A dry weather threat for another week in Argentina and the threat of a significant downward revision for Brazil production should keep the short-term trend up.  March corn has settled higher for the last four weeks in a row with solid export pace and increased ethanol demand.  Support yesterday was due to disappointing rain totals and coverage in Argentina over the weekend.  This has led analysts continuing to lower production totals for the country.  Just 10-20 percent of the region saw beneficial rains over 50% coverage.

Continued short covering was seen last week with the managed money traders reducing their net short position by 48,018 contracts to 82,924 contracts as of Feb 6.  The open interest went down just 1,367 contracts on Friday, but the combined Wednesday through Friday open interest last week went down 61,000 contracts.

December corn settled at 397 which was the highest level since October 24th.  The $4 psychological level will be a big test.  Support for May corn is at 371 with 391 as an upside target.

Corn May ’18 Daily Chart

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Tony Cholly

Senior Market Strategist
Tony majored in Economics at Eastern Illinois University. He performed his thesis on the market price of corn in the market and the factors that affect it. Tony was drawn to futures trading because of the opportunity to have financial gains in an economic environment. He prides himself on working with customers one-on-one and developing a trading strategy based on the client's needs and wants.
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