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Corn May '24 (ZCK24)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Slips into the 2025 Close

Corn futures closed the Wednesday session with steady to fractionally lower trade to wind down 2025. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down another 1 ½ cents at $3.96 1/4. The market will be closed on Thursday for New Years Day, with a hard open at 8:30 am CST on Friday. 

Commitment of Traders data from this afternoon showed managed money flipping back to a net long by 55,431 contracts, with the net long at 2,759 contracts. Most of that was due to short covering, with outright shorts down 64,573 contracts.

USDA released their Export Sales report this morning, with a total of 2.2 MMT of corn sold in the week of December 18, exceeding traders looking for between 1-2 MMT. That was a 5-week high for sales and 28.7% above the same week last year.

EIA data was caught up on Wednesday, with a total of 1.12 million barrels of ethanol produced in the week of 12/26, back up 25,000 bpd from the week prior. Ethanol stocks were 416,000 barrels higher to 22.944 m... 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 Dec 23, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short
676,552 (-4,452)
717,552 (+46,152)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
361,501 (-10,795)
296,629 (-61,011)
Producers - Long / Short
390,723 (-5,160)
670,637 (+40,942)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
254,703 (-1,429)
15,789 (+3,073)
Managed Money - Long / Short
221,190 (-13,128)
219,398 (-68,286)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
140,311 (+2,333)
77,231 (+7,275)
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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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Barchart Trading Guide

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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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