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Front Slipping Southeast Friday
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DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Slightly Higher Again

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Rain Delayed Soybean Harvest Strengthens Spot Basis

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December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

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Mid-September Soybean Ratings Not Far Off From Year Ago Ratings

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South America Preview: El Nino to Play Big Role During the 2026-2027 Season

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 482'2 484'0 478'0 481'0 -2'0 480'6s 03:57P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 496'4 497'6 491'6 494'6 -2'2 494'2s 03:50P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 505'0 505'2 499'4 502'0 -2'2 501'6s 03:51P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 510'0 511'2 505'4 507'6 -2'2 507'4s 03:51P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 501'4 502'0 498'0 499'6 -1'4 499'2s 03:52P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 512'0 513'0 509'4 511'0 -1'0 510'4s 03:52P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 525'2 525'2 523'2 524'2 -1'2 523'6s 03:52P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 531'4 533'2 530'4 530'4 -1'4 531'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 535'0 535'4 533'4 534'6 -1'2 534'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1282'6 1293'4 1274'2 1277'4 -6'4 1277'2s 03:59P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1299'0 1309'0 1289'2 1292'2 -8'0 1292'0s 03:42P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1307'2 1317'0 1297'2 1300'4 -8'4 1300'0s 03:22P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1316'4 1325'6 1305'6 1309'4 -8'6 1308'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1322'0 1331'2 1311'6 1315'0 -8'6 1314'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1306'6 1313'2 1294'6 1298'4 -8'0 1297'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1270'0 1275'2 1258'0 1262'0 -7'4 1261'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1256'2 1264'0 1246'6 1250'4 -8'0 1249'6s 02:58P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1273'6 1273'6 1258'4 1261'6 -8'2 1261'0s 03:20P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3739 3701s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3630 3652 3580 3646 13 3645s 03:54P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3605 3632 3565 3621 10 3618s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3587 3613 3550 3599 7 3594s 03:54P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3589 3614 3555 3598 3 3592s 02:41P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3610 3637 3579 3619 3612s 02:41P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3563 3596 3543 3581 2 3574s 02:39P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3518 3540 3492 3527 7 3523s 01:20P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3449 3470 3432 3468 12 3464s 01:30P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 75.250 75.600 75.200 75.550 -0.050 75.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 67.400 67.600 66.000 66.075 -1.950 66.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 69.000 69.275 67.675 67.800 -1.750 67.850s 03:52P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 73.675 73.925 72.800 72.875 -1.100 73.050s 02:30P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 78.700 78.700 78.150 78.500 -0.400 78.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 87.400 87.750 86.925 87.450 -0.150 87.650s 02:30P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 89.850 90.200 89.400 89.975 0.050 90.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 90.175 90.575 89.725 90.350 0.125 90.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.450 78.950 78.100 78.700 0.050 78.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.425 72.600 72.375 72.475 -0.100 72.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 76.200 76.200 76.200 76.200 -0.050 76.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
Apr 28 81.600 81.600s Chart for @HE8J Options for @HE8J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 224.250 225.200 223.725 223.950 - 0.725 223.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.925 227.050 224.950 225.150 - 1.250 225.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 228.300 229.300 227.225 227.425 - 1.150 227.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 229.450 230.475 228.525 228.750 - 1.175 228.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 224.275 225.175 223.225 223.500 - 1.100 223.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 220.700 221.525 219.900 220.100 - 0.925 220.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 219.175 219.850 218.375 218.525 - 0.725 218.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 219.175 220.000 218.950 219.075 - 0.450 218.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 219.700 220.050 219.025 219.025 - 0.300 219.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 219.675 - 0.300 219.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 342.450 343.200 340.525 340.825 - 2.125 340.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 340.150 341.400 338.050 338.525 - 2.575 338.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 335.075 336.325 333.200 333.725 - 2.250 333.600s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 330.575 331.950 329.000 329.775 - 1.900 329.400s 02:30P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 329.725 330.975 327.875 328.925 - 2.025 328.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 328.000 329.200 326.275 326.625 - 2.100 326.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 329.025 330.575 327.500 327.975 - 2.125 327.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 327.400 327.925 326.625 326.625 - 2.100 325.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 323.875 323.875 323.825 323.825 - 1.550 322.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 51933.00 52181.00 51602.00 51846.00 - 77.00 51858.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52407.00 52640.00 52100.00 52318.00 - 71.00 52337.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7856.25 7879.75 7741.00 7765.25 - 85.50 7770.25s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7935.75 7956.00 7821.50 7841.50 - 86.25 7848.25s 04:00P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 30791.50 30891.50 30078.00 30139.25 - 608.75 30182.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 31128.25 31233.75 30433.50 30480.00 - 610.50 30534.50s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.88 -0.62 67.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.16 68.25 66.85 67.01 -0.96 67.06s 03:50P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.39 68.49 67.09 67.25 -0.99 67.28s 02:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.79 68.79 67.35 67.51 -0.97 67.54s 03:23P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.88 68.91 67.58 67.74 -0.93 67.76s 02:47P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.95 68.95 67.63 67.76 -0.91 67.78s 02:48P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.38 68.46 67.25 67.37 -0.86 67.40s 03:24P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.90 67.90 66.84 66.94 -0.81 66.97s 02:50P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 668'2 674'2 663'0 673'4 4'0 673'2s 03:43P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 682'2 687'4 677'2 687'0 3'2 686'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 688'6 692'6 682'6 692'4 2'0 691'6s 03:27P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 691'2 693'6 685'0 693'4 0'6 692'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 696'6 699'0 691'0 699'0 0'0 698'0s 02:37P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 707'0 709'0 701'6 708'2 -0'6 708'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 716'2 716'2 709'4 714'4 -1'4 714'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 711'0 711'0 711'0 711'0 -2'2 713'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 695'4 695'6 695'0 695'6 -2'4 696'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81770.0 81995.0 81625.0 81895.0 70.0 81825.0 04:35P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 82245.0 82200.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 82510.0 82545.0 Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 4093.6 4099.0 4080.7 4099.0 - 68.1 4084.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4169.5 4175.6 4080.8 4112.0 - 69.2 4093.1s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 4184.2 4193.5 4095.0 4127.3 - 69.4 4107.9s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 56.745 56.745 55.500 55.535 -3.611 55.550s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 59.150 59.280 55.395 55.565 -3.630 55.673s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 59.380 59.595 55.560 55.800 -3.648 55.877s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 94.75 96.06 93.97 95.17 0.95 95.09s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 93.73 94.87 93.06 94.00 0.73 93.90s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 92.80 93.80 92.16 92.91 0.60 92.83s 04:00P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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