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Temp: 73oF Feels Like: 73oF
Humid: 65% Dew Pt: 61oF
Barom: 29.96 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 5:40 Sunset: 8:26
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 462'4 467'6 461'0 463'6 1'0 463'2s 05/22 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 468'4 474'0 467'2 469'6 1'2 469'6s 05/22 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 485'0 490'2 484'0 486'4 1'4 486'4s 05/22 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 499'0 504'2 498'0 500'4 1'4 500'6s 05/22 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 506'4 511'2 505'4 507'6 1'2 508'0s 05/22 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 510'6 515'0 509'4 511'4 1'0 511'6s 05/22 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 490'6 495'0 490'6 492'6 2'0 493'2s 05/22 Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 495'0 499'2 494'0 497'4 2'0 497'2s 05/22 Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 506'0 507'6 505'2 507'6 1'6 507'4s 05/22 Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1193'6 1201'4 1190'4 1197'2 2'2 1196'4s 05/22 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1192'6 1200'4 1190'0 1194'6 1'4 1195'0s 05/22 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1177'4 1186'2 1176'4 1180'6 1'0 1180'2s 05/22 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1186'2 1193'4 1184'0 1188'2 1'0 1187'6s 05/22 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1198'0 1205'4 1196'2 1200'4 1'0 1199'6s 05/22 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1196'0 1204'0 1195'0 1198'6 1'0 1198'2s 05/22 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1199'0 1206'0 1198'4 1201'0 1'0 1200'4s 05/22 Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1203'0 1210'4 1203'0 1206'2 1'2 1205'6s 05/22 Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1188'6 1188'6 1188'6 1188'6 1'6 1190'0s 05/22 Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3277 3333 3262 3320 35 3319s 05/22 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3218 3264 3204 3249 23 3248s 05/22 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3187 3228 3174 3210 14 3210s 05/22 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3170 3203 3156 3188 9 3187s 05/22 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3211 3242 3197 3225 6 3224s 05/22 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3224 3253 3212 3236 4 3236s 05/22 Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3225 3253 3217 3234 2 3234s 05/22 Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3231 3255 3223 3237 1 3237s 05/22 Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3254 3276 3247 3257 3258s 05/22 Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 95.600 95.850 94.975 95.850 0.625 95.750s 05/22 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 100.425 100.500 99.350 100.400 0.375 100.400s 05/22 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 100.475 100.600 99.225 100.100 - 0.150 100.075s 05/22 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 87.500 87.600 86.425 87.075 -0.275 87.125s 05/22 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 80.275 80.300 79.250 79.875 -0.375 79.850s 05/22 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.900 83.100 82.050 82.750 -0.475 82.700s 05/22 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 86.875 86.875 85.850 86.650 -0.500 86.575s 05/22 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.200 -0.500 89.700s 05/22 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 249.425 250.575 247.475 249.350 0.150 249.300s 05/22 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 239.350 240.975 236.825 239.375 0.250 239.600s 05/22 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 230.975 232.050 227.575 230.775 - 0.225 230.725s 05/22 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.025 231.575 227.000 230.250 - 0.325 230.100s 05/22 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 231.000 232.475 227.975 231.025 - 0.425 230.900s 05/22 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 230.950 232.375 228.025 230.975 - 0.575 230.750s 05/22 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 225.850 226.000 222.500 224.650 - 0.825 224.775s 05/22 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 223.075 223.475 220.125 222.500 - 0.950 222.125s 05/22 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
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Aug 26 353.775 355.500 344.275 350.175 - 6.675 349.850s 05/22 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 350.800 352.625 341.200 347.150 - 6.475 346.900s 05/22 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 347.000 349.225 337.900 343.800 - 6.000 343.625s 05/22 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 343.825 345.675 334.425 340.300 - 5.575 340.200s 05/22 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 336.825 339.500 328.850 334.100 - 5.500 333.950s 05/22 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 334.200 334.800 325.025 329.750 - 5.225 329.950s 05/22 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 332.500 332.825 323.550 328.725 - 4.725 328.375s 05/22 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 331.425 331.425 326.000 327.000 - 4.425 327.000s 05/22 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 50402.00 50920.00 50402.00 50623.00 283.00 50662.00s 05/22 Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50800.00 51238.00 50771.00 50946.00 289.00 50990.00s 05/22 Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7467.00 7524.00 7466.75 7484.25 25.00 7491.00s 05/22 Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7533.00 7583.75 7529.75 7543.00 26.00 7551.00s 05/22 Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29444.00 29749.00 29436.00 29520.75 111.50 29558.75s 05/22 Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29780.25 30025.00 29716.25 29804.00 114.75 29836.50s 05/22 Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 74.00 74.60 73.84 73.95 0.11 73.98s 05/22 Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.42 73.00 72.31 72.46 0.13 72.46s 05/22 Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.05 71.66 71.00 71.17 0.10 71.15s 05/22 Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.00 70.54 69.91 70.09 0.10 70.07s 05/22 Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.30 69.87 69.22 69.40 0.08 69.38s 05/22 Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.75 69.29 68.72 68.89 0.12 68.88s 05/22 Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.30 68.76 68.23 68.39 0.16 68.40s 05/22 Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.64 68.18 67.64 67.86 0.20 67.90s 05/22 Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 650'0 654'0 642'2 647'0 -1'2 646'2s 05/22 Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 663'0 667'0 655'4 660'2 -1'6 659'2s 05/22 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 683'0 686'4 675'4 680'2 -1'6 679'0s 05/22 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 699'4 701'6 691'6 696'0 -1'6 695'0s 05/22 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 703'6 708'4 700'0 704'0 -1'6 703'0s 05/22 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 706'4 707'6 701'4 704'4 -0'2 704'4s 05/22 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 708'0 712'2 708'0 710'4 -0'2 710'6s 05/22 Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 720'6 723'6 720'6 721'6 -1'0 722'2s 05/22 Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 727'6 728'4 727'6 727'6 -1'2 728'6s 05/22 Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77650.0 77940.0 75590.0 75915.0 -1920.0 75775.0s 05/22 Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 77960.0 78165.0 75875.0 76240.0 -1935.0 76070.0s 05/22 Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 78360.0 78380.0 78360.0 78380.0 -1915.0 76455.0s 05/22 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4519.5 4530.3 4519.1 4530.3 - 18.8 4521.0s 05/22 Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4544.2 4547.0 4488.0 4510.5 - 19.3 4523.2s 05/22 Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4544.0 4550.9 4505.5 4523.8 - 19.7 4539.0s 05/22 Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76.020 76.040 76.020 76.040 - 0.521 75.893s 05/22 Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 76.495 76.900 75.190 75.535 -0.540 75.932s 05/22 Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 77.015 77.415 75.265 75.915 -0.533 76.199s 05/22 Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 98.00 99.43 94.73 97.00 0.25 96.60s 05/22 Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 94.30 95.87 91.42 93.35 0.19 93.09s 05/22 Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 90.50 92.07 88.05 89.74 0.23 89.59s 05/22 Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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