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Corn Dec '26 (ZCZ26)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Starting Tuesday with Fractional Losses

Barchart - 1 hour ago

Corn price action is down ¼ cent to a penny so far on Tuesday morning trade. Futures posted Monday gains of 1 ¼ to 3 ¼ cents across the board. Open interest was down 2,561 contracts on Monday, with 28,719 contracts exiting May. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 3 1/2 cents at $4.15 1/4.

NASS Crop Progress data showed the US corn crop at 11% planted as of Sunday, which was 2% ahead of the 5-year average pace of 9%. The crop was also 4% emerged, which is 2 percentage points faster than normal.

USDA’s FGIS tallied corn export shipments at 1.669 MMT (65.7 mbu) during the week ending on April 16. That was 2.89% above the week prior and 3.33% below the same week last year. Mexico was the top destination of 507,053 MT, with 352,667 MT headed to Japan and 277,579 MT to South Korea. Marketing year exports for 2025/26 are 51.71 MMT (2.036 bbu) since September 1, which is now 31.79% above the same period last year.

May 26 Corn closed at $4.52, up 3 1/4... 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

11/30/26 (223 days)

Expiration Date

12/14/26 (237 days)

Seasonal Chart

Corn Dec '26

Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Dec Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Apr 14, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short

762,143 (+26,198)

964,330 (-4,584)

Non-Commercials - Long / Short

459,043 (-918)

210,162 (+41,020)

Producers - Long / Short

413,083 (+17,842)

908,715 (-16,016)

Swap Dealers - Long / Short

321,214 (-3,871)

27,769 (-795)

Managed Money - Long / Short

297,194 (-14,016)

144,576 (+44,342)

Other Reportables - Long / Short

161,849 (+13,098)

65,586 (-3,322)

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Price Performance

Period	Period Low	Period High	Performance
1-Month	469-2 +2.34% on 04/10/26	498-0 -3.56% on 03/23/26	-10-4 (-2.14%) since 03/20/26
3-Month	449-0 +6.96% on 01/22/26	498-4 -3.66% on 03/09/26	+30-4 (+6.78%) since 01/21/26
52-Week	440-6 +8.96% on 08/06/25	498-4 -3.66% on 03/09/26	+10-0 (+2.13%) since 04/21/25

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Crop Progress - 2026-04-20

Shootin' the Bull about opportunity past Swift Trading Company - Mon Apr 20, 2:53PM CDT

Last week produced what is believed to have been the marketing opportunity for the year with basis having narrowed, swapped in some cases, and new contract highs everywhere.

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Symbol	Latest	Change
ZCZ26	480-2	+0-6
Corn Dec '26
ZCN26	461-4	+1-2
Corn
XNK26	453-0	+1-0
Corn Mini
ZSN26	1187-6	+6-0
Soybean
ZMN26	321.1	-0.1
Soybean Meal
ZLN26	70.14	+0.84
Soybean Oil
ZWN26	604-0	-2-0
Wheat
KEN26	645-0	-2-4
Hard Red Winter Wheat
KWN26	668-4s	+0-6
Hard Red Spring Wheat
MWN26	6.7225	unch
Spring Wheat Mpls
ZON26	336-6	+0-6
Oats
ZRK26	11.070	+0.035
Rough Rice
RSN26	734.30	+7.20
Canola
$SG3C	381.01	+1.03
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3rd Resistance Point	487-5
2nd Resistance Point	484-3
1st Resistance Point	481-7
Last Price	480-2
1st Support Level	476-1
2nd Support Level	472-7
3rd Support Level	470-3

52-Week High	498-4
Last Price	480-2
Fibonacci 61.8%	476-4
Fibonacci 50%	469-5
Fibonacci 38.2%	462-6
52-Week Low	440-6

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