Grains are Trying to Build a Base
Grain markets have been able to defend support this week, can it continue to hold?
Corn
Wednesday’s Recap
July Corn futures settled at 438’6 Wednesday, adding 0’2, in higher trade across the board. Total volume was 507,235, with July seeing 220,751 done. Across all maturities, open interest fell by 1,533, or 0.0918%, with July down by 12,074 (1.91%) to 618,934.
Technicals
Once again, corn futures looked promising in (yesterday’s) the early morning session but fizzled out into the close to finish near unchanged. The rejection of higher prices doesn’t look great on the daily chart, but no new technical damage was done and support/resistance levels remain intact.
Technical Levels of Importance
Resistance: 463 1/4-465 1/4***
Pivot: 448 3/4-451
Support: 434 1/4-437****
Popular Options
Option volumes were largest for the Dec 500 call (6,925) and the Sep 380 put (6,015). In July options, the high volume call was in the 450 strike with 4,772 changing hands, and the 450 put leads with volume of 1,973. Calls with the highest open interest are the Dec 500 strike (35,801), and for the puts are the Dec 400 strike (25,931).
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Volatility Update
Implied Volatility ended slightly higher with CVL gaining 0.062, to close at a one week high of 24.68. Historical volatility (30-day) closed the day at nan%, unchanged on the session nan%. The CVL Skew was slightly down with the 30-day dropping 0.081, closing the session at 3.76.
Headlines
Ukrainian corn exports are set to fall to 1 million metric tons in June from 2 million tons in May, as Ukraine-origin corn is uncompetitive compared to its American equivalent, producers’ union UAC said on Wednesday.
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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