Grains Experience a Choppy Overnight Trade
Grains were mostly lower in the overnight trade but firmed into the early morning session. Are we meeting a low?
Corn
Technicals
July corn futures looked like they were going to reclaim the 20-day moving average near 450, early in yesterday’s trade. However, that was short lived as prices struggled and ultimately failed against it, which led to a grind lower throughout the day. That weakness carried over into the overnight trade with prices trading down to our rare 4-star support pocket, 436-437. From a risk/reward standpoint, this is a spot for shorts to reduce or hedge exposure and a spot for Bulls to take another shot at it. A failure to hold ground here would reset that bias.
Technical Levels of Importance
Resistance: 463 1/4-465 1/4***
Pivot: 449 1/4-453
Support: 436-437****
Headlines
AgRural raised its forecasts for Brazil’s 2024/25 corn and soybean crops on Monday, citing improved agricultural yields in several states.
The country’s total corn production is set to hit 128.5 million metric tons this season, AgRural said, up from a previously estimated 124.8 million tons. Farmers in Brazil’s center-south region had harvested 1.3% of their second-corn areas by last Thursday, the consultancy said, up only 0.4 percentage points from the previous week owing to weather disruption to work in the fields.
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 sellers of roughly 24k futures/options contracts, shrinking their net long position to 118,503 futures and options contracts.
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