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Soybean Oil May '23 (ZLK23)

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Soybean Oil Futures Market News and Commentary

Soybeans Rallying Early on Tuesday Following EPA News

Soybeans are showing 9 to 10 cents gains across most front months. Furfures saw strength to close out Monday trade, with contracts steady to 7 cents higher, led by the deferreds. September was down a penny. Open interest was up 2,712 contracts, mainly in the January contract. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 1/4 cent at $12.53 1/2. Soymeal futures were down a dime to $3.90 on the day, with Soy Oil up 1 to 16 points. There were no delivery notices overnight against September beans, with 52 deliveries for September meal and none for September bean oil. 

On Monday afternoon, EPA announced they were granting 18 small refinery exemptions for 2025, with another 11 partial exemptions and denying 3. The total volume exempt was 1.76 million RINs, with 100% of the difference between projected and actual exempt totals reallocated for 2026 and 2027 RVOs.

USDA reported a private export sale of 159,000 MT to unknown destination on Monday morning for 2026/27.

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Contract Specifications

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Contract
Soybean Oil
Contract Size
60,000 pounds
Tick Size
0.01 points ($6.00 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
$600
Margin/Maintenance
$2,310/2,100
First Notice Date
04/28/23
Expiration Date
05/12/23 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Soybean Oil May '23
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Aug 25, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
293,620 (-11,495)
407,094 (-14,233)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
150,289 (+132)
45,683 (-232)
Producers - Long / Short
181,008 (-7,159)
380,400 (-8,572)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
95,014 (-1,049)
9,096 (-2,374)
Managed Money - Long / Short
114,248 (-2,421)
29,132 (+3,696)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
36,041 (+2,553)
16,551 (-3,928)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
49.89 unch
on 05/12/23
56.06 -11.01%
on 04/19/23
-4.11 (-7.61%)
since 04/12/23
3-Month
49.89 unch
on 05/12/23
63.83 -21.84%
on 02/22/23
-10.77 (-17.75%)
since 02/10/23
52-Week
49.89 unch
on 05/12/23
76.73 -34.98%
on 06/08/22
-21.79 (-30.40%)
since 05/12/22

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Barchart Trading Guide

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

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 49.89
2nd Resistance Point 49.89
1st Resistance Point 49.89
Last Price 49.89s
1st Support Level 49.89
2nd Support Level 49.89
3rd Support Level 49.89

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52-Week High 76.73
Fibonacci 61.8% 66.48
Fibonacci 50% 63.31
Fibonacci 38.2% 60.14
Last Price 49.89s
52-Week Low 49.89

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