A New Month of Grain Trading Starts Today!
Corn and soybeans saw pressure through last week’s trade while wheat managed to hold ground. To start a new month of trade, wheat is not just holding ground, but nothing impressive gains.
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Corn
Friday’s Recap
Corn futures were mixed Friday with the July contract finishing the session at a one week low of 444’0, off 3’0. Across all maturities, volume was 343,319, with the July contract seeing 140,113 done. Total open interest added 5,080 (0.31%) to end the session with 1,660,607 outstanding. The July maturity decreased 1.09%, or 5,080, to finish at 644,667.
Technicals
July corn futures struggled last week, losing 15 1/2 cents. This has brought prices back to the low end of the range from May, which we’ve outlined as first support, 442 1/4-445 3/4. Below that is a more significant support pocket from 436-437. Consecutive closes below that pocket and continued technical selling could pickup. To start repairing the technical damage that was done last week, the Bulls need to see prices get back above 450 1/2-455 1/4.
Technical Levels of Importance
Resistance: 463 1/4-465 1/4***
Pivot: 450 1/2-455 1/4
Support: 442 1/4-445 3/4**, 436-437****
Popular Options
Option volumes were largest for the July 470 call (2,684) and the Dec 390 put (3,342). Calls with the largest open interest are the July 500 strike (33,703), and for the puts are the Dec 400 strike (25,652).
Volatility Update
Implied Volatility was moderately lower with CVL down by 0.97, to finish at a one week low of 23.61. The 30-day historical volatility ended adding 0.0378% to a one month high of 20.75%. The CVL Skew ended the day slightly higher, up by 0.14 to close at 3.71.
Seasonal Tendencies Update
(Updated on 6.2.25)
Below is a look at historical price averages for December 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 buyers of 2.5k futures and options contracts through May 27th. Prices dropped sharply in the back half of the week, making the real time estimate more aggressively short.
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