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Corn Pit Mar '17 (CH17)

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Corn (Pit) Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Rallied into 3-Day Weekend with NASS Data

Thursday’s trading session left the corn market ~6c off the day’s highs, but still 13 to 16 cents in the black. Old crop May ended the week with a 2 ¾ cent gain and finished the last trade day of March with a 12c gain for the monthly. The new crop Dec contract ended the week with a 2 ½ cent gain and ended the month 14 ¼ cents stronger. The new crop soy/corn ratio was 2.483 at the close, which was up from the 2.446 ratio starting the month. 

NASS data showed corn stocks were counted at 8.347 bbu as pf March 1st, including 5.079 bbu on farms and 3.27 bbu off farms. The trade was looking for stocks to come in near 8.45 bbu, which was a pleasant surprise and implied a 3.823 bbu Q2 demand. That was up from 3.417 bbu last year. 

Prospective plantings data from NASS had corn area at 90.04 million acres which was down 4.61 million acres yr/yr vs the 2.84 million acre drop expected on average. The largest drop was 700k acres in MN, though IA/IL/IN/MO/OH and SD were each 300k acre... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Corn [Pit]
Contract Size
5,000 bushels
Tick Size
1/4 cent per bushel ($12.50 per contract)
Trading Hours
8:30a.m. - 1:15p.m. CST
Exchange
CBOT
Point Value
$50
Expiration Date
03/14/17 (expired)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
353-6 unch
on 03/14/17
378-6 -6.60%
on 02/15/17
-20-4 (-5.48%)
since 02/14/17
3-Month
345-6 +2.31%
on 12/23/16
378-6 -6.60%
on 02/15/17
-8-2 (-2.28%)
since 12/14/16
52-Week
325-6 +8.60%
on 08/30/16
452-4 -21.82%
on 06/17/16
-41-6 (-10.56%)
since 03/14/16

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Wheat Followed Corn’s Rally on Thursday

Despite neutral to bear-friendly NASS data, wheat futures rallied into the 3-day Holiday weekend. The spring wheat futures faded on the higher acreage to close 3 ½ to 6 cents in the red. Chicago prices...

ZWK24 : 560-2s (+2.33%)
ZWN24 : 575-6s (+2.31%)
KEK24 : 585-2s (+1.21%)
MWK24 : 645-0s (-0.92%)
Corn Rallied into 3-Day Weekend with NASS Data

Thursday’s trading session left the corn market ~6c off the day’s highs, but still 13 to 16 cents in the black. Old crop May ended the week with a 2 ¾ cent gain and finished the last trade day of...

ZCK24 : 442-0s (+3.57%)
ZCPAUS.CM : 4.2047 (+3.97%)
ZCN24 : 454-4s (+3.47%)
ZCU24 : 464-4s (+3.57%)
Mixed Close for Report Day Soybeans

Old crop beans ended the day with 1 to 1 ¼ cent losses, while the new crop contracts finished as much as 8 ¼ cents in the black. The May soybean contract finished the week with the same 1c loss, but...

ZMK24 : 337.7s (-0.38%)
ZLK24 : 47.95s (+0.59%)
ZSK24 : 1191-4s (-0.08%)
ZSPAUS.CM : 11.3491 (-0.02%)
ZSN24 : 1205-2s (-0.10%)
ZSQ24 : 1203-6s (-0.10%)
Shootin' the Bull about no more cheap corn

With the aspects of cheap corn now out of the picture, those declining cost of gains is now expected to rise.  While not necessarily bullish, the report is in no way bearish.  I think what it will do...

Corn Futures Rally Following Bullish USDA Report

The USDA report showed fewer acres of corn which sent prices sharply higher into the long weekend.

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ZSK24 : 1191-4s (-0.08%)
ZSPAUS.CM : 11.3491 (-0.02%)
ZSBAUS.CM : -0.5658 (+1.27%)
ZSDAUS-BIW.CM : 4,506,573 (unch)
ZSYAUS-BIW.CM : 52.03 (unch)
XSK24 : 3,791s (-1.07%)
XTK24 : 4,754s (+0.44%)
ZCK24 : 442-0s (+3.57%)
ZCPAUS.CM : 4.2047 (+3.97%)
ZCBAUS.CM : -0.2152 (+3.58%)
XVK24 : 2,400s (+0.54%)
XEU24 : 61.17 (-0.44%)
Corn Rallies Out of Reports

Corn futures shot higher after NASS released data near midday. Current prices are working at or near their highs for the day with double digit gains of as much as 17 ¼ cents. NASS data showed corn stocks...

ZCK24 : 442-0s (+3.57%)
ZCPAUS.CM : 4.2047 (+3.97%)
ZCN24 : 454-4s (+3.47%)
ZCU24 : 464-4s (+3.57%)
Beans Back to Mixed for Midday

Soybeans were fading into the reports, before rallying out of the release. Current quotes are back to mixed as the new crop futures are holding fractional to 4 cent gains and old crop prices are back to...

ZMK24 : 337.7s (-0.38%)
ZLK24 : 47.95s (+0.59%)
ZSK24 : 1191-4s (-0.08%)
ZSPAUS.CM : 11.3491 (-0.02%)
ZSN24 : 1205-2s (-0.10%)
ZSQ24 : 1203-6s (-0.10%)
Wheat Futures Up Double Digits

Midday wheat futures are gaining double digits for midday, with prices ~5 cents off their highs. Chicago is up by as much as 2.9% for midday. KC wheat is gaining 8 to 11 cents so far. Spring wheat futures...

ZWK24 : 560-2s (+2.33%)
ZWN24 : 575-6s (+2.31%)
KEK24 : 585-2s (+1.21%)
MWK24 : 645-0s (-0.92%)

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 353-6
1st Resistance Point 353-6
Last Price 353-6s
1st Support Level 353-6
2nd Support Level 353-6
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 452-4
Fibonacci 61.8% 404-1
Fibonacci 50% 389-1
Fibonacci 38.2% 374-1
Last Price 353-6s
52-Week Low 325-6

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