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Spring Wheat May '23 (MWK23)

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Spring Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary

Wheat Trading Mostly Higher at Midday

The wheat complex closed Friday with most exchanges higher. Chicago SRW futures saw steady to 5 cent higher trade, as May was 16 ¼ cents in the green since last Friday. KC HRW futures posted ¾ to 4 ½ cent gains, as May rallied 23 ½ cents on the week. MPLS spring wheat was mixed, with contracts down 1 ¾ to 9 ¾ cents higher on Friday, as May was 28 ½ cents higher over the week.

The quarterly Flour Milling report from NASS showed a total of 222.4 million bushels of wheat ground for flour in January through March, a 4.2 mbu drop from the same period last year. 

CFTC data from Friday showed managed money in CBT wheat futures and options flipping back to a net long of 10,664 contracts as of Tuesday, a move of 21,381 contracts to the long side. In KC wheat, spec traders were busy increasing their net long by 2,615 contracts to 30,624 contracts.

Weekly Export Sales from Thursday has total export commitments at 24.859 MMT, which is 15% above the same time last year. That is... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Hard Red Spring Wheat
Contract Size
5,000 bushels
Tick Size
0.0025 dollars per bushel ($12.50 per contract)
Trading Hours
7:00p.m. - 7:45a.m. and 8:30a.m. - 1:20p.m. (Sun-Fri) CST
Exchange
MIAX
Point Value
$5,000
Margin/Maintenance
$1,925/1,750
First Notice Date
04/28/23
Expiration Date
05/12/23 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Spring Wheat May '23
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Apr 28, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
30,901 (-821)
62,830 (+3,810)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
36,402 (+6,741)
3,533 (-446)
Producers - Long / Short
26,504 (-1,131)
62,622 (+4,088)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
4,189 (+399)
0 (-189)
Managed Money - Long / Short
30,048 (+5,948)
2,382 (-699)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
6,354 (+793)
1,151 (+253)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
758-2 +9.73%
on 05/02/23
895-4 -7.09%
on 04/18/23
-28-0 (-3.26%)
since 04/12/23
3-Month
758-2 +9.73%
on 05/02/23
928-4 -10.39%
on 02/21/23
-91-0 (-9.86%)
since 02/10/23
52-Week
758-2 +9.73%
on 05/02/23
1358-6 -38.77%
on 05/17/22
-447-4 (-34.97%)
since 05/12/22

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 832-0
2nd Resistance Point 832-0
1st Resistance Point 832-0
Last Price 832-0s
1st Support Level 832-0
2nd Support Level 832-0
3rd Support Level 832-0

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Fibonacci 50% 1058-4
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Last Price 832-0s
52-Week Low 758-2

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