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Wheat Sep '18 (ZWU18)

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Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary

Wheat Back to Weaker Midday Trade

The wheat complex is feeling pressure across the three exchanges on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures are showing fractional losses across most contracts on Thursday. KC HRW futures are down 1 to 2 cents at midday.  MPLS spring wheat us showing 1 to 2 cent losses at midday.

Export Sales from this morning showed wheat bookings at just 156,255 MT, on the low end of the 100,000-450,000 MT estimates for 2025/26 wheat bookings in the week of 1/8. Sales for 2026/27 were net reductions of 26 MT vs. estimates of 0-50,000 MT. 

Saudi Arabia issued a tender to buy 595,000 MT of wheat, with a Friday deadline. A South Korean importer purchased 50,000 MT of US wheat in an overnight tender. 

Expana increased their EU wheat production forecast by 0.3 MMT to 128.6 MMT, but also trimmed their export projection by 1.2 MMT to 28.8 MMT.

Mar 26 CBOT Wheat  is at $5.12, down 1/2 cent,

May 26 CBOT Wheat  is at $5.23, down 3/4 cent,

Mar 26 KCBT Wheat  is at $5.20 3/4, down 1... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Chicago Soft Red Winter Wheat
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
$1,815/1,650
First Notice Date
08/31/18
Expiration Date
09/14/18 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Wheat Sep '18
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Sep Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Jan 6, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
183,409 (+8,192)
98,439 (-6,802)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
127,991 (-4,124)
216,082 (+12,976)
Producers - Long / Short
85,292 (+4,127)
64,627 (-6,944)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
73,321 (+4,113)
9,016 (+190)
Managed Money - Long / Short
90,051 (-5,323)
199,534 (+6,964)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
37,940 (+1,199)
16,548 (+6,012)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
471-6 +1.75%
on 09/13/18
563-0 -14.74%
on 08/17/18
-61-6 (-11.40%)
since 08/14/18
3-Month
471-2 +1.86%
on 07/11/18
593-0 -19.06%
on 08/02/18
-37-2 (-7.20%)
since 06/14/18
52-Week
450-4 +6.55%
on 12/12/17
593-0 -19.06%
on 08/02/18
-22-2 (-4.43%)
since 09/14/17

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 481-0
1st Resistance Point 480-4
Last Price 480-0s
1st Support Level 479-0
2nd Support Level 478-0
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 593-0
Fibonacci 61.8% 538-5
Fibonacci 50% 521-6
Fibonacci 38.2% 504-7
Last Price 480-0s
52-Week Low 450-4

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