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Hard Red Winter Wheat May '25 (KEK25)

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Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary

Wheat In Rally Mode on Tuesday, as Acres Drop

The wheat complex is getting a double digit positive reaction to the USDA acreage report this morning. Chicago SRW futures are 11 to 12 1/2 cents higher. KC HRW futures are up 16 to 17 cents at midday. MPLS spring wheat is rallying 10 to 11 cents on the Tuesday session.

The Kansas Crop Progress report showed winter wheat conditions down 6% to 40% good/excellent, with the Brugler500 index down 12 points to 316. The national level Crop Progress report will be out nest Monday. 

March Intentions from this morning showed all wheat acres at 43.775 million acres, 0.905 million acres below trade estimates and 1.553 million below last year. Winter wheat acres were 32.41 million acres, 580,000 below the Winter Wheat Seedings report and down 743,000 from last year. Spring wheat was 428,000 acres shy of estimates and down 485,000 from a year ago at 9.415 million acres. Durum was at 1.95 million acres.  

Grain Stocks data was tallied at 1.3 bbu for wheat as of March 1. That was... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Hard Red Winter Wheat
Contract Size
5,000 bushels
Tick Size
1/4 cent per bushel ($12.50 per contract)
Trading Hours
7:00p.m. - 7:45a.m. and 8:30a.m. - 1:20p.m. (Settles 1:15p.m.) (Sun-Fri) CST
Exchange
CBOT
Point Value
$50
Margin/Maintenance
$1,760/1,600
First Notice Date
04/30/25
Expiration Date
05/14/25 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Hard Red Winter Wheat May '25
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Mar 24, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
122,012 (+2,607)
122,758 (-491)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
78,640 (-3,559)
75,482 (+862)
Producers - Long / Short
36,187 (+5,049)
108,971 (-1,553)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
76,095 (-3,288)
4,057 (+216)
Managed Money - Long / Short
71,212 (-2,212)
61,694 (-408)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
7,428 (-1,347)
13,788 (+1,270)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
498-2 +2.21%
on 05/12/25
569-2 -10.54%
on 04/17/25
-46-0 (-8.28%)
since 04/14/25
3-Month
498-2 +2.21%
on 05/12/25
642-4 -20.74%
on 02/19/25
-123-4 (-19.52%)
since 02/14/25
52-Week
498-2 +2.21%
on 05/12/25
784-0 -35.04%
on 05/28/24
-229-4 (-31.07%)
since 05/14/24

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Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Sell Signal with a Soft Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 509-2
2nd Resistance Point 509-2
1st Resistance Point 509-2
Last Price 509-2s
1st Support Level 509-2
2nd Support Level 509-2
3rd Support Level 509-2

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52-Week High 784-0
Fibonacci 61.8% 674-7
Fibonacci 50% 641-1
Fibonacci 38.2% 607-3
Last Price 509-2s
52-Week Low 498-2

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