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Corn May '21 (ZCK21)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Posts Wednesday Strength as Robust Ethanol Production Continues

The corn market rallied off early session lows on Wednesday, with contracts closing the day up 1 1/4 to 3 cents. Near record ethanol output and continued spillover strength in wheat helped. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was up 3 cents at $4.07 3/4 per bu.

EIA data from this morning showed ethanol production backing off modestly from the week prior’s record in the week of November 15. That was down 3,000 barrels per day at 1.11 million bpd, which is still the second largest weekly production total all time. That helped to push ethanol stocks up 524,000 barrels to 22.563 million barrels. Ethanol exports were steady at 144,000 barrels per day, with refiner inputs backing off by 17,000 bpd at 892,000 bpd.

Export Sales data will be updated on Thursday morning, with analysts expecting to see 1 to 2.2 MMT of 2024/25 corn sold in the week ending on November 14, with 0-100,000 MT expected for 2025/26 sales.

Dec 24 Corn  closed at $4.30 1/4, up 3 cents,... 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
04/30/21
Expiration Date
05/14/21 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Corn May '21
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
583-2 +17.45%
on 04/16/21
776-4 -11.78%
on 05/13/21
+91-0 (+15.32%)
since 04/14/21
3-Month
529-2 +29.43%
on 03/04/21
776-4 -11.78%
on 05/13/21
+148-4 (+27.68%)
since 02/12/21
52-Week
339-6 +101.62%
on 08/12/20
776-4 -11.78%
on 05/13/21
+332-6 (+94.46%)
since 05/14/20

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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 741-2
2nd Resistance Point 730-0
1st Resistance Point 707-4
Last Price 685-0s
1st Support Level 673-6
2nd Support Level 662-4
3rd Support Level 640-0

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52-Week High 776-4
Last Price 685-0s
Fibonacci 61.8% 609-5
Fibonacci 50% 558-1
Fibonacci 38.2% 506-5
52-Week Low 339-6

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