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Corn May '26 (ZCK26)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Fades Lower on Monday

Corn futures found weaker trade on Monday as traders were squaring up ahead of a Tuesday USDA report. Contracts were down fractionally to 2 cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 1/4 cents at $3.98 1/4. 

Export Inspections data showed corn at 1.453 MT (57.2 mbu) shipped in the week that ended on December 4. That was a drop of 10.89% from the week prior but up 36% from same week last year. Mexico was the top destination of 520,691 MT, with 310,828 MT to Japan and 81,209 MT to Taiwan. Marketing year shipments have totaled 20.63 MMT (812.2 mbu), a 69.36% increase yr/yr.

USDA’s catchup report for Export Sales data this morning showed just 979,525 MT of corn sold in the week ending on November 6. That fell shy of traders looking for 1-2 MMT of corn bookings and was a marketing year low.

The monthly WASDE report will be out on Tuesday, with analysts surveyed by Bloomberg looking for 2.145 bbu of US corn ending stocks, a 9 mbu drop from the Novem... 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
04/30/26 (143 days)
Expiration Date
05/14/26 (157 days)

Seasonal Chart

Corn May '26
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Oct 28, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short
762,887 (-12,292)
729,552 (+55,018)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
324,702 (+23,680)
338,564 (-45,801)
Producers - Long / Short
451,652 (-21,997)
645,953 (+50,672)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
248,470 (+9,518)
20,834 (+4,159)
Managed Money - Long / Short
172,733 (+20,970)
255,658 (-55,377)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
151,969 (+2,710)
82,906 (+9,576)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
442-2 +2.04%
on 11/24/25
464-6 -2.90%
on 11/14/25
+0-6 (+0.17%)
since 11/07/25
3-Month
435-0 +3.74%
on 10/14/25
464-6 -2.90%
on 11/14/25
+1-4 (+0.33%)
since 09/08/25
52-Week
420-6 +7.25%
on 08/14/25
496-4 -9.11%
on 02/20/25
-3-0 (-0.66%)
since 12/06/24

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Wheat Trading Mixed on Monday

The wheat complex is trading with Monday mixed action. Chicago SRW futures are showing fractional gains on so far on Monday. KC HRW futures are down up to 4 cents in the front months on Monday. MPLS spring...

KEH26 : 526-4s (-0.89%)
KEZ25 : 521-0s (-0.43%)
MWZ25 : 5.8150s (unch)
ZWZ25 : 536-0s (-0.28%)
ZWH26 : 534-6s (-0.19%)

Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Buy Signal with a Weak Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 457-7
2nd Resistance Point 456-1
1st Resistance Point 453-5
Last Price 451-2s
1st Support Level 449-3
2nd Support Level 447-5
3rd Support Level 445-1

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52-Week High 496-4
Fibonacci 61.8% 467-5
Fibonacci 50% 458-5
Last Price 451-2s
Fibonacci 38.2% 449-5
52-Week Low 420-6

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