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Corn May '18 (ZCK18)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Closes with Weakness on Thursday

Corn posted Thursday losses at the close, with contracts down 3 ½ to 4 ½ cents across the board.  Pressure mounted as the rest of the grains were lower and the US dollar index posted fresh 1 year highs. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was down 3 1/4 cents at $4.04 3/4 per bu.

Export Sales data from this morning showed a total of 1.495 MMT of 2024/25 corn sold in the week ending on November 14. That was in the middle of the expected 1 to 2.2 MMT, and a jump of 13.7% from the week prior. Mexico was the largest buyer of 787,400 MT, with unknown in for 146,300 MT, and Japan buying 132,100 MT.

Two separate South Korean importers purchased a combined 136,000 MT of corn in private tenders overnight.

Data from the monthly International Grains Council report shows corn production up 1 MMT to 1.225 billion MT. That mixed with a 4 MMT increase to used lowered the stocks projection by 4 MMT to 275 MMT.

Dec 24 Corn  closed at $4.26 3/4, down 3 1/2 cent... 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
$1,155/1,050
First Notice Date
04/30/18
Expiration Date
05/14/18 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Corn May '18
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Nov 12, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
763,888 (+10,150)
890,008 (+76,041)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
434,784 (+11,907)
257,138 (-63,091)
Producers - Long / Short
458,247 (+7,472)
840,018 (+90,967)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
264,791 (+17,495)
9,140 (-109)
Managed Money - Long / Short
292,348 (+21,528)
192,569 (-75,216)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
142,436 (-9,621)
64,569 (+12,125)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
376-2 +3.39%
on 04/23/18
400-0 -2.75%
on 05/04/18
+2-6 (+0.71%)
since 04/13/18
3-Month
369-2 +5.35%
on 03/23/18
400-0 -2.75%
on 05/04/18
+13-4 (+3.60%)
since 02/15/18
52-Week
353-6 +9.96%
on 01/12/18
430-0 -9.53%
on 07/11/17
-12-2 (-3.05%)
since 05/15/17

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 390-0
1st Resistance Point 389-4
Last Price 389-0s
1st Support Level 388-0
2nd Support Level 387-0
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 430-0
Fibonacci 61.8% 400-7
Fibonacci 50% 391-7
Last Price 389-0s
Fibonacci 38.2% 382-7
52-Week Low 353-6

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