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Corn May '21 (ZCK21)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Slipping Lower at Midday

Corn futures are fading off the early Wednesday session strength at midday, with contracts down fractionally to a penny. The front month national Cash Corn price from cmdtyView us down a penny at $3.76 ¼ per bu.

Weekly EIA data showed 1.049 million barrels per day of ethanol production during the week that ended on September 13. That was down 31,000 bpd from the week prior, assuming a drop in corn use. Ethanol stocks saw a build of 71,000 barrels to 23.785 million barrels. Refiner inputs of ethanol rose 16,000 bpd to 908,000 bpd, with ethanol exports down 26,000 bpd to 151,000 bpd.

The weekly Export Sales report will be released on Thursday morning, with traders estimating to see between 550,000 MT and 1.4 MMT of 2024/25 corn sales, with just 0-50,000 MT expected for 2025/26.

Brazil’s corn exports for September are expected to total 6.63 MMT, a slightly increase from the 6.47 MMT projection last week from ANEC. Last year, Brazil exported 6.42 MMT in September.

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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
$1,320/1,200
First Notice Date
04/30/21
Expiration Date
05/14/21 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Corn May '21
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Sep 10, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
602,238 (-3,503)
509,394 (+26,559)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
339,497 (+4,266)
387,257 (-38,457)
Producers - Long / Short
332,609 (-4,722)
466,615 (+26,232)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
242,472 (+591)
15,622 (-301)
Managed Money - Long / Short
204,012 (+8,998)
350,607 (-32,401)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
135,485 (-4,732)
36,650 (-6,056)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
583-2 +17.45%
on 04/16/21
776-4 -11.78%
on 05/13/21
+91-0 (+15.32%)
since 04/14/21
3-Month
529-2 +29.43%
on 03/04/21
776-4 -11.78%
on 05/13/21
+148-4 (+27.68%)
since 02/12/21
52-Week
339-6 +101.62%
on 08/12/20
776-4 -11.78%
on 05/13/21
+332-6 (+94.46%)
since 05/14/20

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Corn Slipping Lower at Midday

Corn futures are fading off the early Wednesday session strength at midday, with contracts down fractionally to a penny. The front month national Cash Corn price from cmdtyView us down a penny at $3.76...

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ZCH25 : 430-6s (unch)
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MWZ24 : 616-4s (-0.72%)
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ZMZ24 : 321.4s (-0.03%)
ZLZ24 : 40.31s (+1.08%)
ZSX24 : 1014-0s (+0.80%)
ZSF25 : 1032-0s (+0.71%)
ZSX24 : 1014-0s (+0.80%)
ZSPX24US.CM : 9.5446 (+0.84%)
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ZCZ24 : 412-6s (+0.06%)
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Wheat Popping on Wednesday AM Trade

The wheat complex is showing steady to 6 cent higher trade on Wednesday morning. Futures ended the Tuesday session mixed across all three exchanges hard red contracts showed the most strength. Chicago...

ZWZ24 : 575-6s (unch)
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KEZ24 : 578-4s (-0.26%)
KEH25 : 591-6s (-0.21%)
MWZ24 : 616-4s (-0.72%)

Barchart Trading Guide

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

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 741-2
2nd Resistance Point 730-0
1st Resistance Point 707-4
Last Price 685-0s
1st Support Level 673-6
2nd Support Level 662-4
3rd Support Level 640-0

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52-Week High 776-4
Last Price 685-0s
Fibonacci 61.8% 609-5
Fibonacci 50% 558-1
Fibonacci 38.2% 506-5
52-Week Low 339-6

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