From: Terry Reilly
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 4:50:28 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Cc: Terry Reilly
Subject: FI Ag Commitment of Traders 07/13/18
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CFTC Commitment of Traders
· Traditional funds for the futures and options position only, sold off more corn than the trade estimated, by 23,100 contracts to net long 109,300 contracts (sold net 39,000 from the previous week). In futures and options, funds in corn unloaded 48,700 contracts, going negative for the first time since early February.
· The traditional funds for futures and options combined are now short in corn, oats, soybeans, soybean meal and Minneapolis wheat.
· Funds during the week ending July 10 bought more soybean contracts than expected.
· Money managers were also busy selling corn and a little meal.
· Index funds sold off 16,600 contracts of corn.
Terry Reilly
Senior Commodity Analyst – Grain and Oilseeds
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CommitFI071318.pdf