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Corn Dec '26 (ZCZ26)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Slips Off the Highs into Wednesday’s Close

Corn futures slipped off the early gains on the Wednesday session, with July down ½ cent and other contracts fractionally to 2 1/4 cents higher. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was steady at $3.86 1/4. 

EIA’s weekly update showed a total of 1.108 million barrels per day of ethanol production in the week of June 5, steady with the week prior. Ethanol stocks were down 154,000 barrels to 24.452 million barrels. Ethanol exports were up 20,000 bpd to 155,000 bpd, with refiner inputs of ethanol up 8,000 bpd to 907,000 bpd.

Export Sales data will be released on Thursday morning, with traders looking for old crop business between 0.7 and 1.6 MMT in the week ending on June 4. New crop sales are seen in a range of 200,000 to 500,000 MT.

USDA will release their monthly WASDE report on Thursday, with a Bloomberg survey of traders looking for a 6 mbu cut to old crop corn US carryout at 2.136 bbu, with new crop seen at 1.947 bbu, a 10 mbu reduction if realized. Br... Read more

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
$1,210/1,100
First Notice Date
11/30/26 (173 days)
Expiration Date
12/14/26 (187 days)

Seasonal Chart

Corn Dec '26
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Dec Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Jun 2, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
792,582 (+19,385)
903,976 (-100,740)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
463,970 (-57,755)
264,028 (+44,305)
Producers - Long / Short
390,543 (+25,453)
847,227 (-96,677)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
373,404 (-7,946)
28,114 (-5,941)
Managed Money - Long / Short
313,131 (-57,827)
192,995 (+33,374)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
150,839 (+72)
71,033 (+10,931)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
441-0 +1.36%
on 06/08/26
4480-0 -90.02%
on 06/11/26
-50-6 (-10.20%)
since 05/11/26
3-Month
441-0 +1.36%
on 06/08/26
4480-0 -90.02%
on 06/11/26
-42-0 (-8.59%)
since 03/11/26
52-Week
440-6 +1.42%
on 08/06/25
4480-0 -90.02%
on 06/11/26
-22-4 (-4.79%)
since 06/11/25

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ZSX26 : 1140-2 (+0.15%)
ZSN26 : 1122-6 (-0.02%)
ZSQ26 : 1127-6 (unch)
Corn Holding Firm on Wednesday

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ZCZ26 : 446-6 (unch)
ZCU26 : 427-2 (-0.12%)
ZCN26 : 419-0 (unch)
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ZCPAUS.CM : 3.8619 (-0.01%)
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Barchart Trading Guide

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

Relative Strength is below 30%. The market is in oversold territory. Watch for a potential trend reversal.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 458-0
2nd Resistance Point 454-6
1st Resistance Point 450-6
Last Price 446-4
1st Support Level 443-4
2nd Support Level 440-2
3rd Support Level 436-2

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52-Week High 4480-0
Fibonacci 61.8% 2937-0
Fibonacci 50% 2460-3
Fibonacci 38.2% 1983-6
Last Price 446-4
52-Week Low 440-6

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