy call buying, suggesting further upside toward Dale's intermediate targets.
- Dale calls grains his top macro call for the year, noting 'you can't eat gold' as a reason to favor agricultural commodities.
Take Profits And Protect On Gold Rallies
- If long gold into this corrective phase, take profits between roughly $3,500 and $3,540 and use stops under the nine-day moving average to protect gains.
- Dale warns the dollar's strength could cause a failing rally in gold and suggests selling half at the specified levels and possibly attempting shorts with stops above recent highs.