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Corn Mar '20 (ZCH20)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Bulls Continue Back to Push Higher on Thursday Morning

Corn price action is steady to up 1 ¾ cents so far. Futures posted gains of 2 to 4 ½ cents on Wednesday. Preliminary open interest was up 2,852 contracts. Demand continues to be solid, with record ethanol and exports. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price as up 4 cents to $3.96 3/4. 

Export Sales data will be updated for the week of 11/27 this morning, with traders looking for between 1-2 MMT of corn sales. 

EIA data from Wednesday showed another record ethanol corn grind for the week ending on December 12, up 26,000 barrels per day week/week to 1.131 million bpd. Despite the increased output, stocks saw a draw of 157,000 barrels to 22.353 million barrels. That came as ethanol exports were up 66,000 bpd to 191,000 bpd, with refiner inputs of ethanol rising 55,000 barrels per day from the week prior to 906,000 bpd.

Commitment of Traders data, now as of December 2, showed spec funds adding back 34,142 contracts to the long side in that week, mainly on short... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Corn
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
$1,072/975
First Notice Date
02/28/20
Expiration Date
03/13/20 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Corn Mar '20
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Mar Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Dec 2, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short
629,526 (-14,052)
688,377 (+13,726)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
377,499 (-2,725)
290,403 (-31,152)
Producers - Long / Short
336,714 (-23,706)
645,047 (+11,717)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
262,928 (+9,318)
13,446 (+1,673)
Managed Money - Long / Short
250,223 (+5,593)
217,888 (-33,543)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
127,276 (-8,318)
72,515 (+2,391)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
361-6 +2.49%
on 02/27/20
388-4 -4.57%
on 03/04/20
-8-6 (-2.31%)
since 02/13/20
3-Month
361-6 +2.49%
on 02/27/20
394-0 -5.90%
on 01/23/20
-10-2 (-2.69%)
since 12/13/19
52-Week
361-6 +2.49%
on 02/27/20
476-0 -22.11%
on 06/18/19
-33-0 (-8.17%)
since 03/13/19

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ZSF26 : 1053-2 (-0.47%)
ZSH26 : 1062-6 (-0.56%)
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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 377-5
1st Resistance Point 374-1
Last Price 370-6s
1st Support Level 368-5
2nd Support Level 366-5
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 476-0
Fibonacci 61.8% 432-3
Fibonacci 50% 418-7
Fibonacci 38.2% 405-3
Last Price 370-6s
52-Week Low 361-6

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