The price hike on Tuesday still doesn’t make sense to me, but since the end of the day Monday, wholesale prices via NYMEX are up 18 cents. Suddenly, the 0-cent margin price is $2.23, and prices in the $2.40’s don’t seem crazy. The trouble is that we usually get a big price hike after a ramp in wholesale prices, not before. I’m starting to worry, but not enough to make a prediction. One other thing: the last two years, there has actually been a “Chicago discount” in March versus the NYMEX prices. Where is it this year?

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