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Hard Red Winter Wheat Dec '25 (KEZ25)

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Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Market News and Commentary

Wheat Mixed on Thursday Morning

Wheat is showing mixed action on Thursday morning. The wheat complex posed weakness in the winter wheats on Wednesday, as spring wheat turned higher at the close. Chicago SRW futures closed the midweek session with contracts 1 to 3 ½ cents lower. Open interest dropped 9,200 contracts on Wednesday. KC HRW futures were down 1 to 3 cents in the front months on Wednesday. OI dropped 6,728 contracts. MPLS spring wheat saw some late day strength to close with gains of 1 to 4 cents.

Weekly Export Sales data will be published for the week of 2/19 this morning, as traders are looking for between 250,000 and 500,000 MT of wheat sales for old crop. New crop sales are seen in a range of 0 to 50,000 MT.

Algeria purchased an estimated 600,000 MT of wheat in a tender on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia issued a tender for 655,000 MT of wheat overnight, with a Friday deadline for offers. Russia’s wheat export estimate for 2025/26 was trimmed by 0.3 MMT to 45.4 MMT by SovEcon.

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Contract Specifications

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Contract
Hard 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
$1,760/1,600
First Notice Date
11/28/25
Expiration Date
12/12/25 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Hard Red Winter Wheat Dec '25
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Dec Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Feb 17, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
123,973 (-4,049)
111,966 (+7,503)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
84,327 (+6,991)
91,490 (-5,799)
Producers - Long / Short
38,765 (-5,071)
101,560 (+5,156)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
77,766 (-1,037)
2,964 (+288)
Managed Money - Long / Short
68,392 (+3,359)
79,487 (-3,558)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
15,935 (+3,632)
12,003 (-2,241)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
498-6 unch
on 12/12/25
534-0 -6.60%
on 11/14/25
-26-6 (-5.09%)
since 11/12/25
3-Month
477-2 +4.50%
on 10/14/25
540-0 -7.64%
on 11/05/25
-16-0 (-3.11%)
since 09/12/25
52-Week
477-2 +4.50%
on 10/14/25
682-6 -26.95%
on 02/19/25
-107-2 (-17.70%)
since 12/12/24

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ZSH26 : 1155-0 (+0.59%)
ZSK26 : 1171-6 (+0.58%)

Barchart Trading Guide

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

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 504-1
2nd Resistance Point 503-1
1st Resistance Point 500-7
Last Price 498-6s
1st Support Level 497-5
2nd Support Level 496-5
3rd Support Level 494-3

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52-Week High 682-6
Fibonacci 61.8% 604-2
Fibonacci 50% 580-0
Fibonacci 38.2% 555-6
Last Price 498-6s
52-Week Low 477-2

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