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Corn May '24 (ZCK24)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Showing Fractional Gains on Tuesday Morning

Corn price action is fractionally to a penny higher so far on Tuesday. Futures found weaker trade on Monday as traders were squaring up ahead of a Tuesday USDA report. Contracts were down fractionally to 2 cents. Preliminary open interest slipped back 2,257 contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 1/4 cents at $3.98 1/4. 

Export Inspections data showed corn at 1.453 MT (57.2 mbu) shipped in the week that ended on December 4. That was a drop of 10.89% from the week prior but up 36% from same week last year. Mexico was the top destination of 520,691 MT, with 310,828 MT to Japan and 81,209 MT to Taiwan. Marketing year shipments have totaled 20.63 MMT (812.2 mbu), a 69.36% increase yr/yr.

USDA’s catchup report for Export Sales data on Monday showed just 979,525 MT of corn sold in the week ending on November 6. That was a marketing year low.

The monthly WASDE report will be out on Tuesday, with analysts surveyed by Bloomberg looking for 2.145... 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
$1,072/975
First Notice Date
04/30/24
Expiration Date
05/14/24 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Corn May '24
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Oct 28, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short
762,887 (-12,292)
729,552 (+55,018)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
324,702 (+23,680)
338,564 (-45,801)
Producers - Long / Short
451,652 (-21,997)
645,953 (+50,672)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
248,470 (+9,518)
20,834 (+4,159)
Managed Money - Long / Short
172,733 (+20,970)
255,658 (-55,377)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
151,969 (+2,710)
82,906 (+9,576)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
426-2 +6.45%
on 04/18/24
461-4 -1.68%
on 05/13/24
+18-2 (+4.19%)
since 04/12/24
3-Month
408-6 +11.01%
on 02/26/24
461-4 -1.68%
on 05/13/24
+16-4 (+3.77%)
since 02/14/24
52-Week
408-6 +11.01%
on 02/26/24
637-6 -28.85%
on 06/21/23
-72-0 (-13.69%)
since 05/12/23

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Corn Fades Lower on Monday

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Barchart Trading Guide

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

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 466-4
2nd Resistance Point 463-6
1st Resistance Point 458-6
Last Price 453-6s
1st Support Level 451-0
2nd Support Level 448-2
3rd Support Level 443-2

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52-Week High 637-6
Fibonacci 61.8% 550-2
Fibonacci 50% 523-2
Fibonacci 38.2% 496-2
Last Price 453-6s
52-Week Low 408-6

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