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Hard Red Winter Wheat May '26 (KEK26)

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Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary

Wheat Closes with Report Day Gains as Acres Seen Lower than Expected

Barchart - Wed Apr 1, 7:31AM CDT

Wheat is reverting back lower on Wednesday morning, down double digits across all three exchanges. The wheat complex got a positive reaction to the USDA report on Tuesday, rallying across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures were 4 to 9 1/4 cents higher. Open interest showed shorts covering, down 5,988 contracts. KC HRW futures saw 3 to 9 1/4 cent gains though contracts were well off the middy highs. OI was down just 1,102 contracts. MPLS spring wheat was 6 ¼ to 8 cents in the green on the Tuesday session.

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.

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Contract Specifications

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

04/30/26 (29 days)

Expiration Date

05/14/26 (43 days)

Seasonal Chart

Hard Red Winter Wheat May '26

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

Period	Period Low	Period High	Performance
1-Month	568-2 +7.70% on 03/04/26	648-4 -5.63% on 03/31/26	+31-4 (+5.43%) since 02/27/26
3-Month	521-4 +17.35% on 01/02/26	648-4 -5.63% on 03/31/26	+84-0 (+15.91%) since 12/31/25
52-Week	513-2 +19.24% on 10/14/25	651-4 -6.06% on 04/11/25	-30-6 (-4.78%) since 04/01/25

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Symbol	Latest	Change
KEK26	611-4	-24-0
Hard Red Winter Wheat
MKK26	635-4s	+9-2
Hard Red Wheat Mini
ZCK26	450-4	-7-2
Corn
ZSK26	1160-6	-10-2
Soybean
ZMK26	314.4	-2.0
Soybean Meal
ZLK26	67.18	-1.70
Soybean Oil
ZWK26	596-2	-20-0
Wheat
KWK26	632-2	-17-6
Hard Red Spring Wheat
MWK26	6.4175	-0.1675
Spring Wheat Mpls
ZOK26	342-0	-12-2
Oats
ZRK26	11.265	-0.110
Rough Rice
RSK26	720.60	-11.20
Canola

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3rd Resistance Point	671-4
2nd Resistance Point	660-0
1st Resistance Point	647-6
Last Price	611-4
1st Support Level	624-0
2nd Support Level	612-4
3rd Support Level	600-2

52-Week High	651-4
Last Price	611-4
Fibonacci 61.8%	598-6
Fibonacci 50%	582-3
Fibonacci 38.2%	566-0
52-Week Low	513-2

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