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Hard Red Winter Wheat Dec '26 (KEZ26)

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Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary

Wheat Falling Back in Early Friday Trade

Wheat is trading with double digit losses on Friday morning. The wheat complex faced some pressure on Thursday after rallying to fresh multi year highs overnight. Chicago SRW contracts were down 8 ½ to 13 cents at the close. Open interest was up 8,051 contracts. KC HRW futures slipped late, with contracts down 3 to 10 ¼ cents. OI rose 5,096 contracts. MPLS spring wheat was up ½ to 1 cent in the front months was back months down 2 to 5 cents

Export Sales data from FAS was out on Thursday showing just 290,016 MT of wheat sales for the week of 7/13. That was up 23.36% from last week but still less than half the same week last year. Mexico was the lead buyer of 137,600 MT, with 98,200 MT sold to Taiwan.

The annual spring wheat tour results were released on Thursday, with an average estimate of 48 bpa. That was below the 49.0 bpa last year but above the 45.8 bpa average from the last 5 years.

IKAR estimate the Russian wheat crop at 90 MMT in their latest projection, wit... 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
$1,870/1,700
First Notice Date
11/30/26 (129 days)
Expiration Date
12/14/26 (143 days)

Seasonal Chart

Hard Red Winter Wheat Dec '26
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Dec Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Jul 14, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
112,852 (-220)
112,879 (+9,155)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
68,849 (-1,205)
67,080 (-8,987)
Producers - Long / Short
29,036 (+243)
103,413 (+6,070)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
80,854 (-1,144)
6,504 (+2,404)
Managed Money - Long / Short
61,680 (-1,625)
47,891 (-6,685)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
7,169 (+420)
19,189 (-2,302)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
626-0 +19.37%
on 06/30/26
792-6 -5.74%
on 07/24/26
+106-4 (+16.62%)
since 06/24/26
3-Month
626-0 +19.37%
on 06/30/26
792-6 -5.74%
on 07/24/26
+52-2 (+7.52%)
since 04/24/26
52-Week
562-4 +32.84%
on 10/14/25
792-6 -5.74%
on 07/24/26
+123-4 (+19.80%)
since 07/24/25

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

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 798-1
2nd Resistance Point 790-3
1st Resistance Point 783-1
Last Price 743-4
1st Support Level 768-1
2nd Support Level 760-3
3rd Support Level 753-1

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52-Week High 792-6
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Fibonacci 61.8% 704-6
Fibonacci 50% 677-5
Fibonacci 38.2% 650-4
52-Week Low 562-4

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