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Corn Dec '20 (ZCZ20)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Falling Back on Wednesday

Barchart - Wed Apr 1, 7:31AM CDT

Corn price action is down 4 to 5 cents so far on Wednesday morning. Futures closed the Tuesday session with contracts steady to 2 ¼ cents higher following some friendlier old crop numbers from USDA. Open interest was down 3,005 contracts in May, but up 9,593 contracts across the rest, mostly in July and December. The new crop data was a little less bull friendly. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was steady to $4.14.

USDA’s annual March Prospective Plantings report from this morning showed a total of 95.338 million acres of corn expected to be planted this spring. That would be a 3.45 million acre drop from a year ago if realized, but was above the 94.37 million acres average trade guess. The survey of producers was done in the first two weeks of March.

Grain Stocks data was tallied at 9.024 billion bushels for March 1. That was 89 mbu below the average trade guess but still an increase of 887 mbu from a year ago. December 1 stocks were revised 23 mbu hig... Read more

Contract Specifications

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

11/30/20

Expiration Date

12/14/20 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Corn Dec '20

Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Dec Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Mar 24, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short

729,492 (-9,244)

1,043,714 (+49,355)

Non-Commercials - Long / Short

505,346 (+34,014)

129,986 (-29,004)

Producers - Long / Short

387,573 (-4,205)

1,001,091 (+45,439)

Swap Dealers - Long / Short

328,861 (-6,562)

29,565 (+2,393)

Managed Money - Long / Short

363,377 (+19,719)

83,747 (-29,023)

Other Reportables - Long / Short

141,969 (+14,295)

46,239 (+19)

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Price Performance

Period	Period Low	Period High	Performance
1-Month	409-0 +2.51% on 12/02/20	430-4 -2.61% on 11/30/20	+8-6 (+2.13%) since 11/13/20
3-Month	360-4 +16.30% on 09/28/20	430-4 -2.61% on 11/30/20	+53-2 (+14.55%) since 09/15/20
52-Week	320-0 +31.02% on 08/12/20	430-4 -2.61% on 11/30/20	+24-0 (+6.07%) since 12/13/19

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Symbol	Latest	Change
ZCZ20	419-2s	unch
Corn Dec '20
ZCK26	452-2	-5-4
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XNK26	452-5	-5-1
Corn Mini
ZSK26	1163-0	-8-0
Soybean
ZMK26	315.4	-1.0
Soybean Meal
ZLK26	67.40	-1.48
Soybean Oil
ZWK26	596-2	-20-0
Wheat
KEK26	612-6	-22-6
Hard Red Winter Wheat
KWK26	631-2	-18-6
Hard Red Spring Wheat
MWK26	6.4175	-0.1675
Spring Wheat Mpls
ZOK26	343-2	-11-0
Oats
ZRK26	11.285	-0.090
Rough Rice
RSK26	721.50	-10.30
Canola
$SG3C	373.37	-4.55
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3rd Resistance Point	N/A
2nd Resistance Point	433-2
1st Resistance Point	426-2
Last Price	419-2s
1st Support Level	415-6
2nd Support Level	412-2
3rd Support Level	N/A

52-Week High	430-4
Last Price	419-2s
Fibonacci 61.8%	388-2
Fibonacci 50%	375-2
Fibonacci 38.2%	362-2
52-Week Low	320-0

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