Corn: Continued Long Liquidation Corn
Commitments of Traders Update: Friday’s CoT report showed Managed Money were net sellers of 36,649 futures/options contracts through June 28th. This was all long liquidation, 38,185 contracts, with a tiny bit of short covering. This shrinks their net long position to 228,612 futures/options.
Seasonal Trends in Play: Short September corn from 6/13-7/27. This has been profitable for 13 of the last 15 years with the average gain being roughly 33 cents, or $1,650 per one 5,000-bushel contract.
Fundamentals: Scattered showers over the weekend have many traders looking for a lower open in the corn market. Stone X (one of the multiple FCM’s we use) raised their Brazilian crop estimate to 119.3mmt, up from 116.8mmt.
Technicals: Corn futures broke lower on Thursday, trading to the 200-day moving average. On Friday, that gave way. If the Bulls fail to reclaim ground above 630, we could see the long liquidation continues. The RSI has not showed signs of being this oversold since the spring of 2020. If the Bulls can climb back above that pocket, we could see a retracement of the breakdown from Thursday, closer to 645-652 ½.
Bias: Neutral/Bearish
Previous Session Bias: Neutral/Bearish
Resistance: 645-652 ½****, 678 ¼-684 ½**, 697-701****
Pivot: 624-630
Support: 586-589 ¼****, 574 ¼-579 ¼***
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