A mixed morning in the grain markets with corn near unchanged, beans higher, and wheat lower.

Corn
Technicals (March)
March corn futures are little changed in the early morning trade as prices remain mostly rangebound. The low end of the range from last week happened to match up with our pivot pocket, 481-484. A break and close below there could trigger an accelerated move down to our support pocket from 470-473. On the flip side, the Bulls see resistance coming in from 493-496 1/2. Friday’s Commitment of Traders report showed managed money funds have tapered their bearish bets but remain mostly pessimistic holding a net-short position of 160,533 contracts. Broken down, that is 175,928 long positions compared to 336,461 short positions.
Bias: Neutral/Bearish
Resistance: 493-496 1/2****, 502 1/2-505***
Pivot: 481-484
Support: 470-473****, 460-464 1/2**

Seasonal Tendencies
Below is a look at historical seasonal averages for March corn futures (updated each Monday) VS today’s prices (black line).
*Past performance is not necessarily indicative of futures results.

Soybeans
Technicals (January)
January soybean futures attempted to chew through our pivot pocket on Friday but a Bearish tilt in the monthly WASDE report prevented that from happening, which took prices into our 4-star support pocket, 1294 1/2-1300. The Bulls need to see this pocket defended, a failure to do so could trigger a move back to the October lows, 1270 1/4. On the resistance side of things, 1327-1331 is the pocket that could shift the tide back to the Bulls.
Bias: Neutral/Bearish
Resistance: 1346-1350***, 1360-1362**
Pivot: 1323-1327
Support: 1294 1/2-1300****, 1267-1272***

Seasonal Tendencies
Below is a look at historical seasonal averages for January soybean futures VS this year’s price (black line), updated each Monday.
*Past performance is not necessarily indicative of futures results.

Wheat
Technicals (March)
March wheat futures were in retreat on Friday which has bled into weakness in the overnight and early morning trade, taking prices into our pivot pocket from 622-631. A break and close below this pocket could trigger another round of profit taking from recent buyers. The next support pocket below comes in from 608-611.0
Bias: Neutral/Bullish
Resistance: 645-650***, 668-672****, 700**
Pivot: 622-631
Support: 608 1/2-611***, 591 1/2-595***

Seasonal Tendencies
Below is a look at historical seasonal averages for March Chicago wheat futures VS this year’s price (black line), updated each Monday.
*Past performance is not necessarily indicative of futures results.
