Grain Market Recover from Wednesday's Weakness
Grain markets got hit hard early on Wednesday but managed to close off the lows which has helped aide in some recovery overnight and into the early morning trade.
Corn
Wednesday’s Recap
Corn futures were lower Wednesday with the May contract finishing the session at a one week low of 460’6, losing 9’4 (2.02%), in a wide-ranging session. Across all maturities, 523,660 contracts changed hands, with 231,919 traded in the May maturity. Combined open interest added 15,903 (0.87%), with May down 1,534, or 0.21%, to 721,931.
Technicals
Corn futures retreated in yesterday’s trade but were able to stabilize mid-day and close off the lows, which may be helping prices trade in the green overnight. The Bulls want to see a close back above 472 3/4-473 1/2 to renew optimism of a bigger relief rally. As stated in yesterday’s report, our bias is mostly neutral at these levels and in this environment as we see shorter term tradable opportunities on both sides of the market.
Technical Levels of Importance
Resistance: 480-484***, 486 1/2-488 1/2****
Pivot: 472 3/4-473 1/2
Support: 461-463 3/4***, 454 1/2-457 3/4***
Popular Options
Option trading centered around the May 490 calls with 6,201 changing hands and the April 460 puts with volume of 4,886. Options with the most open interest are the July 500 call with 36,798, and the July 450 put with 20,053.
Volatility Update
Corn implied volatility closed sharply higher as CVL increased by 1.6 to finish the day at 24.10. Historical volatility (30-day) ended the day at 23.82%, lower by 0.62%, to a one week low. The CVL Skew was moderately down with the 30-day dropping 0.3, finishing the session at a one week low of 0.96.
Seasonal Tendencies Update
(Updated on 3.10.25)
Below is a look at historical price averages for May corn futures on a 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 year time frames (Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results).
Commitment of Traders Update Friday’s Commitment of Traders report showed Funds were net sellers of about a whopping 118k futures/options contracts, nearly all of that was long liquidation. That shrinks their net long position to 219,752. |
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